FM Class handouts from AU and RTC

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Members of AUGI, you'll notice that the AU class handouts are being added to the forums (must be logged in to download the files). I'm going to link to the classes, just to have a pointer directly to them.

Even if there isn't an FM track for a year of AU handouts, I'd still recommend that you check out the CAD Management and Programming coursework. Obviously, when you work on a huge scale like in CAFM, you can benefit from automation and standardization tips and tricks and code snippets.

Autodesk University 2002 - Facilities Management Track (http://forums.augi.com/forumdisplay.php?1307-Facility-Management):

FM23-1: Developing a FM Automation Program for AutoCAD - A Real World Example!
Instructors: Brian M. Wildt (wildtb@weasler.com) and Phil A. Leverault and Dave Espinosa-Aguilar


Class Description: In this course we\'ll show you how we developed an automation program from concept to implementation. We\'ll discuss how to get started, what things to keep in mind as the concept gets off the ground and a few problems that you may run into. We know there are many companies out there looking for ways to save time and money in their drafting departments. We want to share our experience with you and show you just what can be accomplished and maybe give you some ideas to get started with a program of your own.

FM33-1: FM Desktop™ Leveraging AutoCAD to Meet Your Facility Management Needs…
Instructor: Bob Fahlin


Class Description: Using FM Desktop™ and Autodesk® technologies to return sanity to the chaos that is facility management.

FM34-1: Facility Management Made Easy with faciliCAD
Instructor: Bill Kilp


Class Description: Needs Analysis, Existing Data Review, Software Selection, Data Input, Data Extraction, Data Management and Software Maintenance are all phases of implementing a facility management system. Each of these topics could be a class in itself. The intent of this course is to give the student a bird’s eye view of the process from the early stages of conceptual meetings, to implementation and use of the system. The main focus will be on data entry. We will discuss the minimum requirements for creating space chargeback reports to entering additional data such as employees and assets. We will cover the basic steps necessary to attach and link CAD floor plans to an external database using faciliCAD. The combination of faciliCAD and AutoDesk’s AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop or AutoCAD Map, gives the user all the tools needed to create graphic and non-graphic Space, Employee and Assets reports.

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Autodesk University 2003 - Facilities Management Track (http://forums.augi.com/forumdisplay.php?1319-Facility-Management):

FM12-1L: Introduction to dbConnect for Facilities Management
Instructor: Scott McFarlane

Class Description: This hands-on lab will give you a jump-start into the world of database connectivity. Learn how to set up a database connection, create links, and turn your drawing into a powerful interface to your database. Explore the dbConnect Manager and the Data View window and create intelligent annotation using Labels. Create simple and even complex queries with the Query Editor.

FM13-1: From CAD to CEO with Autodesk and ARCHIBUS/FM
Instructor: Gregory J. Alevras

Class Description:
About ARCHIBUS, Inc.
Why Automate Facilities

FM31-1: Digging Deep into Databases
Instructor: Scott McFarlane

Class Description: This session takes a holistic approach to the topic of database integration with AutoCAD. Rather than focusing only on the tools (such as dbConnect), we will examine all the issues that you are faced with when integrating a CAD system with a database system. You will learn the fundamentals of database design and SQL, and study real-world examples that show how important these skills are to the success of your application. This session will also explore how development environments, such as VBA, can be used to extend the built-in features. We will combine this knowledge with the use of AutoCAD and dbConnect to develop a complete application from start to finish.

FM32-1: ChargeBack Reports: From CAD Drawing to Database Report
Instructor: Bill Kilp

Class Description: When budget time comes around one of the goals of any facility manager is to produce a chargeback report. This session will analyze all the elements required to produce chargeback reports. We'll use AutoCAD 2004 to define the methods for outlining the spaces, faciliCAD v2 for the database data entry of room information, and Crystal Reports for the final report.

FM33-1: Autodesk Map and Autodesk MapGuide for Facilities Management
Instructor: Barry Kelly

Class Description: This session will address both inside and outside plant FM requirements. Most facilities management drawings are not spatially referenced, a factor that can impact the use of Autodesk Map and Autodesk MapGuide. You will learn tips and tricks for this environment.

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Autodesk University 2004 - Facilities Management Track: (http://forums.augi.com/forumdisplay.php?1330-Facility-Management)

FM23-1L: Introduction to dbConnect for Facilities Management
Instructors: Scott McFarlane – SHM Development, Inc.

Class Description: This hands-on lab will give you a jump start into the world of database connectivity. Learn how to set up a database connection, create links, and turn your drawing into a powerful interface to your database. Explore the dbConnect Manager and the Data View window and create intelligent annotation using Labels. Create simple and even complex queries with the Query Editor. This class is designed for facility managers who use AutoCAD® and want a jump start into the DbConnect user interface.

FM31-1: From Architectural Desktop to Facility Management Reports
Instructors: Bill Kilp – faciliCAD LLC and John Janzen – faciliCAD LLC

Class Description: Learn to use Autodesk Architectural Desktop and faciliCAD V2 to connect CAD drawings with a Microsoft SQL database, harnessing the power of Architectural Desktop with facility management-specific features. Link Space and Area objects to database records to transform Architectural Desktop drawings into intelligent resources, extending their value beyond the design phase throughout the life of the building. Learn to create a live database link between architectural Space and Area objects to records in an SQL Database. Changes in the database affect the CAD drawing and vice versa.

FM33-1: Publish Building FM Information to the Web Using Autodesk MapGuide®
Instructors: Bill Kilp – faciliCAD LLC and Glenn Stazak – Stazak Consulting Services

Class Description: Building Lifecycle Information can be entered, accessed, and edited within an AutoCAD® or Autodesk® Architectural Desktop drawing and published to a customizable web-based environment using Autodesk MapGuide technology and faciliCAD. Use MapGuide to view and report on space, people, and asset information from a web-based format that requires virtually no learning curve. This class is designed for CAD managers and users. It will be somewhat technical but interesting for its simplicity.

FM41-1: Digging Deep into Databases
Instructors: Scott McFarlane – SHM Development, Inc.

Class Description: This session takes a holistic approach to the topic of database integration with AutoCAD®. Rather than focusing only on the tools (such as dbConnect), we will examine all the issues that you are faced with when integrating a CAD system with a database system. You will learn the fundamentals of database design and SQL, and study real-world examples that show how important these skills are to the success of your application. This session will also explore how development environments, such as VBA, can be used to extend the built-in features. We will combine this knowledge with the use of AutoCAD and dbConnect to develop a complete application from start to finish. This class is designed for anyone who is beginning to work with the database connectivity features of AutoCAD, but may not have a strong foundation of database knowledge.

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Autodesk University 2005 - Facilities Management Track: (http://forums.augi.com/forumdisplay.php?1359-Facility-Management)

FM34-1L: Introduction to dbConnect for Facilities Management
Instructors: Scott McFarlane and Bill Kimbrell (Assistant); Jimmy Bergmark (Assistant)

Class Description: This hands-on lab will give you a jump-start into the world of database connectivity. Learn how to set up a database connection, create links, and turn your drawing into a powerful interface to your database. Explore the dbConnect Manager and the Data View window and create intelligent annotation using Labels. Create simple and even complex queries with the Query Editor.

FM33-1: dbConnect for Facilities Management
Instructor: Scott McFarlane

Class Description: Facilities Management is a complex, multifaceted field. It is no surprise that commercial off-the-shelf software geared toward FM tends to be equally complex, and often demands steep learning curves. For many of us, however, AutoCAD’s built in dbConnect functionality provides a suitable alternative for meeting the needs of the typical facilities manager. This class provides an introduction to dbConnect, and shows how this technology can be used to accomplish specific FM tasks. We will explore the built-in capabilities of the dbConnect user interface, as well as demonstrate some simple, yet powerful custom macros that offer more advanced functionality.

FM22-1: Autodesk Architectural Desktop: The Facility Manager's Dream
Instructor: David Shepherd

Class Description: The combination of new Architectural Desktop 2006 features, such as Display Themes and Database Fields, together with ADT Areas, Spaces, and Scheduling make the software a formidable out-of-thebox solution for facility managers. This session will demonstrate how easily room booking, asset tracking, and lease chargeback data can be linked into ADT 2006 without complex programming or recourse to third-party applications.

FM13-1: DWF and Effective Facility Information Management
Instructor: Robert Fahlin

Class Description: Learn how to unleash the power of DWF to address the facility information management and documentation needs of your organization. Learn how embedded Autodesk technologies can provide an end-to-end solution for CAD operators, administrators, and others responsible for the management and dissemination of facility information. DWF provides the catalyst to bring facility drawings and data together in an easy-to-access format.

FM12-2: Tips and Tricks for Evaluating, Selecting, and Implementing a CAFM Solution
Instructor: Bill Kilp

Class Description: The following are all phases of implementing a facility management system: needs analysis, existing data review, software selection, data input, data extraction, data management, and software maintenance. Each of these topics could be a class in itself. The intent of this course is to give attendees a bird’s-eye view of the process from the early stages of conceptual meetings, to implementation and use of the system. The main focus will be on data entry. We will discuss the minimum requirements for creating space chargeback reports to entering additional data such as employees and assets.

FM11-2: Chargeback Reports: From CAD Drawings to Database Report
Instructor: Bill Kilp

Class Description: When budget time comes around, one of the goals of any facility manager is to produce a chargeback report. This session will analyze all the elements required to produce chargeback reports. We will uncover the mystique surrounding the ANSI BOMA and IFMA documents defining Standard Methods for Measuring Floor Area. We will use AutoCAD 2006 to define the methods for outlining the spaces using Polyline as the space boundaries. Once defined, these boundaries can be linked to a database using a third-party CAFM solution.

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Autodesk University 2006 - Facilities Management Track (http://forums.augi.com/forumdisplay.php?1344-Facility-Management):

FM11-1: Make FM Part of Your AutoCAD® World
Instructor: Shaun Bryant - STJ2 Constultants Ltd.

Class Description: This session focuses on how a computer-based FM system can enhance your AutoCAD facilities drawings. We’ll demonstrate how easy it is to implement an integrated FM system with your existing AutoCAD drawings and data. We’ll present insights into how to prepare your existing drawings for the move to an FM system and how to link them to that system. We’ll also demonstrate the benefits and productivity gains that can be achieved. This session is for intermediate and seasoned AutoCAD users who have yet to move to an integrated FM system. Users of any version of AutoCAD who want to enhance their understanding of proprietary facilities management systems and AutoCAD will benefit from this in-depth session. Some prior experience of facilities management will be helpful.

FM12-1: Facility Management Handbook
Instructors: Bob Fahlin - Autodesk, Inc.

Class Description: This session is designed to be a primer for all those involved in the management of the facility environment. Attendees will review a summary of issues and challenges that face today’s facility professionals. Learn how to manage space occupancy and allocation information. Understand how facility infrastructure can impact the workplace. See how Autodesk is helping facility management professionals step up to the challenges with world-class solutions and advanced technologies.

FM22-1: Digging Deep into Databases [Part 1]
Instructors: Scott McFarlane - Geotropix, Inc.

Class Description: This session takes a holistic approach to the topic of database integration with AutoCAD. Rather than focusing only on the tools (such as dbConnect), we will examine all the issues that you are faced with when integrating a CAD system with a database system. You will learn the fundamentals of database design and SQL, and study real-world examples that show how important these skills are to the success of your application. This session will also explore how development environments, such as VBA, can be used to extend the built-in features. We will combine this knowledge with the use of AutoCAD and dbConnect to develop a complete application from start to finish.

FM24-1: From Blue Line to Bottom Line Using Autodesk® FMDesktop
Instructors: Matt Davoren - CADD Microsystems, Inc.

Class Description: The technology aspect of facilities management is critical to maintaining an organization’s infrastructure to support the overall business objectives, but where do you get started? This is a crucial part of a facility manager’s strategic plan. By utilizing Autodesk newest solution, FM Desktop, your company can avoid the classic mistakes and post-implementation blues that can occur when a maintenance plan for people and systems is not in place. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about technology’s role in making you better in Facility Management.

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Autodesk University 2007 - Facility Management Track: (http://forums.augi.com/forumdisplay.php?1378-Facility-Management)

FM500-1: Autodesk FMDesktop from CAD to the Web
Instructor: Bob Fahlin

Class Description: This session is a comprehensive FMDesktop workshop that covers all the components of Autodesk FMDesktop, a computer aided facility management (CAFM) suite of products. You will learn how to take a static drawing and turn it into a powerful facility management tool using Facility Manager, the FMDesktop component that provides space allocation reporting, occupancy assignments, and move management. You will learn how to publish your facility management information to your corporate intranet or the Web in minutes using Facility Web. This session is designed for facility management professionals familiar with basic CAFM concepts. CAD expertise is not required for this session.

FM318-1: Using Autodesk FMDesktop in the Real World
Instructor: Arthur Franz

Class Description: Learn how the flexible structure in Autodesk FMDesktop allows you to apply its toolset to solve facilities issues. In this session, you'll discover how to add User Definable Fields (UDF) to store data unique to your facility; produce graphical thematic reports with Dynamic Hatching to show reports such as classroom utilization, contractor and intern seats, floor finishes, and room types; and how to define distribution systems for your facilities infrastructure using Service and Dependant relationships. We'll also use examples in our discussion on how computer equipment is affected when you take down a router and identifying which thermostat controls the temperature of a specific room.

FM314-1: Revit Architecture and Autodesk FMDesktop: The "Dynamic Duo" of Facilities Management
Instructor: Clyne Curtis

Class Description: This session will introduce management professionals, architects, and space planners to the powerful relationship that exists when parametric software (Revit Architecture) integrates with facilities management software (Autodesk FMDesktop). You’ll learn how to leverage your BIM model and facilities data into a supercharged facilities management tool. We’ll explore how to create up-to-date space, asset, occupancy, and move-management information for your facility or campus and learn how to present that information to end users with an extremely user-friendly interface. Real-world examples of linking Brigham Young University campus buildings in Revit Architecture to Autodesk FMDesktop will be used to highlight the power of this dynamic software duo!

FM304-1: Detailed Reporting in Autodesk® FMDesktop™
Instructor: Jon Luby

Class Description: With the help of the Autodesk FMDesktop software suite, this class will delve into the reporting capabilities within Facility Manager. Utilizing Drawing Queries, Facility Reporting, and Dynamic Reports, we’ll showcase how to retrieve, filter, and customize reporting requirements.

FM300-1: Complying with the U.S. National CAD Standard: Do Your Drawings Comply?
Instructors: Rick Green, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA, LEED AP

Class Description: This class provides in-depth coverage of Unite States National CAD Standard (NCS) requirements that owners, facilities managers, and government agencies are now requiring for their construction drawings. This session includes workshop-style hands-on exercises that will cover many of the most common compliancy errors, and how to avoid them. The class includes examples of NCS-compliant drawings and strategies that can be referred to when implementing the NCS into the workplace. If you need to know more about NCS drawings and how to save time creating them, this class is for you.

FM218-1: Implementing an FM Product with Your AutoCAD® Drawings and Block Data
Instructor: Shaun Bryant

Class Description: This session is for intermediate as well as seasoned AutoCAD users. We’ll demonstrate how to easily implement an FM product with your existing AutoCAD drawings and block data. You’ll learn how to use your existing AutoCAD block inventory to create a furniture and equipment inventory both on your drawings and in your FM system’s database. We’ll also demonstrate the benefits and productivity gains that can be made. Users of any version of AutoCAD who want to enhance their understanding of facilities management systems and AutoCAD will benefit from this in-depth session. Some prior experience of facilities management will be helpful.

FM210-1: Don’t Get Floored in your Facility: From Revit® Architecture to Autodesk® FMDesktop™
Instructors: Matt Davoren and Christopher Fernandez

Class Description: There has never been a better time to utilize the powerful tools to design, build, and maintain a building and its life cycle. Learn how to create Revit Architecture building information models that you can then transfer to Autodesk FMDesktop with minimal effort. By exporting to spreadsheets of information and utilizing templates, you can easily import into FMDesktop. This allows facilities managers to track people, places, and things in a user-friendly environment.

Creating parameters in Revit for rooms
Scheduling the room objects, and more
Exporting the schedule to delimited files
Importing into FMDesktop
The ease of use and functionality in FMDesktop

FM204-1: Facility Management Handbook
Instructor: Bob Fahlin

Class Description: This session is designed to be a primer for all those involved in the management of the facility environment. Attendees will review a summary of issues and challenges that face today's facility professionals. Learn how to manage space occupancy and allocation information. Understand how facility infrastructure can impact the workplace. See how Autodesk is helping facility management professionals' step up to the challenges with world-class solutions and advanced technologies, easy enough to be used by the novice, yet powerful enough to meet the demands of even the most demanding facility management veterans.

FM110-1: Using Autodesk DWF in Facilities Management
Instructor: Mark Evans

Class Description: This session demonstrates how DWF can be used to increase productivity in various facilities management tasks. Autodesk Design Review can be used to review, measure, and mark up drawings created for facilities construction, management, operations, renovation, and even demolition. Facilities managers or other facilities professionals can review drawings submitted by architects, engineers, or construction professionals. Facilities managers using Autodesk FMDesktop can create DWF drawings to share with their facility occupants or with service providers. This session demonstrates the power of Autodesk Design Review when used in conjunction with Autodesk building design applications and facilities management applications. It will also show how Autodesk Freewheel can be used to share DWF files without installing a viewer.

FM104-1: Using Autodesk® FMDesktop for Space Management on a Shoestring Budget
Instructor: James E. (Jimmy) Niles

Class Description: This class will introduce the process and procedures to implement a space management system on a limited budget. We will explore the use of Autodesk FMDesktop to track departments, research grants, employees, room use, and more, for any size organization (whether it is 10,000 or 10 million square feet). We will also discuss how to make information readily available over the intranet or Internet by using third-party off-the-shelf products.

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The Revit Technology Conference (RTC) handouts will be hosted on the forums as well, so I took a quick browse through the first set available to find some classes I feel are applicable to the post-construction set.

RTC Australasia 2011

Session 2:

Revit Protocols and Standards - Where do I start?

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?150845-Session-2-Part-B-Revit-Protocols-amp-Standards-Where-Do-I-Start

Session 3:

Still not sharing your coordinates?

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?150837-Session-3-Part-B-Still-Not-Sharing-Your-Coordinates

Session 4:

BIM - from the ashes rose the phoenix (IPD + and - on a $100m project)

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?150822-Session-4-BIM-from-the-ashes-rose-the-phoenix

Topography - the highs and lows

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?150825-Session-4-Topography-The-highs-and-lows!

Session 5:

10 Free Revit Add-ons you can't live without

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?150785-Session-5-10-Free-Revit-API’s-you-can’t-live-without

Session 6:

Training Your Staff

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?150821-Session-6-Part-B-Sharing-the-Knowledge-Training-your-staff

Session 7:

Beyond Buildings - Master Planning with Revit Architecture

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?150801-Session-7-Part-A-Beyond-Buildings-Master-Planning-with-Autodesk-Revit-Architecture

Drop the B in BIM - how projects can benefit from IM, infrastructure or plants

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?150802-Session-7-Part-A-Drop-the-B-in-BIM

Understanding BIMWashing (how to spot it)

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?150806-Session 7 ‐ Part A-Understanding-BIM-Wash-A-Primer-for-Clients-and-Service-Providers

Case Study - Multi-disciplinary Clinic Project

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?150809-Session-7-Part-B-Case-Study-Multi-Disciplinary-SuperClinic-Project

Master Planning Communities

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?150793-Session-9-Master-Planning-Communities

Session 10:

BIM & Healthcare: Caring is NOT Sharing

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?150860-Session-10-Part-B-BIM-amp-Healthcare-Architecture-Caring-IS-NOT-Sharing

Bringing BIM to the Site

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?150858-Session-10-Part-B-Bringing-BIM-to-the-site

Revit Collaboration Case Study

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?150851-Session-11-Revit-Collaboration-amp-a-quot-One-Model-quot-Case-Study

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I just ran across this post of mine from AU2006, covering a panel discussion, so there would be no course handout.

http://mistressofthedorkness.blogspot.com/2006/11/au2006-keys-to-successful-cafm.html

Keys to a Successful CAFM Implementation

Denise Cahill from Cahill Consultants (http://www.cahillnet.com/)
Shaun Bryant from CAD/FM Consultants Ltd (http://www.cadfmconsult.co.uk/)
Aaron Bukowitz from Avatech
Matt Davoren from CADD Microsystems (http://www.caddmicrosystems.com/)
David Jordani from Jordani Consulting Group (http://www.jordani.com/)
and was mediated by Mark Evans from Autodesk BSD

Good topics include:
Most Vital Components for a Successful Implementation
Best Practices
Steps During Implementation
Awareness, Standardization


Autodesk University 2006 - Facilities Management Track (http://forums.augi.com/forumdisplay.php?1344-Facility-Management):

FM11-1: Make FM Part of Your AutoCAD® World
Instructor: Shaun Bryant - STJ2 Constultants Ltd.

Class Description: This session focuses on how a computer-based FM system can enhance your AutoCAD facilities drawings. We’ll demonstrate how easy it is to implement an integrated FM system with your existing AutoCAD drawings and data. We’ll present insights into how to prepare your existing drawings for the move to an FM system and how to link them to that system. We’ll also demonstrate the benefits and productivity gains that can be achieved. This session is for intermediate and seasoned AutoCAD users who have yet to move to an integrated FM system. Users of any version of AutoCAD who want to enhance their understanding of proprietary facilities management systems and AutoCAD will benefit from this in-depth session. Some prior experience of facilities management will be helpful.

FM12-1: Facility Management Handbook
Instructors: Bob Fahlin - Autodesk, Inc.

Class Description: This session is designed to be a primer for all those involved in the management of the facility environment. Attendees will review a summary of issues and challenges that face today’s facility professionals. Learn how to manage space occupancy and allocation information. Understand how facility infrastructure can impact the workplace. See how Autodesk is helping facility management professionals step up to the challenges with world-class solutions and advanced technologies.

FM22-1: Digging Deep into Databases [Part 1]
Instructors: Scott McFarlane - Geotropix, Inc.

Class Description: This session takes a holistic approach to the topic of database integration with AutoCAD. Rather than focusing only on the tools (such as dbConnect), we will examine all the issues that you are faced with when integrating a CAD system with a database system. You will learn the fundamentals of database design and SQL, and study real-world examples that show how important these skills are to the success of your application. This session will also explore how development environments, such as VBA, can be used to extend the built-in features. We will combine this knowledge with the use of AutoCAD and dbConnect to develop a complete application from start to finish.

FM24-1: From Blue Line to Bottom Line Using Autodesk® FMDesktop
Instructors: Matt Davoren - CADD Microsystems, Inc.

Class Description: The technology aspect of facilities management is critical to maintaining an organization’s infrastructure to support the overall business objectives, but where do you get started? This is a crucial part of a facility manager’s strategic plan. By utilizing Autodesk newest solution, FM Desktop, your company can avoid the classic mistakes and post-implementation blues that can occur when a maintenance plan for people and systems is not in place. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about technology’s role in making you better in Facility Management.

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RTC North America 2011

Session 2, Part B: Providing Revit Help Desk Support in a Larger Office (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158399-Session-2-Part-B-Providing-Revit-Help-Desk-Support-in-a-Larger-Office)
Instructors: Daniel John Stine, LHB

Class Description: This session is meant to help increase your resolution efficiency and value to an AEC firm. Many topics will be covered including; prioritizing multiple issues, dealing with overly dependent users, standards enforcement, and much more. Several real-world type problems will be outlined and resolved during the presentation.

Session 2, Part A/B: Revit MEP Plumbing - Mystery Solved (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158407-Session-2-Part-A-B-Revit-MEP-Plumbing-Mystery-Solved)
Instructors: Plamen Hristov, Capital Engineering Consultants, Inc

Class Description: There are way too many comments and discussions about Plumbing in Revit MEP and how it doesn't work. Well, I would like to invite you to a class where you are going to do plumbing design yourself. During this hands-on class we are going to discuss what kind of challenges we are facing when using Revit MEP for plumbing and find feasible solutions. We are going to discuss the necessary detail level, the appropriate workflow between the architect and the plumbing designer, and of course the documentation that we need to produce.

Session 2, Part A: Using a Revit Model in Engineering Analysis & Design (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158414-Session-2-Part-A-Using-a-Revit-Model-in-Engineering-Analysis-amp-Design)
Instructors: Desiree Ratley, PE, Martin/Martin

Class Description: This class will demonstrate how to use a relatively new tool in Revit, reporting parameters, along with some classic tools, such as schedules and filters, to utilize a structural Revit model in the design and analysis phase of a project. All of these tools will be incorporated into one specific, comprehensive example.

Session 2, Part B: Revit + Ecotect - A Green Relationship (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158421-Session-2-Part-B-Revit-Ecotect-A-Green-Relationship)
Instructors: David Haynes, AIA, LEED AP, Ideate, Inc.

Class Description: Studies show that most crucial decisions happen in the first moments of the design process. Architects need tools that will asset them in the creating better and more sustainable building projects. This lecture will focus on which tools are available, when to use them, and how to get the maximum benefit from these energy analysis tools. To make better, more energy efficient, sustainable buildings, we need to make better strategic decisions early. Architects need tools that will assist them in creating better and more sustainable projects. This lecture will focus on which fools are available, when to use them, and how to get the maximum benefit from these energy analysis tools. To make better, more efficient, sustainable buildings, we need to make better strategic decisions early.

Session 3, Part B: Solving Common Autodesk Revit Problems (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158428-Session-3-Part-B-Solving-Common-Autodesk-Revit-Problems)
Instructors: Harlan Brumm, Autodesk, Inc.

Class Description: Learn how to diagnose and troubleshoot the most common and frustrating problems that can affect Revit projects. This class will include troubleshooting views, families, work-sharing, memory related problems, and rendering problems. We will examine error messages in Revit and explore their causes and possible resolutions.

Session 4: Maximizing your Schedules Potential (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158551-Session-4-Maximizing-your-Schedules-Potential)
Instructors: Ken Marcus, RFI Consultants Inc. with David Banyard, Modulus Consulting

Class Description: This class will teach students how to build use schedules for more then just counting building components. During this class, we will show students how to develop an Occupancy Schedule that uses a Key Schedule to select room use types that determine Occupancy load numbers. Students will develop a key schedule that used integer-based values, then run formulas that will determine room occupancy, load factors and number of exits. Students will learn to build formulas, calculated values, and parameters so that calculated values will be run in the schedule. Occupancy tags will be created using shared parameters that will used in the schedule Occupancy numbers can be shown in a room tag. Also, we will cover how to round up in formula properly, mix and match different parameter types (area and integer), check if a calculated value matches a equivalent manual value in a tag to eliminate potential errors, and highlight errors for easy detection.

Session 5: Facilities Management with Revit Architecture: What's in Your Tool Box? (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158562-Session-5-Facilities-Management-with-Revit-Architecture-What-s-in-Your-Tool-Box)
Instructors: Clyne Curtis, Brigham Young University

Class Description: This lab class will introduce management professionals, architects, and space planners to the powerful tool set within Autodesk Revit Architecture that can be used to accurately and efficiently generate, maintain, and present facility data. Learn how to leverage project and shared parameters, rooms, area plans, color schemes, schedules, to provide up-to-date data for your end users. Explore the DBLink utility which will allow you to update parameters such as costs, life cycle information, and much more using an external database linked to your Autodesk Revit Architecture project.

Session 6, Part B: How to Establish a BIM Project Execution Plan to Better Assist Your IPD Projects (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158580-Session-6-Part-B-How-to-Establish-a-BIM-Project-Execution-Plan-to-Better-Assist-Your-IPD-Projects)
Instructors: Doug Williams, Perkins+Will

Class Description: Now that Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) has become relevant in the A/E/C Industry, guidelines necessary to craft a BIM Project Execution Plan are becoming indispensable tools. This session will guide you through the process of establishing a plan to better assist your design and construction team in fully utilizing BIM to its maximum potential for your clients.

This must have roadmap will define the appropriate uses of BIM for your projects throughout its lifecycle. It is my intent to share my practical experience of creating a document to ultimately serve as a template for your firm’s projects. Resources that were initially used to establish a plan to complement/integrate with your contracts will also be covered.

Session 6, Part B: Codebook and Revit = BIM Lifecycle Management (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158573-Session-6-Part-B-Codebook-and-Revit-BIM-Lifecycle-Management)
Instructors: Cyril Verley, RA, President, CDV Systems, Inc. with Daniel Stonecipher, Vice President, CDV Systems, Inc.

Class Description: CodeBook is a software program based on Access and SQL and is used to manage a building's program, equipment, furniture and lifecycle needs. It is a standalone database application that links the project program & equipment requirements to Autodesk Revit Arch and MEP.

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RTC NA 2011 Part 2

Session 7, Part B: Revit Collaboration & a "One Model" Case Study (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158598-Session-7-Part-B-Revit-Collaboration-amp-a-quot-One-Model-quot-Case-Study)
Instructors: Chris Price, Cadway Projects

Class Description: Revit multi-discipline and interoffice collaboration is becoming more and more common in the industry. So what are the tricks to getting it all to work seamlessly? I will be addressing the various issues you will face, best practices as well as the different ways to achieve a successful outcome.
Revit Server
Copy/Monitor
Coordination Review
Linking / Coordinates
File Exchange
Communication Methods

Session 7, Part A: Revit for Urban Design (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158590-Session-7-Part-A-Revit-for-Urban-Design)
Instructors: Lee Miller, HOK

Class Description: Revit for Urban Design will present a methodology that can enable project teams to quickly become efficient in a coordinated spatial environment that has computable information. The class will demonstrate a developed and documented process that connects the usually disparate and disconnected pieces of the urban design and master planning puzzles. Centered on these disciplines, the class is of value to all those in the design and decision making process.

Session 9: Advanced Scheduling (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158610-Session-9-Advanced-Scheduling)
Instructors: Brian Mackey, CAD-1

Class Description: We all know the “I” in “BIM” stands for Information, but how can you use that information to your advantage while working on projects? This class will show you how to use schedules to make sure you are staying within budget, use schedules to parametrically change values in objects already in the project, and how to gain access to data you may be unsure how to get. You will learn that schedules have a dual purpose.

Session 9: Leveraging the Model Post Construction (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158608-Session-9-Leveraging-the-Model-Post-Construction)
Instructors: Josh Lowe, TURIS

Class Description: When BIM Models are given to the owner’s at the end of the construction, most owners have no plans to use. We will focus how models can save substantial time and money post construction; with an example from the Health Care community. This will demonstrate how a properly prepared model can effectively allow an owner to use the model to manage information through the life of the building.

We will show how maintaining existing documents is easier with Revit. We will highlight the waste that exists currently during the document maintenance process for an owner. Additionally, we will discuss what other uses for the model are. We will show how we can use the model to make better expenditure decisions to maximize payback of investments in modelling.

Session 10, Part A: Building a Dynamic Facility Management Web Application with Revit Using APIs (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158614-Session-10-Part-A-Building-a-Dynamic-Facility-Management-Web-Application-with-Revit-Using-APIs)
Instructors: Don Rudder, HOK San Francisco

Class Description: Building owners deserve a BIM product that they can utilize in their day-to-day operations. Shifting the completed Revit® BIM model and associated data into a light-weight, data rich web portal is the answer. This class will provide people of various backgrounds an overview on how the Revit .NET API and ASP.NET can be coupled into a dynamic FM possibility.

Session 10, Part A: Revit Project Planning: The DIALOG Experience with the Calgary International Airport (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?158616-Session-10-Part-A-Revit-Project-Planning-The-DIALOG-Experience-with-the-Calgary-International-Airport)
Instructors: Bruce McCallum, DIALOG

Class Description: We will discuss what some of the early decisions and reasons for them. We’ll also cover how we corrected some of those decisions with better planning. After attending this class, you should have the ability to:
Plan for a large project.
Understand some of the challenges to watch out for when splitting a project while underway.
How to document a project through linked files.

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AU2009 course handouts for post-occupancy users - Part 1 of 2

SE304-1: Integrated Modeling for Successful Project Delivery Using Autodesk Revit
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159702-SE304-1-Integrated-Modeling-for-Successful-Project-Delivery-Using-Autodesk-Revit

Instructor: David Odeh
Class Description: This session will provide an overview of integrated modeling for building design projects from a structural engineer's perspective. On completion of the session, attendees will be able to identify projects that can benefit from BIM, set up joint BIM standards for model development, set up a project plan for copy/monitor coordination and clash detection, and understand basic business and management issues related to model sharing during design and construction. Discussion will also include the integrated project delivery (IPD) method and how Revit Structure can be used effectively in this setting. Examples will be drawn from real projects in various phases of design and construction that are being undertaken by the instructor's firm.

SE122-1: Sharing Autodesk Revit Models: Best Practices
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159690-SE122-1-Sharing-Autodesk-Revit-Models-Best-Practices

Instructor: Erleen Hatfield
Class Description: A panel of two presenters will show how improving the Revit model sharing process with the design team, owner, and contractor benefits everyone. This class explains enhanced workflows for model sharing and identifies critical communication issues that all design team members should know in order to have a successful BIM project, including helping you to better manage everyone's expectations by asking the right questions at the beginning of each BIM project before the first Revit model is built.

AB218-8: BIM in the Federal Government 2009
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159291-AB218-8-BIM-in-the-Federal-Government-2009

Instructor: Patrick Suermann with John Sullivan
Class Description: This premiere session builds on past success and will inform attendees of who did what in 2009, and what BIM opportunities are in store for 2010. With greater BIM implementation, 2009 saw new BIM guides, pilot projects, mega-MILCON projects using BIM, and evolving roles mature, using BIM more so than any other year to date. In 2010, stimulus and BRAC projects will continue to look for efficiencies gained from BIM implementation.

AB104-6: Should We Ever Stop Modeling in Autodesk® Revit®? When, Why, and What Should We Model
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159271-AB104-6-Should-We-Ever-Stop-Modeling-in-Autodesk%C2%AE-Revit%C2%AE-When-Why-and-What-Should-We-Model

Instructor: Jeremiah Bowles
Class Description: During this class we will discuss the differences between these models: analytical, constructability, and as-built/FM. We'll discuss how architects can again become master builders. This will be a collaborative session, so be prepared to share and discuss successes and failures in modeling too much and/or too little and the challenges around each. We will discuss and record what the group's opinions are and also what tools we think are missing for aggregating model data and what to propose to Autodesk for future areas of improvement. Come and discuss challenges, real world problems, missing and proposed tools, and how and why we should move towards a true modeling-based concept. Discuss the advantages of Autodesk Inventor interoperability and options for success. Establish a checklist for deciding when we should stop modeling based on project size, scope, and contract. Also we will discuss how to leverage all those great AutoCAD Architecture tools for prefabrication and manufacturing in Revit and whether or not we should move to interoperability similar to the relationship of Revit Structure and AutoCAD Structural Detailing. What is the way way for the industry to leverage Autodesk Inventor without parametric parts? The result of this discussion will be to establish best practices on when to stop modeling and start detailing.

AB308-5: Autodesk® Revit® for Project Managers
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159263-AB308-5-Autodesk%C2%AE-Revit%C2%AE-for-Project-Managers

Instructor: Jim Balding
Class Description: This class will cover the issues that project managers face with managing Revit projects in their office. We will cover simple navigation, commands, and implementation strategies that are required to effectively use Revit alongside project designers. We will also discuss the differences in workflow, as well as the change in process, and issues to watch out for while managing Revit projects and new Revit users.

AB122-3: "This is So Not in the Book" About Revit® Architecture
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159255-AB122-3-quot-This-is-So-Not-in-the-Book-quot-About-Revit%C2%AE-Architecture

Instructor: Donnia Tabor-Hanson
Class Description: After teaching Revit Architecture for a number of years, I have found that no matter which instructional materials I use, things always seem to be left out. I find myself saying “This is SO not in the book” so often that I am putting all of these topics that I can into this class. The class will be for those who have been working with Revit Architecture for some time. Customization of views, family tips, reusing project information, and family creation will be covered. Topics on BIM management procedures that should be used daily will be presented. You will see some great tips on making your template get with it and really scream.

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AU2009 course handouts for post-occupancy users - Part 2 of 2

MP308-1: How to Plan for Success in Your BIM Projects
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159642-MP308-1-How-to-Plan-for-Success-in-Your-BIM-Projects


Instructor: Andrew Bagnall with Paul Hellawell
Class Description: This class will explore some of the challenges and pitfalls that need to be overcome to get the most out of your BIM project delivery method and will explain some of the fallacies surrounding the topic. All too often project teams set out on the road to BIM, but change very little about their project approach other than their software package. This session will demonstrate that achieving a true BIM result involves undertaking a shift in thinking and restructuring of traditional project team roles and responsibilities. Topics covered will include: BIM deliverables and how they can differ; adding value to the design process using BIM; adding value to the construction process using BIM; effective BIM design team structure; and the challenges of adopting BIM in your workplace. If you are involved in any of the facets of building design, construction, or management, this session will appeal to you. Some knowledge of the Autodesk® Revit® suite will be helpful but not essential.


MP218-1: Advanced Building Analysis Using Autodesk Revit MEP, Ecotect and IES Virtual Environment
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159638-MP218-1-Advanced-Building-Analysis-Using-Autodesk-Revit-MEP-Ecotect-and-IES-Virtual-Environment


Instructor: Andrew Bagnall
Class Description: This class will consist of an advanced-level hands-on course about setting up and using a Revit MEP model to perform a range of building analysis functions, including: heating and cooling loads analysis, energy modeling, daylight simulation and thermal comfort analysis. Analysis packages used to interface with the Revit model will include Autodesk Ecotect and IES Virtual Environment. If you are an architect, services engineer, or sustainability consultant with a view to getting more bang from your BIM buck, this course is a must. Intermediate to advanced knowledge of building services systems would be helpful to get the most from this session.


MP118-2: Maricopa County Court Tower: A Case Study in Social BIM
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159635-MP118-2-Maricopa-County-Court-Tower-A-Case-Study-in-Social-BIM


Instructors: John Tocci, Jr. with Greg Buchanan, Scott Adams
Class Description: Greg Buchanan, Scott Adams, Chris Chase and John Tocci (from GouldEvans, AECOM, SyskaHennessy, and Gilbane, respectively) will present a case study showing how an integrated team using Autodesk® Revit® Architecture, Structure, MEP and Navisworks® was used to successfully complete the design phase on a 695,000 square-foot $259 million courthouse in downtown Phoenix. Key components that will be pragmatically addressed are co-location, design phase challenges such as file size and transfers, drawing and sheet production, model-based quantity takeoffs, visual schedules, design model coordination, integration of the design models with Navisworks-based trade contractor MEP coordination, and model-based fabrication.


MP118-4: Using BIM for Existing Building Energy Audits
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159632-MP118-4-Using-BIM-for-Existing-Building-Energy-Audits


Instructor: Mitch Dec
Class Description: This presentation will focus on how Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools can be used for reducing site visits, obtaining the necessary information from an existing building, and preparing useful analysis. The discussion will focus on how several products from the Autodesk® suite (ImageModeler™, Revit®, and Ecotect&reg provide the ability to streamline our efforts in analyzing an existing building. In addition, we will discuss how these tools can interface with products such as Trane® Trace™, eQUEST, Google Earth™, and Google SketchUp™ in order to provide the detailed level of analysis required for ASHRAE Level II and Investment Grade Energy Audits, while saving time for processing one’s results.


GS314-1L: Stylize It: The AutoCAD Map 3D Display Manager
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159672-GS314-1L-Stylize-It-The-AutoCAD-Map-3D-Display-Manager


Instructors: Alexander Wood with ROB HOWELL, Felicia Provencal, Russell Martin
Class Description: The AutoCAD Map 3D Display Manager can be used to quickly stylize AutoCAD objects using colors, line weights, and other properties. AutoCAD Map 3D Object Data can be leveraged for tasks including automated annotation and thematic mapping. In this session, we will look at using the Display Manager to stylize a simple residential lot and utility plan. We will also work with Feature Data Object (FDO) and Data Connect to connect to multiple GIS data and create thematic stylizations.


GS322-2: Analyzing Facility Management Requirements for Digital Cities + 3D Facility Management Based on CityGML
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159669-GS322-2-Analyzing-Facility-Management-Requirements-for-Digital-Cities-3D-Facility-Management-Based-on-CityGML


Instructor: Andreas Wagner with Florian Albrecht
Class Description: In the future, Facility Management (FM) applications in 3D will require connections to the building's surroundings. Autodesk's Digital Cities Initiative provides a generic approach for a platform that supports geospatial applications across the entire city administration explicitly including FM. Such an open perspective on FM embeds the building in its surrounding (urban) environment.
Based on workshops with the administration of the City of Salzburg, Austria, we investigate the requirements of a Digital City that integrates FM with GIS. Workflows and their related processes are analyzed in terms of their requirements for supporting data models.
Next, we demonstrate how a combination of architecture (CAD) and GIS in 3D facility management applications based on the standard CityGML can be achieved. This part of the class lends a more practical touch since it is based on a real customer example.


GS214-1: ORA...What?! Using Oracle With AutoCAD Map 3D and Autodesk Mapguide Enterprise
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159664-GS214-1-ORA-What-!-Using-Oracle-With-AutoCAD-Map-3D-and-Autodesk-Mapguide-Enterprise


Instructor: Mark Volz
Class Description: The tips and tricks of using AutoCAD Map and Mapguide with Oracle data. By the end of this lab you will be able to: (a) produce a thematic map using Oracle spatial information connected to non-spatial Oracle tables in Autocad Map, (b) produce a Mapguide site from which you can run various reports using spatial and non-spatial data all sourced from Oracle, (c) understand what some of those annoying ORA error messages mean, and (d) open the doorway to using web services to increase productivity based on a geospatial platform.


CR322-1: BIM for Construction
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159430-CR322-1-BIM-for-Construction


Instructor: Marc Goldman
Class Description: Construction experts will present detailed examples of how BIM tools (Autodesk® Revit®, Navisworks®, CADPipe®, CAD-Duct, etc.) were used to reduce job-site errors while improving the speed and methods of completing construction projects. Case studies will range from simple strip malls to hundred-million dollar health-care projects, as well as how BIM was used extensively for the construction of a billion-dollar airport.


CR222-2: BIM for Contractors: Autodesk Navisworks From Design To Construction To FM
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?159423-CR222-2-BIM-for-Contractors-Autodesk-Navisworks-From-Design-To-Construction-To-FM


Instructors: David Epps with Laura Handler
Class Description: More and more contractors are finding the benefits of leveraging BIM on their projects. This class will focus specifically on Navisworks and the ways in which leading-edge contractors are using the tools available to build better buildings. Topics include: Project Procurement/Interview Strategies, Assisting the Design Team Before Construction and Sub Procurement via "Design Phase Early Conflict Modeling and Coordination" Visualization Techniques, 4D Simulations and Phasing, On-Site Spatial Coordination/Clash Detection, and Completing the Life-Cycle With Facilities Management.
*MOD NOTE* I do not mean to infer Navisworks is an FM tool. It's great during design, but, not practical for long-term management of a facility.

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2010 Autodesk University course handouts for facility owners and operators.
http://forums.augi.com/forumdisplay.php?1524-Facilities-Management

FM332-1C: Facilities Data: Whose Responsibility Is It?
Instructor: Sean Benson
Course Description: To avoid losing valuable data and time, the responsibility for data in a BIM model should be clearly defined in a BIM Execution Plan for FM. The BEP is a document agreed to by owner and provider that defines deliverable requirements. With BIM data immediately available upon project completion, there is a large push to leverage the data in other organizational Information Systems. BIM Execution Plans are common in the building industry, but often leave undefined what happens to the data after hand-off. Determining who will be responsible for the data during its life cycle is difficult and must be decided before work begins, often for legal reasons. The class will discuss different roles in the BIM process, and solutions for determining what is appropriate for a given building project. The class will focus on the importance of creating a BIM Execution Plan (BEP) for FM to clarify the parties and systems responsible for different processes and data during the building life cycle.

FM328-1C: Gone Green: Now How Do I Avoid Going Brown?
Instructor: Sean Benson
Course Description: Organizations should keep track of efficiencies gained with green projects in order to maintain the lower costs, benefits of certifications, and social distinctions which the projects produce. While "Going Green" is generally accepted as environmentally and socially beneficial, most organizations won't go green without economic justification. There are a number of tools that help an organization plan, forecast, and design the greening of their infrastructure, but once the decision to go green has been made and implemented, it is just as important to track actual and forecasted performance to avoid losing efficiency and certification. A good IWMS system can help compare performance forecasted during the planning and construction of green infrastructure, to actual as well as on-going performance for analysis and continuing accreditation, and, to avoid going brown. This class will discuss how to track energy, maintenance, and capital costs, and LEED® and Energy Star certifications.

FM314-1C: Modeling for Architects, Information for Owners, and Technology That Makes It Easy
Instructor: Sean Benson
Course Description: There are a variety of technologies available to help AEC firms easily transfer BIM data to owner information systems without getting bogged down in data management. Technology now allows firms to spend energy and resources on building design, modeling, and construction, while meeting data requirements. More and more building projects include requirements from owners that data created between the planning and commissioning phases of the project be passed on to the systems used for managing operations and maintenance, i.e., IWMS, FM, CMMS, Human Resources, Finance, Real Estate, etc. Similar to the way in which BIM applications are revolutionizing the building industry, new technologies like cloud computing, Web services, RFID, and mobile devices are revolutionizing a firm's ability to transfer data from BIM to owner systems. This class will focus on how AEC firms can use different technologies to meet requirements for data while staying focused on building.

FM234-2C: The Sensible Guide to Knowing Everything about Your Properties
Instructor: Doug Goforth
Course Description: Two basic things are needed in the facility management world: what have you got and what can you do with it? The second question is best answered by knowing the first with precision. Managers of property, space, population, and density make decisions every day to maximize the use of their space. Those decisions can best be made by having everything you need to know at your fingertips. This class will focus on ways you can bring all of your information together so that you can make your best decisions based on accurate and accessible data. No one knows your business like you do, and sometimes a canned product might not be adequate. We will look at ways you can leverage your drawings and data for information that is important to you and your business.

FM234-1: BIM in the Cloud and Other Technology Trends
Instructor: Steve Segarra
Course Description: Anyone who has tried one of the Google applications knows the power and ease of cloud computing. And anyone who has used Google Maps™ on a cell phone knows the flexibility and ubiquity of Web Services. What should the BIM community be doing to catch and ride these big waves in IT technology? Everything! This class looks at new ways of joining and deploying AutoCAD®, Revit®, and ARCHIBUS® using cloud resources, Web Services, and mobile technologies. These new ways of joining your teams can get you to "Big BIM" in a hurry by providing new ways to work collaboratively, and new ways of leveraging each team's strengths using the Web. You can flow work around the globe, connect individual Revit models directly to portfolio-scale databases, speed building commissioning, and deploy data standards reliably. The result? Better building life cycle management, lower IT costs and effort, and a reduced training curve. Surfs up! Grab your board and lets catch the waves!

FM327-1: BIM to FM: As Built or as Designed, What's in Your Inbox?
Instructor: Matthew Davoren
Course Description: We have islands of data just waiting to be put together for true collaboration. Develop a game plan for putting your Facilities Management (FM) model to use in your firm. Learn how to request and organize the Building Information Model (BIM) data to keep it in the asset category instead of the liability bucket. By presenting examples of BIM and how it flows into a Facilities Management plan, you will see several ways to plan for setup, development, and maintenance that will keep you ahead of the curve. By leveraging the information created and captured from your model, see how to maximize its use during the planning, design and construction phases to accrue benefits during the last and crucial phase of a building life cycle.

FM228-2C: Tips and Tricks for Selecting and Implementing a Computer-Aided Facility Management (CAFM) Solution
Instructor: William Kilp
Course Description: Needs analysis, existing data review, software selection, data input, data extraction, data management, and software maintenance are all phases of implementing a facility management system. Each of these topics could be covered in a class by themselves. The intent of this class is to give attendees a birds-eye view of the process from the early stages of conceptual meetings, to implementation and use of the system. Discover shortcuts to data input, as well as pitfalls to avoid when implementing a Facility Management software solution. Find out why all Facility Management software consultants share the common belief of "Grow It Slow."

FM228-1L: Revit®-alize Your Facilities Planning with Autodesk® Revit Architecture
Instructor: Clyne Curtis
Course Description: This lab class will introduce management professionals, architects, and space planners to the powerful tool set within Autodesk Revit Architecture that can be used to accurately and efficiently generate, maintain, and present facility data. Learn how to leverage project and shared parameters, rooms, area plans, color schemes, schedules, to provide up-to-date data for your end users. Explore the DBLink utility which will allow you to update parameters such as costs, life cycle information, and much more using an external database linked to your Autodesk Revit Architecture project.

FM230-1C: How to Capture Room Polygons for Facility Management
Instructors: Christine Scheibe with Matthias Koksch
Course Description: Facility Management needs up-to-date building information. Typically, this information is a mix of geometry (a polygon for each room) and additional room data (room description). In many cases, the existing building drawings do not exist or do not contain the needed information. This class explains how you can use AutoCAD® to create a complete digital workflow from consistent data collection in the field to organized input into your Facility Management system. You will also learn how you can prepare existing drawings for use by Facility Management.

FM419-1: Building BIM Models for Facility Operations
Instructors: John Brumley with Barry Howard
Course Description: This class will show you how to prepare a BIM for facility operational personnel, and how to tailor a BIM model to provide the proper information visually and through exporting data. This class will allow the non-engineering individual to make operational decisions based on the cause and effect of the interdependencies of building systems.

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Autodesk University 2010 Part 2
http://forums.augi.com/forumdisplay.php?1524-Facilities-Management

FM222-1C: Chargeback Reports: From CAD Drawing to Database Report
Instructor: William Kilp
Course Description: When budget time comes around, one of the goals of any facility manager is to produce monthly or annual chargeback reports. This class will help to define exactly what a chargeback report is, as well as analyze all the elements required to produce chargeback reports. This class will uncover the mystique surrounding the ANSI/BOMA and IFMA documents that define standard methods for measuring floor area. We will discuss pre- and post-1996 ANSI/BOMA Standards as well and the latest changes and divisions of these standards. We will use AutoCAD® 2011 to define the methods for outlining the spaces using Polyline as the space boundaries. Once defined, these boundaries can be linked to a database using a third-party CAFM solution.


FM220-1C: Computer-Aided Facilities Management for SAP®
Instructors: Barrett Kamille with Scott Goddard
Course Description: Now more than ever it has become essential to maximize the use of your company's assets and ensure that all facilities and equipment are working at their full potential. Whether you work for a pharmaceutical plant or a hydroelectric dam, you still need the basic ability to manage your real estate and office space efficiently. With the CIDEON CAFM Suite, you can now visually manage your valuable FM assets within the context of a AutoCAD® drawing. You can link blocks within a drawing to actual SAP objects and have a complete view of your Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) landscape.


FM319-1: BIM This, BIM That: It's All CAFM to Me
Instructor: Jon Luby
Course Description: This course will focus on Building Information Modeling (BIM) as it relates to the Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) industry. Using Autodesk® Revit® Architecture, a BIM model will be generated from the ground up that includes walls, doors, windows and areas. The model will then be utilized within a CAFM environment where additional BIM data can be managed. Within the CAFM environment, occupants, departments, space types, and space use will be managed and graphically themed.


FM427-1: Don't Get Floored in Your Facility
Instructor: Christopher Fernandez
Course Description: See how Autodesk® Revit® Architecture can be an effective facilities management tool. Understand how parameters, schedules, and area plans can create a cohesive facility plan from design to management. See move coordination and scenario planning using the industry's premier architectural design tool.


FM433-1: From Blue Line to Bottom Line with FM:Systems
Instructor: Matthew Davoren
Course Description: The technology aspect of facilities management is critical to maintaining an organization's infrastructure to support the overall business objectives, but where do you get started? It is a crucial part of a facility manager's strategic plan. By utilizing Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) such as FM:Systems, avoid classic mistakes in post-implementation blues when a maintenance plan is not in place for people and systems. Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn about technology's role in making you better in Facility Management. You wouldn't design a building without a set of blueprints, so why run a building without one?