3ds Max - Rendering with Backburner
Software : Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2009 and Backburner
Description : This is an introduction to using Backburner with 3ds Max and setting up a small render farm.
CASE Site Launched
We have officially launched our new site! (www.case-inc.com). As some may know Federico Negro, Steve Sanderson and I have started CASE, a Design Technology consultancy.  Here is our About Us text:
CASE Design is a design technology consultancy based in NYC. CASE provides strategic advising to AEC firms seeking to transform their practices through technological innovation. We help our clients identify and implement technologies that enable more effective coordination, communication, collaboration and information exchange.
 Please check out the site (www.case-inc.com) and give us some feedback. Or… If your looking for consulting, you can contact us for that too 
More soon…….
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Autodesk University Design Slam and Video of How I Built the Bridge
So….. I was invited to participate in the first ever AU Design Slam competition. And…… I won I went up again 2 incredibly talented designers Mark Foster Gage and James O’Toole of Burt Hill Architects. They were a lot of fun to work with. The competition in general had me pretty up tight. When I first sat down my hands were shaking so much I could barely click the right buttons! That quickly went away though. The competition was put on and organized by Cut&Paste. They did an incredible job with the 3 competitions they held at AU.
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CamStudio - FREE Screen Capture Software
Hi All
I just wanted to let you know about this new program I have been using to make my screen capture videos. It’s call CamStudio. It’s FREE, easy to use and awesome! It lacks the editing capabilities of Camtasia but you can do that plenty of other ways. If anyone has some videos they would like me to host or post please let me know and i would be glad to do so.
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Inventor - Wavy Wall
Santiago posted this on the forum yesterday and said
If anyone’s interested in knowing how this was modeled, please let me know. Otherwise, next time I randomly find another 20 minutes, I’ll randomly take this model further ahead in some random direction.
So….. Please let him know. Cause I am Thanks for posting Santiago!
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Inventor - Making Z Your Up Axis (Rather Than Y)
Software : Autodesk Inventor
Level : Beginner
Description : By default Inventor sets the Y axis as UP. For architectural modeling this is a real in pain. If you import/export models they will come in sideways. In this quick video we will cover how to change that setting with the view cube. (Thanks to Josh Emig for teaching me this trick, and pretty much anything i know about inventor)
Topics Covered
- Flipping Z to Up Axis
- Resting Home View
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Inventor - Intro to Feature Based Parametric Modeling
Software : Autodesk Inventor
Level : Beginner
Description : In this video we cover the very basics of Autodesk Inventor as well as the basic concepts of feature based parametric modeling.
Topics Covered
- Basic Navigation
- Sketches
- Features
- Feature Based Solid Modeling Concepts
Additional Information:
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Orchestration Fall 2008 GSAPP Workshop - updated
Below is the brief of a new class a few colleagues and I are working on at Columbia’s GSAPP this Fall.
The recent obsession with digital fabrication in architecture schools has focused on the return of the ‘master builder’ through direct production offered by computer numerical control. While this form of production has resulted in a resurgence of full scale prototyping, it emphasizes an isolated study of tools and techniques over communication and collaboration. Without argument the most significant change facilitated by information technology has been the means by which architects communicate with their peers involved in building production. This workshop seeks to realign digital fabrication from prototyping to production and simulate a form of digital exchange grounded in actual practice. In this case, digital fabrication shifts from design based on a particular tool and an individual knowledge of technique to design based on rules of production with a network of expertise contributing to the final outcome. Here designers need to embed the downstream logic of production (including logistics, manufacturing, assembling, installation, etc…) into the upstream tools of design, while simultaneously streamlining the communication pathways with the people and machines who carry out this production.
The Class is being sponsored by: 
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Times are Tough..
Hi All-
So….. Things are a bit uneasy here in New York lately. Many of my good friends are in need of work and I would like to help however I can. If your firm or someone you know is hiring PLEASE let me know either by commenting on this post, using this link to the temporary JOBS forum section or emailing me directly at DavidFano@Gmail.com. I am going to try my hardest to get a job posting board on this site ASAP but that has proven to be a bit tricky since the cost is about 500 bucks for a decent one.
Again PLEASE contact me if you know of any positions,
Dave
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Revit - Diamond Curtian Panels
Over the next few weeks i will be promoting older posts back to the front page. Since I originally made these videos, the traffic on DesignReform has increased significantly! (Thanks!) . I re-posted the nested families video last week and it generally went over well. I’m looking into new ways to format the site to it’s easier to find older videos.
Software : Revit Architecture
Category : 3d Modeling
Description : This is a tutorial i learned from watching Phil Read at Autodesk University. Using curtain panels in Revit we create an undulating hexagon panel that can be hosted by a curtain system. I cover adding parameters and well as using reference planes and picking work planes.
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