Autodesk University 2008 Show Guide

Classes by Industry CAD Management & IT Selling the Value of CAD Management CM101-2 02-Dec-08 8:15 am - 9:45 am Ever been frustrated by not getting the hardware, software or training that you know you need to do your job? Do you ever feel like nobody understands what you do and why CAD management is important? Would you like to learn how to break through these impasses? Hint: it’s all in how you sell the concept! This session will show you how to communicate the concepts and benefits of CAD management in language your senior management team will understand. Topics we’ll cover include: setting realistic expectations, the faster/cheaper paradigm, budgeting, technology forecasting, finding labor savings, cost justification, return on investment, and the critical importance of managerial support for standards. Along the way, we’ll examine a reporting format you can use to stay in constant contact with your boss. If you’ve ever had trouble getting your senior management to understand what you do, you can’t afford to miss this session. 90-Minute Class Intermediate Lido 3103 Robert Green, Owner | cad-manager.com The CAD Manager Career Path: How to Climb the Ladder CM101-3 02-Dec-08 8:15 am - 9:45 am Some people stumble into CAD management. Others strive to get there, but never seem to make it. There may actually be a well-defined path that you can travel. We will discuss what you need to get the job, how to hold on to it, and how to advance your career to the next level. No matter where you are on the ladder of success, you will come away with practical timetested ways to move up. 90-Minute Class Introductory Lido 3105 Mark Kiker, | AUGI Supporting CAD Systems and Users CM215-1 03-Dec-08 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm This class will cover a variety of topics that CAD managers have to deal with every day. We’ll talk about computer hardware and what makes a good CAD system, justifying training, and looking at ways of providing training for your users even if you have no budget for it. We’ll go behind the scenes and talk about network versus standalone licenses, creating software deployments, and backing up your data—all this and more. 90-Minute Class Introductory Lido 3103 Tom Conti, Senior Principal CAD Systems Analyst | Walt Disney Imagineering CAD Manager’s Notebook 2009, Part II CM115-3 02-Dec-08 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm Continued from CAD Manager’s Notebook 2009, Part I: Distilled from Robert Green’s popular Cadalyst “CAD Manager” column and 17 years of CAD management experience, this session is designed to give the working CAD manager a more advanced skill set for tackling tougher problems. This presentation will cover matching your management style to the needs of your company, strategy-based CAD management, managing CAD as an enabling tool, de-emphasizing complexity, re-emphasizing results, hiring the right people, budgeting for success, and making cost savings your number one priority. Using cost savings as a guide, the presentation will conclude with detailed ideas for boosting user output, enacting a resultsbased CAD management plan, and how to sell your ideas to your senior management. If you manage CAD, you can’t afford to miss the career enhancing concepts that will be covered in this class. 90-Minute Class Intermediate Lido 3003 Robert Green, Owner | cad-manager.com Data Drives Our Decisions: CAD Management from A to Z CM111-1 02-Dec-08 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm This session will review and discuss the future of the CAD industry. We’ll examine the trends of CAD standards by reviewing data from the past, collecting data from the present, and focusing on where that information will take us in the future. We’ll discuss the concepts and begin a framework for the vast amount of data created and stored when implementing and enforcing CAD standards. We’ll analyze and compare standards from different firms and disciplines, and learn additional ways of producing and publishing companywide. 90-Minute Class All Levels Lido 3103 R Yoshi Honda, director of operations | U.S. CAD AutoCAD® Tips and Tricks for User Customization CM111-3 02-Dec-08 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm The power of AutoCAD lies in its customizability. Many techniques available to provide an office environment while, at the same time, giving the users the ability to customize AutoCAD to match their preferences. This course draws on decades of experience in providing an open environment for AutoCAD users. Topics range from organizing the AutoCAD search paths to Visual LISP® techniques that can open the environment. At the conclusion of this course you will have many new tools to help you empower your users. 90-Minute Class Intermediate Murano 3205 R. Robert Bell, Design Technology Manager | Sparling 25 CAD Manager’s Notebook 2009, Part I CM111-2 02-Dec-08 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm Distilled from Robert Green’s popular Cadalyst “CAD Manager” column and his 17 years of CAD management experience, this session is designed for the working CAD manager who wants to get a more organized, proactive CAD management environment established. This presentation will cover the market factors that drive CAD management duties, defining your own job description, getting organized (and staying that way), and how to report it all to your upper management so they’ll support you. Along the way, extended discussions of standards, machine environments, enforcement of standards, staff leveraging, and enhancing your user’s effectiveness will be presented with a constant slant towards becoming more http://www.cad-manager.com http://www.cad-manager.com

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