A New Year
Just an FYI for everyone that meetings resume this month – January 20th, from 6-8pm. We look forward to welcoming everyone back!
November Recap
November’s meeting was another fun filled night of questions answered and new features explained. Although, the 2011 version of Revit has been released since last spring it was a very eventful night that our record attendance all joined in on. We started the night with a quick look see at the 2011 software, and then quickly broke into a question answer session, from everyone and anyone. A list of the new features follows, hope to see everyone at the December meeting Thurs. Dec. 16th at 6:00 pm at Avatech Solutions in Urbandale.
October Recap
The second user’s group meeting has come and gone and it was an evening filled with wonderful information.
It started off with a member of the Blue Beam team leading a demonstration (via WebEx) on what changes they have been making, and to see how they have streamlined the pdf to meet the needs of many different clients from Architects and Engineers to General Contractors. (This is not your dad’s pdf creator).
Subscription Advantage Pack for Revit 2011
Being an Autodesk Subscription customer only gets better. New subscription advantage pack has been released for all three Revit Platforms.
The Revit Server Extension, for all three Revit products, enables users to work more effectively as a single project team over a distributed wide area network (WAN) with higher performance and efficiency by maintaining a seamlessly integrated collection of Revit central models on a single server that team members can access from local servers.
The next tool is the Conceptual Energy Analysis tool gives users the ability to evaluate design options side-by-side based on reports that compare energy use, lifecycle costs, and breakdowns of consumption and loads. This tool is available for Revit Architecture and Revit MEP 2011.
You can visit the following sites to get more info.
For Videos:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=15731389&linkID=9243099
For Advantage Packs:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?siteID=123112&id=15500544
September Recap – Start of a New Year
The Revit Users Group of Des Moines kicked off its 2011 campain last night with inspired enthusiasm. After taking the summer to relax, the group was itching to reunite and converse amongst each other to expand the knowledge base and desire to further understand a growing trend within the industry. Autodesk Revit is the core topic of discussion, but becomes only the beginning of possibilities in hope to explore as the year progresses.
May Recap
If you’ve ever built a family, or are ready to take on that endeavor for your company, last night’s meeting was one to make sure to attend. But don’t worry, if you were unable to make it, this topic will be revisited in the coming months to ensure that everyone is made aware of this information.
Position Opportunity…
RUGDM has slowly grabbed a hold of the industry this past year, and the time has come to appoint a Vice President of RUGDM to the staff. Of course, these positions are completely voluntary with no pressing expectations.
Job Responsibilities:
To be in attendance for most meetings
Schedule presenters by contacting professionals around the area
Brainstorm topics and presentations
Update the website, providing tutorials or meeting minutes
If interested, contact us through the Contact Us tab.
February Recap
After some dreary weather and festive holidays, RUGDM finally rejoined for another session in the still bitterly cold and snowy February. The group continued it’s conversations of Building Information Modeling and discussed how each person is currently using BIM in their everyday practice.
Model Element Matrix
In today’s industry, trends and technology are constantly reaching new levels of control and flexibility for it’s users. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the catalysts driving this ever changing profession. For Engineers, architects, contractors, and consultants, BIM has finally taken hold and will soon be the driving force of our everyday responsibilities.
