One of the stranger aspects of attending Autodesk University, with its early December timing, is seeing the Casino decorations. They deploy most of the traditional Christmas themes without actually mentioning it. Although fabulous the idea of “Christmas” in Vegas, even the “Happy Holidays” version, seems rather strange given it’s
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My Day 3 began with a session by Autodesk’s Guillermo Melantoni’s. “Show Me the Money: Impress Your Customers with Great Presentations“ was a great introduction to applying Autodesk Showcase to AEC presentation. As I own/use a Building Design Suite with Showcase it was very relevant as I’
Part of the morning was spent on some secret stuff which will have to wait for a future post. It was also my first chance to take a good look around the exhibit hall. The Autodesk Gallery had an awesome display. I was impressed Carl Bass (right) was present whenever
AU 2011 was a total mind blowing overload of fun, meetings and intellectual challenges. Add to that a few kilometres walking each day, the dehydrating low humidity of the Vegas atmosphere plus a bit of jetlag made it physically challenging as well (or I’m getting old!). I’m going
The “day before Day One” kicked off with a media session packed with information. I’ll post in more detail when time allows but an overview will give some impression of the material covered: * Chris Bradshaw (SVP and Chief Marketing Officer) covered Autodesk’s approach to traditional markets and the
Picked a beautiful sunny Sunday evening to leave NZ. Waiting to board my flight to L.A. it finally seems like AU 2011 is happening. I arrive, all going to plan, Sunday afternoon (love that dateline). Can't wait!
NEXT WEEK? How did that happen? I won’t pretend I’m ready, although fly out on Sunday, but fortunately some other bloggers are better organised which means I can be lazy! If you are heading to AU check out these posts, & Lynn’s video, to aid your preparation
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_yMRGF5DCI&w=420&h=315] Have seen Don perform a couple of times at Autodesk University, wouldn’t mind seeing again!
As I write, according to the countdown on Shaan Hurley’s blog, it is a mere fifty six days and five hours until Autodesk University 2011, Las Vegas, begins. However another deadline is approaching rapidly if you are thinking of attending and haven’t registered yet. General Registration opened mid
One of the Autodesk University 2010 photos I showed at a recent Revit User Group Auckland was an Autodesk concept for interacting, real time, with a living BIM model. Linking the BIM & Building Automation Systems enabled use of live data for analysis, visualisation and operation in the Building Information
One of the great things about conferences is meeting previously “virtual contacts”. Hardi Meybaum, CEO/Founder of GrabCAD, was one of those until we met in the media room at AU as had only known each other by email. GrabCAD’s current focus is engineering & manufacturing but it’s
A casual start to the year and a new venue for this meeting. Grab a beer & hear AU Speakers (Roy AU China, Simon AU Vegas), first time attendee (Michelle) and RobiNZ blogger’s view of Autodesk University 2010. Details & RSVP via Meetup: RUGAKL February Meeting - Autodesk University
