BE Magazine - Volume 5, Issue 1 - (Page 43) BE CAREERS Animation by the Book Having powerful animation tools at your disposal is one thing, but becoming an expert user of those tools is another Ray Bentley Bentley F or many years now, project and design teams have been realizing ideas and designs using 3D models rendered in MicroStation. Now these teams can bring those models to life with help from Jerry Flynn and Animating in MicroStation, the follow-up to Flynn’s successful Rendering With MicroStation book and one of the newest releases from Bentley Institute Press. The latest release of MicroStation contains powerful and easy-to-use animation tools that put you in the director’s chair. Pan, tilt, zoom, focus, and highlight a scene anyway you’d like. Flyovers and walk-throughs are a breeze, especially when you can simulate a camera on a cable as it flies through a scene, or pace motion however you choose. Select the key frames and leave the hard work to MicroStation. You literally call the shots. Now bring the actors to life. Adding motion to formerly static objects within your model will reveal its interconnected and fluid detail. Whether animating the mechanics of infrastructure or demonstrating the flow of its surrounding world, this is where magic can happen. People walking, cars moving, cranes lifting. Deliver materials, build a structure, or operate a machine. As your confidence grows, this book will guide you step-by-step toward the kind of experimentation and results that you previously only admired on someone else’s screen. Put your models into gear and redefine what you think is possible. Animation might dazzle, but more important, animation will inform design decisions. Will a crane bearing a load clear the structure over which it reaches? Is there enough available space to accommodate building materials on site? As your skills grow, you’ll find yourself reaching for answers to questions like these and answering them with your own animations. Animation adds the element of time to a model, and it is now a core competency among engineering firms for schedule simulation and constructability testing. Additionally, some firms are now enjoying better project planning and improved cost control by prototyping on-time and just-intime project scheduling by first simulating projects in animation. On paper, a site might accommodate the materials, equipment, and staging that are required, but you’ll have much greater confidence in your aggressive schedule when you first put your construction sequence to the test. >>more The Expanding Role of the CAD Manager As responsibilities grow, so does the need for improving efficiency Joan Hatcher ModernTech M odernTech, a Bentley Institute training provider, has been teaching “MicroStation V8 XM Edition for CAD Manager”—as well as its predecessor “Managing MicroStation”—in the Southeast to rave reviews. Attendees learn how to create an efficient and intuitive operating environment and provide integrated company standards deployable across the entire corporate organization. Topics include installation and design file components; workspace configurations and printing; and project environment enhancements. Here is what one attendee recently said, “You allowed us to learn from each other, as well as presenting the material from the courseware. And you kept your tips and MicroStation facts flowing throughout the class. You have followed up with important information that will allow us to continue to learn about methods, methodologies, and management techniques for the MicroStation operating environment.” George Anderson, ModernTech’s Bentleycertified instructor, commented, “These classes not only provide great information but also an opportunity for those responsible for managing MicroStation to meet as a group and hear what others are experiencing on a day-to-day basis.” Click here to view Bentley Institute and ModernTech class schedules and course descriptions. Volume 5, Issue 1 | BE MAGAZINE 43 http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Training/Bentley+Institute+Press/Animating+With+MicroStation.htm http://lms.bentley.com/us/desktopdefault.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=1
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