ORUG Meeting Notes April 26th

Thanks to the over 80 people who attended and participated at our previous ORUG Meeting April 26th, 2012. Brazen Head Pub was excellent! Here are some highlights:

7-7:30
Share our new structure

• Full autonomy and user driven
• Not directly affiliated with any vendor
• Not for profit organization
• Financial accountability and disclosure
• Sponsor funded. All funds to be used for events, special guest speakers etc. 
• Continued free membership and meetings

Introduce our board members

Chris Aceto-Chair
IBI Group

Domenic Serravite-Treasurer
IBI Group

Jay Polding-Vice-Chair
SolidCAD

John Peterson
KPMB Architects

Bushra Aboelezz
Yolles, A CH2M HILL Company

Gary Watson
Diamond Schmitt Architects

Rita Wong
Entuitive

Andre Carvalho
BIM Solutions

Viorel Iosef
Turner Fleischer Architects

Phil Marjeram
KPMB Architects

Unveil plans for our new website(coming) and marketing

7:30-7:45

Tom Schoenhofer, Triatic Imaging Inc.
Demonstration of Leica CloudWorx Revit App for managing Point Clouds.

Talk Amongst Yourselves: This is where the really interesting stuff happens.

8:30
Revit Technology Conference Pass Draw

Congratulations to the two winners who will be attending Revit Technology Conference in Georgia, USA.

Next Meeting: June 14th at Brazen Head Pub, Toronto

ORUG Meeting April 26th

Special Draw for a Revit Technology Conference Pass at Thursday's meeting.

New Season; New Ideas. ORUG's Spring Meeting is April 26th

Thursday, April 26th, 2012 The Brazen Head Irish Pub (165 East Liberty St. Toronto, ON M6K 3K4) 6:00pm - 9:00pm Directions? ORUG is excited to announce some great new changes ahead! Our spring meeting is your chance to learn about ORUG's vision for a future that includes growing our network and taking our expert use of Revit to new levels. Join us as we: introduce our board members share our new structure tell you about member opportunities unveil plans for our new website Guest Speaker: Frank Collazo of Leica Demonstration of Leica CloudWorx Revit App for managing Point Clouds. We'll have plenty of time to socialize and hear your thoughts about our new direction.   To register; click here or contact Samantha Tran at 1-877-438-2231 Ext. 243 or via email at stran@solidcad.ca.  This event is proudly sponsored by SolidCAD. www.solidcad.ca

3rd Annual BIM FORUM Mar27-28

ORUG members receive 10% discount.
website and registration here
download pdf brochure here

ORUG at AU2012

Canada was very well represented at AU2011. It was nice to see people from across the country and to meet with many of them. Some members of the Ontario Revit Users Group who were lucky enough to be there met to discuss our experience. Here were some highlights:

Repeating Themes

1. Push automation and integration between BIM players.
2. International and national BIM Standards are now forming
3. Use Keynotes in Revit
4. Use View Filters in Revit

Recommended Viewing

If you have an Autodesk Subscription you are entitled to watch almost every presentation when it becomes available.

http://au.autodesk.com/
You will need a login and password.


Interesting Presentations from AU2012:


Autodesk® Revit® for Presentations: Graphics That “Pop”


Have It Your Way: Collaboration and Management with Autodesk® Revit® Server


Way Beyond Project Templates: Applying Standards for Efficient Document Production in Autodesk® Revit®


BIM for Contractors: Takin' It to the Field


Many Offices and One Project in Autodesk® Revit®: BIM Collaboration Lessons L...


Twice Baked: Creating Your Own Adaptive Components and Panels with Autodesk® Revit®


Autodesk® Vault Collaboration AEC Processes with Revit® and Navisworks®


Exhibition Space

Awesome virtual reality architectural experience. Scary good, especially when they take you to the top of the Venetian Tower and then drop you.

http://architecture-interactive.org/

Lots of  Revit Addon vendors

AU2012

All I can say is, go. It really is a good investment to make connections with industry leaders and to learn how and why they are using certain technologies.

RTC2012

For the same reasons you would go to AU, go to RTC (Revit Technology Conference). This conference has gotten fantastic reviews in the past.

http://www.revitconference.com.au/rtc2012us/index.htm

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