3D software + Sustainable Design for Engineers, Architects and Manufacturers

• Substantial reductions of material waste
• Increased energy efficiency
• More accurate evaluation of project lifecycles
• Significant reduction of time, resources, and costs necessary to create truly sustainable buildings and products

Students will find knowledge of our 3D software titles will open up 3X more job opportunities for them in engineering when compared to competitive solutions. The CAD Academy offers student and instructor certification tracks for competency validation for both software and industry. Software certification programs are available from SolidWorks, Bentley and Graphisoft. Industry certification programs are available through the American Design Drafting Association (ADDA) for Architecture, Civil, Mechanical and General CAD. The ADDA certification validates industry specific knowledge and isn’t based upon software competencies. The CAD Academy through college bookstore associations offers a student software program. The student software program provides students with the opportunity to purchase one of our software titles + text book tutorial for $99.95.

Features:

SolidWorks 2009

SolidWorks is the industry standard for 2D & 3D mechanical design. There are 6X more job listings featuring SolidWorks as a pre-requisite for employment when compared to the closest competitor. SolidWorks is used by more than 85% of the world’s top ranked engineering institutions worldwide.

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SolidWorks Sustainability Express

Sustainability Express allows users to understand and improve the environmental impact of your designs. Includes calculation of carbon footprint. Real-time feedback with Environmental Impact Dashboard, and handy find Similar Material tool.

Graphisoft ArchiCAD 13

Prepare the next generation of professional architects with the most comprehensive architectural software and training tools available. More than 60% of the top architectural schools in the United States use ArchiCAD to create 'virtual buildings' with all virtual structural elements also referred to as (BIM) Building Information Modeling.

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Graphisoft EcoDesigner

Sustainability is all about choices and 80 percent of design choices on energy efficiency are made early in the design process. EcoDesigner helps architects optimize the design by understanding the energy performance implications of design alternatives. EcoDesigner brings sustainability to the core of BIM (Building Information Modeling).

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A+CAD 2010

We provide all of the software and curriculum your schools needs to teach your students the fundamentals of 2D and 3D CAD using the industry standard AutoCAD user-interface, commands, DWG files and LISP programming tools. A+CAD is a functionally equivalent alternative to AutoCAD, so it requires no training or revamping of your AutoCAD curriculum.

3DVIA Shape

3DVIA Shape is an easy to use innovative 3D sketching software for the conceptual phases of design making 3D design easy for anyone. It’s the perfect application to introduce students to 3D design.

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Bentley MicroStation V8i

Used by engineers, architects, GIS professionals, constructors and owner operators to design, model, visualize, document, map and sustain infrastructure projects. MicroStation V8i is their preferred software foundation, because it delivers an integrated and proven suite of intuitive, interactive and highly interoperable capabilities to the desktop.

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Bentley PowerCivil V8i

Teach civil engineering students to succeed with software and resources which integrate seamlessly into the classroom and is used by 48 of the 50 State Department of Transportation and US Army Core of Engineers. PowerCivil V8i revolutionizes site design with dynamic object modeling. Designers, engineers, and surveyors share a single environment.

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Bentley Hevacomp

Hevacomp allows user to quickly analyze design options to see if they pass or fail certification and provide the appropriate documentation, such as those mandated by the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program. Hevacomp is compatible with most design software solutions.

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Bentley Power Map V8i

Bentley PowerMap provides powerful and precise geospatial data creation, maintenance and analysis. Users can easily integrate data from a wide variety of geospatial data sources into engineering and mapping workflows. Multiple data types with varying coordinate systems are also transformed ‘on-the-fly’ as they are integrated with Bentley PowerMap V8i. Bentley PowerMap V8i supports extensive spatial analysis, thematic mapping and presentation. These capabilities include tools for creating buffers and performing topology overlays.

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Learn Server from the Bentley Institute

Bentley Learn Server enables instructors to effectively teach civil engineering + sustainable design using Bentley solutions. Learn Server features a continuous, self-paced, blended learning approach which enables instructors to prepare civil engineering students to succeed with the software and resources used by professionals worldwide. Training courses for Bentley software titles are included within learning paths that will help you organize and prioritize training. Learn Server features videos with online courses of interest, carries you through reviewing, registering and taking online courses and concludes with post-completion activities.

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Bentley PowerBIM

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Bentley promis-e

promis-e is intelligent software for control system design. With promis-e, you can generate schematics, panel layouts, bills of material, wire lists, terminal plans, and more in record time. promis-e streamlines the design process by performing many tedious operations automatically including ID assignment, cross referencing, wire numbering and list generation. These tasks are completed much faster and with fewer errors compared to manual methods. Support for multiple disciplines allows you to include electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and process control diagrams in your projects. promis-e runs as an application on top of AutoCAD or MicroStation software.

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Blender

The line between film, games and design visualization are quickly blurring. It’s increasingly more difficult to distinguish the differences between an interactive architectural walk-through and an interactive video game. Breath excitement into your classroom by creating a fully functioning video game, architectural rendering or create an animated film using Blender and the Blender Creation Studio by The CAD Academy.

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Discovery Channel

The Discovery Channel has partnered with The CAD Academy delivering futuristic engineering and architectural presentations to inspire students in the career paths of engineering, architecture and design. Discover the scientific principles used in every aspect of home construction from the foundation to the roof rafters and unveil some of the most ambitious architectural and engineering plans every created.

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Curriculum Overview:

The CAD Academy provides text book tutorials, training video and related learning resources to allow students to develop software competencies as quickly as possible thereby enabling them to focus on design. The CAD Academy curriculum maps to the American Design Drafting Industry Certification for General CAD, Architecture, Civil and Mechanical. Our program allows students to experience design education through industry specific technology suites.

Curriculum Segments:

• CAD Fundamentals featuring A+CAD
• Mechanical Engineering featuring SolidWorks
• Architecture (BIM) Building Information Modeling featuring ArchiCAD
• Civil Engineering featuring PowerCivil + Microstation
• Media & Entertainment featuring Blender Creation Studio
• Energy Performance Analysis for Building featuring Bentley’s Hevacomp
• Green and Sustainable Design Practice for Architecture featuring Graphisoft’s EcoDesigner
• Green and Sustainable Design Practice for Mechanical featuring SolidWork’s Sustainability Express

Student Mentor Program
ADDA Certification Program