Civil 3D 2010: Fundamentals

During this course, you’ll learn the core concepts of AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2010 and gain comprehensive experience with the features and benefits of AutoCAD Civil 3D. Hands-on exercises throughout the guide explore how to create 2D and 3D drawings.

Objective: The primary objective of this class is to familiarize you with the concepts and applications of the essential functions of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010. This class is for those who want to learn the essential elements of AutoCAD Civil 3D for creating, analyzing, and managing civil engineering drawings and projects.

Duration: 4 Days      Price: $1,295.00

Prerequisite: A working knowledge of the following: AutoCAD and its functions and knowledge of design and drafting concepts dealing with land development issues.

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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009: Residential Grading

You’ll use AutoCAD Civil 3D to complete engineering tasks on a residential grading design. The course guides you through one possible grading design process from the examination of existing site conditions to a final grading solution. The primary focus is to teach you how AutoCAD Civil 3D can be used as a tool to perform common engineering tasks in the grading process with greater accuracy and efficiency.

Objective: You’ll learn the recommended workflows and basic skills needed to create and modify grading design in AutoCAD Civil 3D. After completing this course, you will be proficient in creating and working with grading tools.

Duration: 2 Day      Price: $595.00

Prerequisite: This course is designed for experienced civil engineers and designers with a firm grasp of the fundamental features of AutoCAD Civil 3D and engineering principles.

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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009: Intersections and Cul-de-Sacs

Go through one possible design process from the examination of existing site conditions to a final design solution. Learn how AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 can be used as a tool to perform common engineering tasks in the modeling and design process with greater accuracy and speed.

Objective: Learn the recommended workflows and basic skills needed to create, model, and modify intersections and cul-de-sacs in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009.

Duration: 1 Day      Price: $395.00

Prerequisite: Completion of the AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 Core Concepts course or in-depth knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D features and functionality. Working knowledge of civil engineering processes and terminology.

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AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010: Survey Essentials

During this hands-on course, you’ll use AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 to complete survey tasks related to the importation, management, processing, adjusting, and utilization of survey data.

Objective: At the completion of this class, you’ll know the recommended workflows and basic skills needed to work efficiently with survey data in a Civil 3D environment. You should also be proficient in working with the survey tools within Civil 3D and be capable of importing, adjusting, managing, and utilizing survey data.

Duration: 1 Day      Price: $395.00

Prerequisite: Working knowledge of basic survey practices and experience with Civil 3D 2010 or, recent completion of Avatech’s Civil 3D Fundamentals course.

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CAiCE for Survey (Michigan DOT)

Learn CAICE data structures, project management system, project settings, and how to import control points and mapping files. Perform edits on raw mapping data, create points, survey chains, geometry chains, and other objects. Use COGO operations to build alignment chains and produce final MDOT drawings using existing macros.

Objective: You will be able to navigate the user interface; use fundamental and advanced commands and features to import data, edit mapping, and create alignments with COGO; use existing Visual Basic macros to create MDOT standard Design Survey drawings, and become familiar with a proven twenty-step editing procedure for producing final MDOT maps and DTMs.

Duration: 4 Days      Price: $1,600.00

Prerequisite: Working knowledge of Windows XP. A familiarity with CAICE is desirable.

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Map 3D 2010: Core Concepts

Learn about the features and functions of AutoCAD® Map 3D 2010, including how to create, manage, and analyze mapping data. The class guides you through the fundamental and advanced features of AutoCAD Map 3D 2010.

Objective: You’ll learn the fundamentals of Map 3D through hands-on exercises including how to create, edit, manage, and analyze mapping data.

Duration: 3 Days      Price: $995.00

Prerequisite: Familiarity with basics of mapping and the Windows operating system.

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AutoCAD Map 3D 2010: Essentials for Geospatial

In this class, you’ll learn about the geospatial features and functions of AutoCAD® Map 3D, including how to create, manage, and analyze geospatial data. You will learn the fundamental and advanced features of the geospatial tools in AutoCAD Map 3D.

Objective: The primary objective of the course is to teach you the geospatial fundamentals of AutoCAD Map 3D; as well as, through hands-on exercises, how to create, edit, manage, and analyze geospatial data such as SDF or SHP files. After completing this course, you will be able to access geospatial data, stylize geospatial data, manage 3D raster data, perform analysis with geospatial data and migrate between types of geospatial data.

Duration: 2 Days      Price: $695.00

Prerequisite: Completion of Map 3D 2010: Core Concepts or equivalent experience. Working experience with AutoCAD is also required.

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MapGuide: Core Concepts

This course covers the components necessary for new MapGuide users to develop an internet/extranet/intranet-based mapping or facilities management application. Students learn how to set up MapGuide Server, Author maps and drawings, and embed the Viewer in HTML pages. This course also covers report creation, thematic data presentation, data preparation and database connectivity.

Objective: Install and configure MapGuide components, Author maps, and create basic websites.

Duration: 3 Days      Price: $1,595.00

Prerequisite: Working knowledge of Windows Servers and the Internet.

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MapGuide: Beyond the Basics

Experienced MapGuide users will work with the MapGuide API, HTML and JavaScript to develop web-based applications in this course. In addition to working with the API, students create database search templates using ColdFusion and ASP.

Objective: Programmatically interact with a map using the MapGuide API and create report templates.

Duration: 3 Days      Price: $1,595.00

Prerequisite: MapGuide and Map Core Concepts or equivalent experience. Basic understanding of mapping or GIS design and drafting concepts is recommended. HTML and JavaScript experience are helpful.

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MapGuide 2009 Enterprise and Studio: Core Concepts

You’ll learn the main features and functions of the Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise 2009 product suite, including: Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise Server 2009, Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise Web Extensions 2009, Autodesk MapGuide Studio 2009 and Autodesk MapGuide Viewers 2009. We’ll also introduce you to PHP development with Autodesk MapGuide API 2009. No programming is performed during the class.

Objective: After completing this course, you’ll be able to: Describe the MapGuide Enterprise 2009 (Server, Studio, and Client Viewer) components and architecture. Install and configure MapGuide Enterprise Server 2009. Use simple application examples based on a variety of data sources that can be used to illustrate the functionality of the MapGuide Enterprise 2009 solution within a typical environment.

Duration: 2 Days      Price: $995.00

Prerequisite: Working knowledge of GIS and programming principles, the Internet and its architecture, AutoCAD® Map 3D and Windows XP.

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AutoCAD Raster Design : Core Concepts

This course is designed for new users who require AutoCAD Raster Design software to create, insert, manage, and edit raster images in AutoCAD-based products. Through this course, students learn the skills to use the features and functions of AutoCAD Raster Design software. The courseware topics are fundamental to pursuing more advanced topics in the future.

Objective: The primary objective of this course is for students to learn the basic functionality of AutoCAD Raster Design software and through practice, learn how to create, insert, manage, and edit raster data. After completing this course, students will be able to: Insert and create images, Tile, save, and export images, work with multispectral images, correlate and rubbersheet images, enhance the appearance of images, edit images, work with DEM data, and convert raster to vector.

Duration: 2 Days      Price: $595.00

Prerequisite: It is recommended that students complete the AutoCAD Core Concepts course or know how to use AutoCAD software to create basic geometry, manage layers, enter commands, and manage files.

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