EMA Classroom Training for Autodesk Technologies

This five-day, basic course introduces students to the powerful 2D design capabilities of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. Exercises are performed by the student at the conclusion of all sections in order to reinforce the information being conveyed by the instructor. Most students are ready to hit the ground running after completing this comprehensive course. Topics covered in this course include:

• Drawing lines, polylines, rectangles, circles, and arcs
• Using erase, stretch, trim, fillet, copy, mirror, and many other useful tools
• Adding text, dimensions, and hatching
• Using layouts to create views of designs
• Plotting
• Working with grips
• Creating and editing blocks
• Template creation
• Advanced editing commands
• Coordinate entry
• Editing styles
• Working with external references

Tuition: $1,695

This one-day, intermediate course introduces students to the newest tools and features included in the most recent release of AutoCAD. All enhancements to existing tools as well as new functionality are covered in this comprehensive class. Topics covered in this course include:

The main topics covered in the course include:

• Application Menu
  
• Ribbon updates
  
• Quick Access Toolbar enhancements
  
• Command enhancements, including text, spline, and polyline
  
• Updates to dimension styles and multileader styles
  
• Hatching updates
  
• Measuring tools
  
• Working with geometric and dimensional constraints
  
• Adding constraints to dynamic blocks
  
• Navigation tools
  
• Using Autodesk Seek
• And much more!

Tuition: $395

This five-day intermediate course introduces students to the powerful electrical design capabilities of AutoCAD Electrical. This class offering is an exclusive format only available with EMA Design Automation. Topics covered in this course include:

• Inserting wires, ladders, components, panel footprints
• Creating parent-child relationships
• Choosing catalog items
• Creating custom catalog entries and custom schematic components
• Running audits
• Running and creating custom default reports
• Inserting 3-phase busses and components
• Creating point-to-point wiring diagrams
• Trimming wires
• Assigning wire layers
• And much more!

Tuition: $1,595

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This five-day course instructs users in best practices for parametric design philosophy through a hands-on, practice-intensive curriculum. Users acquire the knowledge to complete the process of designing models, from conceptual sketching through to solid modeling, assembly design, and drawing production. Topics covered in this course include:

• The Autodesk Inventor interface
  
• Creating 2D sketches
  
• Constraining and dimensioning sketches
  
• Generating 3D parts from sketches
  
• Part modeling, adding and editing 3D features
  
• Work Features
  
• Creating equations
  
• Duplicating sketched geometry and features
  
• Understanding and controlling feature relationships
  
• Model information
  
• Customizing Inventor
  
• Placing and constraining parts in assemblies
  
• Assembly component display
  
• Presentation files (exploded views)
  
• Assembly tools
  
• Creating drawings and views
  
• Working with Projects
  
• Documenting parts and assemblies in drawings (views, detailing, annotations)
  
• Defining the assembly bill of materials
  

Tuition: $1,695

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This three day course builds on the skills acquired in the Inventor Introduction to Solid Modeling and Advanced Part Modeling courses to take students to a higher level of productivity when creating and working with assemblies in Inventor. Topics include:

• Applying motion to existing assembly constraints using Drive Constraints or Motion and Transitional Constraints
  
• Top-Down Design technique for creating assemblies
  
• Inventor tools for Top-Down Design, including associative links, adaptive parts, multi-body design, layout design, derived components, and skeleton models
  
• Creating Positional Representations of an assembly to review motion, evaluate the position of assembly components, or document an assembly in a drawing
  
• Creating Level of Detail Representations to reduce the clutter of large assemblies. Also learn about Substitute Level of Detail Representations
  
• Design Accelerator to easily insert standard and customizable components
  
• Creating rendered realistic images and animations of parts and assemblies using Inventor Studio and the Video Producer
  
• Using iMates, iAssemblies, and iLogic to work efficiently with assemblies
  
• Using the Frame Generator to create members in a structural frame work
  
• Using pattern, mirror, copy techniques to duplicate components in an assembly
  
• Working with weldments
  
• Link system parameters and custom parameters to an external spreadsheet file
  

Tuition: $1,050

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This two-day course introduces the new solid modeling tools that were introduced in the latest release of Autodesk Inventor. Topics covered in this course include:

• Interface and general enhancements
  
• Sketching enhancements
  
• Part modeling enhancements
  
• Top down design enhancements
  
• Part design using iLogic
  
• Assembly modeling enhancements
  
• Drawing enhancements
  
• Sheet metal modeling enhancements
  

Tuition: $695

This two-day course introduces the latest release of Autodesk Vault to end users and CAD administrators. Topics covered in this course include:

• Introduction to Autodesk Vault features
  
• Basic Autodesk Vault tasks
  
• Working with Autodesk Vault and Autodesk Inventor (optional)
  
• Working with Autodesk Vault and AutoCAD (optional)
  
• Working with Autodesk Vault and AutoCAD Electrical (optional)
  
• Working with Autodesk Vault and AutoCAD Mechanical (optional)
  
• Common Autodesk Vault tasks
  
• Organizing and populating Autodesk Vault
  
• Managing Autodesk Vault
  

Tuition: $695

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This one-day course introduces the latest release of Autodesk Vault to Autodesk Inventor users. Topics covered in this course include:

• Introduction to Autodesk Vault features
  
• Autodesk Vault workflow
  
• Using Autodesk Vault Explorer
  
• Organizing Autodesk Inventor, project, and library files in Autodesk Vault
  
• Searching Autodesk Vault
  
• Working with non-CAD files in Autodesk Vault
  
• Working with Autodesk Inventor files in Autodesk Vault
  
• Customizing the user interface
  
• File management and reusing design data
  

Tuition: $395

This two-day course expands on the content covered in Autodesk Vault Fundamentals, and is designed for users of Autodesk Vault Workgroup and Autodesk Vault Collaboration. The course focuses on document lifecycles and providing knowledge of advanced data organization. Topics covered in this course include:

• Introduction to Autodesk Vault Workgroup and Autodesk Vault Collaboration
  
• Lifecycle states
  
• Revision management
  
• Working with categories
  
• Managing properties
  
• Automatic file naming
  
• Creating reports
  
• Job server
  
• Web client
  

Tuition: $695

This two-day course provides instruction on all features in the latest release of Autodesk Vault Professional, and is designed for users of Autodesk Vault Professional. Topics covered in this course include:

• Introduction to Autodesk Vault Professional
  
• Working with items
  
• Managing change
  
• Working with bills of material
  
• Reporting
  
• Administrating Autodesk Vault Professional
  

Tuition: $795

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This two day, Autodesk Inventor 2012 Advanced Part Modeling is the second in a series of training guides on Inventor published by ASCENT. The goal of this guide is to build on the skills acquired in Inventor Introduction to Solid Modeling by taking students to a higher level of productivity when designing part models in Inventor. The major topics covered in the Student Guide are:

• Advanced model appearance options
  
• Multi-body part modeling
  
• 2D and 3D sketching techniques
  
• Advanced geometry creation tools (work features, area lofts, sweeps, and coils)
  
• Part creation using iLogic
  
• Analysis tools
  
• Creating and editing basic surfaces
  
• Importing surfaces and surface repair tools
  
• Using iFeatures and iParts to work efficiently with part models
  
• Advanced Drawing tools (tables for iParts, surfaces in drawing views, and custom sketched symbols)
  
• Importing and exporting datas
  
• Emboss and Decal features
  
• Adding notes with the Engineer's Notebook
  

Tuition: $750

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This two day class introduces the concepts and techniques of sheet metal modeling with Autodesk Inventor. The topics presented in this training guide assume prior knowledge of 3D solid part modeling with Autodesk Inventor. Students also need to be experienced with the Windows operating system. In addition, some background with designing and drafting 3D parts (such as orthographic projections) is recommended.The major topics covered include:

• Inventor Sheet Metal interface
  
• Sheet metal design process
  
• Creating base Faces, Contour Flanges, and Contour Rolls
  
• Creating secondary Faces, Contour Flanges, and Contour Rolls
  
• Sheet metal Parameters
  
• Creating Flanges
  
• Creating Hems, Folds, and Bends
  
• Corner Rounds and Chamfers
  
• Sheet Metal Cuts (Holes, Cuts, and Punch Features)
  
• Sheet Metal Cuts (Holes, Cuts, and Punch Features)
  
• Corner Seams (Seams and Miters)
  
• Generating Flat Patterns
  
• Lofted Flanges
  
• Rips
  
• Unfolding and Refolding
  
• Documentation and Annotation of drawings
  
• Converting solid model to sheet metal models
  
• Sheet Metal Styles
  

Tuition: $750