Interior Design - Connections

This four week Revit workshop will focus on design and modeling techniques leading towards construction drawings.  This workshop will also explore how Revit can interact with other architectural design software including AutoCAD and SketchUp.  Students will develop a small design project together and a basic layout of construction drawings for that project.
Dates: June 8 - [...]

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On April 10, 2009, AIArchitect reports:
Autodesk is launching the Autodesk Assistance Program to provide free* student-software term licenses and free online training. The program is intended to provide these resources to help architects and interior designers maintain and develop their design technology skills and enhance their competitive position in the marketplace.

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Workshop description:
An introduction to Revit Architecture 2009, this workshop will explore the features and professional uses of Revit for the design studio and professional office.  The four week workshop will focus on design and modeling techniques leading towards construction drawings.  This workshop will also explore how Revit can interact with other architectural design software [...]

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Adobe recently released Creative Suite 4 (CS4) which includes Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and more. We are not upgrading the interior design computers to CS4 until the Fall 2009 semester.
If you are using Adobe InDesign CS4 at home, you must save your files as an InDesign Interchange file or they will be unable to open these [...]

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SketchUp 7 was released today and includes the following improvements:

Improved integration with the 3D warehouse
Improved handling of overlapping lines on a surface (edges automatically split other edges where they cross)
New smart / dynamic components that will readjust themselves when they are scaled (rather than stretching or distorting. For example, you can create a dynamic [...]

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Adobe is now offering trial versions of its CS4 applications including Acrobat 9 Pro, Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4, InDesign CS4, and Dreamweaver CS4. You will need to set up an Adobe account before you can download these 30 day trials.
Most programs are now close to 1GB in size which might mean extremly long download times [...]

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Earlier this week Adobe announced Creative Suite 4. From what I can tell, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign received minor updates… probably not worth the upgrade. Dreamweaver - Adobe’s web editing software - received the most attention this time around and is now available for trial as beta software. If you do not currently own CS3 or CS2, I recommend purchasing the [...]

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AutoCAD 2009 is now available for trial download. To receive your free 30-day trial complete and submit the form at autodesk.com.
New features in 2009 include:

Ribbon - With the ribbon interface, overall drafting productivity is increased as the number of steps to reach a command is decreased. The ribbon interface presents command options in a concise [...]

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 dabcc.com writes: “Want to leverage the digital lifestyle of your Mac but have one or two Windows applications that you can’t live without? You don’t have to be locked in anymore. Outlook, Windows Media Player, Microsoft Project, AutoCAD, Solidworks…you name it. They all can run in a Windows virtual machine on VMware [...]

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I recently found Adobe’s Post Announcement Upgrade Policy which describes the procedure for getting a free upgrade to Creative Suite 3. It appears that customers who purchase Creative Suite 2.3 after March 27, 2007 are eligible for a free upgrade to Creative Suite 3 when it ships in April.
I also found the Creative Suite [...]

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