...Welcome To The Dm3DRev Studeos Blog...: Autodesk MeetUp #2 Nigeria

Promo Flyer for the Event

Photo Credit: Autodesk User Community

This event which took place on Saturday, 5^th of September 2015 was a follow-up to the 1^stCG MeetUp I attended earlier this year which I blogged about previously. For the readers who did not get to read that article. Catch Up Here

Unlike the 1^st event; this MeetUp was dedicated solely to the AEC Industry (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) which I happen to be part of. There were in attendance; construction professionals ranging from architects, civil engineers, builders to quantity surveyors.

Guest Speakers were Vivien Yun(South African based architect), Rupert Conradie (Technical Sales Consultant) and Sampie Goosen(a trained civil engineer and AutodeskCertified Instructor for Revit Architecture and Structure). Each speaker made their presentations via video conferencing on the online of Team Viewer.

Speakers reviewed various Autodesk software packages;

*Vivien took attendees through her workflow in Revit Architecture and customised profiles for architecture.

*Rupert and Sampie collectively gave their own presentation on the new entrant into the market Autodesk Advanced Steel; a 3D modelling software for steel detailing. Advance Steel detailing software helps accelerate design, steel detailing, steel fabrication, and steel construction—built on the familiar AutoCAD platform. It also easily connects Revit models to Advance Steel for detailing and fabrication. It is not an analysis tool but really for drawing creation and specification.

Oriental Hotel in its Splendour

Photo Credit: Google

The event took place at the prestigious Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lekki Phase 1 in Lagos State within their Function Room 1. I got to know about last minute via a Facebook group for creative people, 3D Nigeria’s admin Mr. Dele Royce, who is a civil engineer by discipline, BIM Expert and Head Multimedia Designer at Visual Multimedia Studio Limited. I scooped the 2^nd to the last ticket to the event luckily at the dying hour on Eventbrite.

The event was hosted again by Ideate Technologies and the Autodesk User Communitywhich is a user community for African designers, creators, visionaries and world changers. The host was the amiable Dolapo Ojelabi, an architect by discipline and an Application Engineer for Ideate Technologies also, a Pan-African IT company with presence in over 36 countries across the continent including Nigeria. The company also happens to be the sole Autodesk Authorised Reseller for the region with a Value Added Reseller Status. Meetups of this kind are continuously being scheduled to take place across other locations within Africa.

Dolapo Ojelabi addressing Attendees at the CG MeetUp

Photo Credit: CG Blogger’s Archives

Also in attendance was Ubah Uchechukwu, Regional Manager for Ideate Technologies who spoke during the course of the program speaking about their promos giving the Nigerian market a 60% discount which expired in October 2015(I hope they give a similar offer next year*fingers crossed*). Representing one of the Autodesk Authorised Resellers in Nigeria was Olamide Ogunlola of Costech CAD Consult; a company also into training and certification in Autodesk Packages being offered.

Ubah Uchechukwu addressing Attendees at the CG MeetUp

Photo Credit: CG Blogger’s Archives

I got to see familiar faces such as Oyekunle Adewale Gabriel (CG Architect/BIM Instructor – CraftsphileStudios) who happens to have attended the last MeetUp with me and a member of AnimationWest Africa Community group page on Facebook a body who also supported the last event. I got to meet Adewale’s friend Adekahunsi Ayotomiwa (CG Engineer/BIM Instructor – Q-TechNigeria) who like him to come all the way from Ibadan, Oyo State.

Osasuvben Aiyudu an old friend who I knew way back from my brief polytechnic days before I switched to my Alma Mata also made it down. A sight for sore eyes figuratively*winks winks*

All in all; it was an informative event and I got to interact with some of the attendees when the program ended. Enjoy the visuals from the event below and happy viewing: