Calling all! educators - What do you teach
Are there any educators out there?
What's this sub forum for if nobody post to it?
It would be good if educators would post here. A good way for those in the field to communicate day to day realities that may help an educator structure their CAD classes to better reflect different disciplines approach to cad.
I teach part time at a junior college and am curious as to what other educators focus on in creating the next generation of caddies.
Er, what do you call people utilizing BIM? Bimmers?
Oh well. This forum looked lonely.
RE: Calling all! educators - What do you teach
I've only been to two one-day VAR courses.
The first was an upgrade course fromMstation 5.5 to Mstation 95.
{~pauses to wash mouth out~)
I was never a real user of Mstation but I went along with a group of staff guys - me being a contractor - and, strangely, I picked up the new features about 5 times as quickly as the others. What does this prove?
Anyway, I thought the course and instructor were poor considering the cost. But I wasn't paying. :-)
The other was a public "open day" event showing an early (DOS) version of 3DStudio.
I fell in love with it. :Puffy:
RE: Calling all! educators - What do you teach
Hey,
I like the change of title.
Hopefully more people pick this thread up.
Yup, I learned 3D studio from a bunch of college mates. Banging out stuff on pentium 90s (well 486s first). By the time 3D studio Max rolled around, the bosses had moved me off it to managing projects. Figured my time was better spent designing, detailing and managing.
Actually the first 3D models I ever created were on Microstation. Rendered on I forget what. It was meant to tie into microstation.
When I switched to autocad, I saw no reason to be on microstation.
I have not been to an autocad VAR seminar. I did attend the big rollout of R14. I sat next to the founder of autodesk. I forget his name. He smelled of money and had some funny looking gadget he held. For hearing better or something.
What does this post have anything to do with the above? Just rambling, till an educator pokes his/her nose in here and gets the ball rolling.
RE: Calling all! educators - What do you teach
Interesting thread...to not be a bimmer is a bummer! I assist with Revit instruction in the Construction Management program at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. I particularly enjoy working with the students in this progaram because not only are they learning a GREAT architectural design package, but they are actually learning how to build structures at the same time! We are trying to beat the standard drafting degree idea that "yeah, I can draw it with cad, but, I'm not quite sure how it goes together". So far it seems to be working pretty good. Demand is high for our students, particularly those with a good handle on Revit. How about the rest of you? What seems to be working in your arena?
Thanks,
Clyne