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Technical Marketing Manager Todd Hunter provides his colorful views, opinions, and expertise on Autodesk Impression, remote controlled helicopters, Triumph motorcycles, and everything in between. Read his blog and chances are you’ll learn more about treble, bass and oil filter maintenance.
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- posted 12/13/06 by Todd Hunter AUGI CAD Camp, Cincinnati
- Everyone told me to wear my long-johns and gloves if I am traveling to Cincinnati. I like to travel light so I did not bring any of those things but that is okay because Cinci was in the 50s and sunny when I got there Monday afternoon. It was actually colder and wetter in Vacaville, CA where I live. The Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) runs the series of CAD Camps every year with great success. The “camps” are one day events with non-stop classes and seminars that allow CAD professionals to stay current on the technology they use day to day and to get previews of new Autodesk technologies that are yet to come. In 2005 CAD Camps attracted over 7500 attendees on four different continents. The return attendee registration rates are a good indication of how valuable the training given by AUGIs’ Matt Murphy and his staff of professional instructors is.
I asked Matt if I could present Impression at some of the scheduled CAD Camps to show off the new Autodesk Impression project. The camps always have a catered lunch and Matt likes to make good use of the attendees’ time so he plans sessions during the lunch break called Lunch-and-Learn sessions where folks can sit and eat and get some extracurricular info, usually in the form of a future product presentation. We felt this would be a great time to show off Impression because attendees from all industries go to the lunch and learn sessions and Impression is not just for any one single industry.
There were about 100 in the lunch time presentation in Cincinnati and everyone seemed very excited to see that Autodesk has come out with a product like Impression. It fills a niche and solves a problem that virtually every designer encounters, some on a daily basis.
Next year will be an exciting and busy year for the Impression team and I will be teaching Impression classes at many of the CAD Camp events. Go to www.cadcamp.com to see next years’ schedule and register for one near you.