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If you watched this week’s AU primer with Lynn Allen and the rest of the AU team, you may have learned that your schedule will not be printed as part of your check-in. Although you will be able to print your schedule onsite, you may run into long lines. Early next week, registered AU attendees will receive a direct link to their schedule so they can print it out before leaving for Vegas. This will also be a good opportunity to review the classes you signed up for—and perhaps change. You may want to take a look at the labs still open (as of Nov 12), class changes and additions that happened si... READ MORE >

Professional credits at AU are important to AU attendees. Here is a list of all the sessions that have been approved to receive either AIA, AIA-HSW, or Civil credits  (pdf - 112Kb). In order to get your AIA credits, you will have to get scanned into the session as you walk in. Once done, go to a survey station, complete the survey for that particular session, and provide your AIA membership number. This year, we will not pass around a piece of paper that you need to sign—online collection of your AIA number is the only way for you to get credit. You will also receive a reminder to do your... READ MORE >

Due to scheduling challenges, we have moved a class for Microsoft. The rescheduled class has been added to the Class Additions and Updates page. Originally, this class was scheduled on Thursday at 10:15 a.m. SC205-1: Microsoft – SharePoint and AutoCAD® for Team Collaboration and Data Management Presenters: Don Richardson and Simon Floyd (Microsoft) Wednesday, 12/03 from 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Room 4401 By the way, other classes that Microsoft will be teaching at AU this year are: SC110-2: Microsoft preview of Windows 7 Presenter: Kevin Wittkopf Tuesday, 12/02 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Room... READ MORE >

Autodesk® Seek is a powerful new web service that connects architects and engineers with building product manufacturers in a way not possible using bulky paper catalogs or static online directories. Introduced last year at AU as part of Autodesk Labs, Autodesk® Seek was officially launched in March. It is now embedded in the 2009 US versions of the Revit-based software applications as well as AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture and AutoCAD MEP. Autodesk Seek enhances design efficiency and streamlines project workflow by eliminating the hassle of site-to-site searches for specific products, or the ti... READ MORE >