How SUNY Ulster Uses Project-Based Learning & Autodesk Revit

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This semester two projects of note came to completion using Autodesk Revit. The first project involved creating a digital model of a local school using Revit. Information is now available to school administrators from the Building Information Model to manage facility use and plan reconfigurations as needed by student changes.

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How BIM is being used to teach Sustainable Design

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In a nutshell, purpose-built BIM solutions such as Revit help students learn holistic building design. BIM represents buildings as digital simulations rather than just traditional CAD drawings or 3D geometric models. Therefore, students who use BIM learn about the whole building. They learn to think more clearly about their design and are empowered to make informed decisions early in the process.

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Hot off the Presses: Studica PR for design3

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Studica, Inc., the education focused, value-added reseller of software and learning tools, is excited to announce that it is now a reseller for design3, a premier game development and 3D animation training portal. Studica now offers design3 student memberships worldwide.

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Autodesk Digital STEAM Workshop

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Autodesk recently created a new curriculum for teachers and students called the Digital STEAM Workshop. The Digital STEAM workshop is a highly visual curriculum that delivers an engaging project-based learning experience for students while enabling teachers to focus on teaching rather than software expertise.

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Cloud-Based Rendering for Revit and AutoCAD

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Autodesk created something called Project Neon a little while back. Project Neon is a cloud-based rendering service Autodesk is testing out. Basically, Neon is a plugin that you install into AutoCAD or Revit 2012 and you can use it within the program to send a drawing or a view up to Autodesk servers and have it rendered

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3D Mice and Revit

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Autodesk and 3DConnexion have teamed up to bring the technology of 3D Mice to the forefront of the BIM process. Revit Architecture 2012, Revit Structure 2012, Revit MEP 2012, and Navisworks 2012 have all added new functionality for 3D Mice.

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A Guide to Autodesk’s Resources and Curriculum

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The Autodesk Design Academy software curriculum was developed to support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and is intended for secondary schools looking to offer students a relevant and engaging pre-engineering, pre-architecture program that maps to U.S national academic standards.

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Autodesk Subscription Advantage Packs 2011

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Autodesk Subscription Advantage Packs are available for download on Subscription Center and from select Autodesk software products via in-product access. Subscription Advantage Packs are one of the benefits available to current Subscription customers on select products; they are provided as part of the customer’s Subscription at no additional fee. Get ahead by gaining early access to the latest product enhancements for the 2011 version of your Autodesk software.

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