My AU2015 Wrap-up

The amazing, spectacular, and jam packed learning adventure of AU2015 is over.
As always there are a few stand-out classes that I had the privilege of attending.

The first was Marcello's Dynamo class, More Practical Dynamo.  I've been watching Marcello teach some amazing things for many years, and I'm happy to see that the Dynamo he is teaching this year is in fact Practical for a small scale project structural firm like ours.  I look forward to becoming a Dynamo HERO this year....

Second on my favorite list this year was a fun demo class on 3ds Max and Stingray.  This class, Interactive Virtual Reality for BIM Data sets and Simulation Using Stingray and 3ds Max, was by Alex Horst.  If you have the opportunity I highly recommend watching it online, it's quite an amazing look into virtual reality for us structural peeps. 

As for my class, Beautiful Structure Rendering Structural Revit Models with 3ds Max, things went splendidly and here's a clip from the class shortly before starting.  Also below, the Final Render Image for the class.

Autodesk University 2015

It's official!  I'm so excited to be Las Vegas bound early December to present a lab class at AU2015.  My lab named, Beautiful Structure: Rendering Revit Structure Models with 3ds Max, is truly about showing the magnificence of structure.  Beautiful renderings should not just rest within the architects bag of tricks, in this competitive BIM market it's important to market our structural engineering firms via our corporate social media sites, proposals, and marketing avenues.  So if you're interested in promoting your BIM work in the form of beautiful structural renderings I hope to see you in my class in December.