AU 2009 Report – Part 2; Sshh AutoCAD is FREE with Civil 3D

No matter how much we work in civil 3d (or in Land Desktop in previous generations), the foundation of autocad generally gets overlooked. A sort of Rodney Dangerfield stigma; AutoCAD gets no respect.  What in the world does this have to do with AU2009? Glad you asked.  One of my classes on the first day was an AutoCAD customization class.  Not customization that redifines everything, but simple tweaks to get the productivity gains we all crave.

AU 2009 Report – Part 1

Good morning all! Spent a nice time last week at Autodesk University 2009.

[This is the main keynote session; i was a bit early. The session was in the Mandalay Bay Event Center, you know, like holds concerts and stuff? Not sure what the head count was but it seemed to be around 6000 folks if i had to guess.]

Lots of learning, walking, chatting and more walking.  If you’re not physically active by nature, AU can certianly give that jump start.  What did i take away?  Lots to tell.  I’ll try to break it into bite size chunks throughout the week.  Today’s lesson is on certification, specifically Autodesk certification. While @ AU, the assessments and tests were offered for free! And, if you could pass 7 exams, AU 2010 would be on them!

The challenge was on…  How was i going to try and do it? How was i going to catch all my classes?  How?