AutoCAD Civil3D, Students, Learning, and More!
By Aliza Wajih
AutoCAD Civil3D is here at the University of Melbourne! Inour new AutoCAD Civil3D training course we took a handful of undergraduate andpostgraduate students, and gave them to opportunity to collaborate with industry experts to learn new technology that would benefit them in their research and coursework.
As always, our main motivation behind running this training was to promote and support integrated cross-disciplinary studies. The class had students from both spatial engineering and civil engineering backgrounds who were trained by AutoCAD Civil3D demonstrators, Jason and Cameron, from Civil Survey Solutions. Both the Demonstrators had a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field, and were thorough in their explanations and guided the student through the course at a steady pace.
The coursework for AutoCAD Civil3D was designed by collaboration between Kenny Tan, from the University of Melbourne, and Civil Survey Solutions. It was tailored to support existing knowledge of students and gradually build on it through course notes, demonstrations and example questions. As the course was specifically aimed to support the students it was a huge success that was highly appreciated by the students.
Students were actively engaged in the training and were continuously challenged with exercises. They particularly enjoyed “learning about AutoCAD Civil3D from professionals and learning all the tricks and tips”. They found the practical aspects of 3D imaging, mapping, surveying to be very useful and demonstrated high levels of creativity and sophistication with their designs.
One of the most common comments from the students was that learning AutoCAD Civil3D on their own was possible but not nearly as effective as learning it in a collaborative environment where peers and experts could assist each other in real time. By the end of the training, students felt that their newly acquired knowledge would help them make their work more professional, time-efficient and accurate. Our students plan on sharing their knowledge by building an AutoCAD Civil3D community at the University and teaching this course to their peers in events facilitated by Research Platforms!
Overall, the training was a great success, as both experts and students were quite pleased with their performance and progress! I would like to thank Jason and Cameron for sharing their time with us and providing us with excellent quality training services. I would also like to thank Kenny who did great job in helping design the coursework design and last but not least I would like to thank the students who participated in this event for making it a fun learning experience.
Research Platforms hopes to continue providing researchers and students training across all disciplines on the latest next generation digital research tools with events like these and bring together like-minded people who go on to do brilliant things!
