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Autodesk University 2007

jbenham — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:06:00 GMT

So I went to Las Vegas last week for the Autodesk University 2007 show. It was awesome. Some really cool technology was unveiled by Autodesk that allows for really advanced visualization (3D) of buildings/developments/parts. Go to http://labs.autodesk.com/ for more information. I'm posting pictures in the photo section. The other cool thing was meeting Jeff Han from Perspective Pixel (www.perspectivepixel.com). The only way to understand their technology is to go to the website. Just imagine a wall that you could do takeoffs on with your hands. Yep - it's really that cool.

My 3 other favorite things about Vegas:

1) The inclinator at Luxor (not elevator - inclinator) - late at night you can watch people slam into the wall when it gets going sideways up the pyramid - very funny.
2) The buffet at The Bellagio - absolutely an awesome food fest - you won't eat for 2 days afterwards
3) Ceasar's - a very cool casino with a cool bar called Pure

Anyway - it was a very enlightening trip and a great conference - I highly recommend it to all. Also check out Revit by Autodesk - it's going to totally change estimating.

CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008

jbenham — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:27:00 GMT

CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 is coming up in Las Vegas, NV on March 11-15, 2008. It is said to be the largest construction show in the world for 2008, and is only held every 3 years. Find more information at the show website, http://www.conexpoconagg.com/. CommercialEstimators.Com will be there and will post blog entries and photos of the conference.

Autodesk Conference coming up in Las Vegas

jbenham — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:25:00 GMT

Check out http://au.autodesk.com/2007/ for information on the Autodesk conference going on the week after Thanksgiving in Las Vegas. One of the more important items being discussed here for estimators is the use of Revit to calculate quantities and in turn estimates. We'd love to see you there!

User Conferences

jbenham — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:22:00 GMT

There are a wide varitey of software user conferences going on this quarter. On Center software just held their user conference on the last weekend of October in Houston, Texas, and Sage Timberline is holding their conference the first weekend of November in Chicago, Illinois. Please leave a comment with other user conferences you may be attending.