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CUSTOMER SHOWCASE
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Mark Chapman, High Cross Forecourt Canopies, UK
A PASSION FOR STRUCTURES
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CAD Draughtsman Mark Chapman knew from an early age that he wanted to be a design technician. The idea was first realised during his experience as a sheet metal worker apprentice. This was also the turning point in Mark's career and he subsequently enrolled for a CAD draughting qualification to further his skills as a technician.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
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Institute for Structural Engineering Open Day
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The Institute for Structural Engineering will be supporting the annual open day of the University of Stellenbosch. The Open Day will take place on 19 April at the University of Stellenbosch's Civil Engineering
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Department. During this event, school learners will be exposed to the world of engineering. The Institute also participates in the Faculty's annual Winter Week from 27 June to 4 July where school leavers will be introduced to all aspects of engineering as a profession.
Knowledge Base will be supporting the Open Day and will showcase their latest AllyCAD design features and functionality.
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Training the Trainer in KZN
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The recent AllyCAD Educational Training session was conducted at New West Secondary School and hosted various educators ranging from Amanzimtoti to Richards Bay in Kwa-Zulu Natal. These schools will be incorporating AllyCAD into their educational curriculum and received
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orientation into the software's capabilities. Educational Trainer Brett Murray reports an overwhelmingly positive response by the educators. Further training sessions will be conducted in the KZN region until all educators are proficient in training the next generation of engineers.
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TRAINING
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AllyCAD Training
All AllyCAD training courses are accredited with the South African Institute of Civil Engineering (SAICE) to receive Continuous Professional Development (CPD) points. In addition to the current courses on offer, Knowledge Base will also provide a series of online training courses in 2008 which will be evaluated by the Institute and the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) for CPD weighting.
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PRODUCT NEWS
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Drawing Structural Steel Sections in the Structural Toolkit
The Structural Toolkit allows the user to draw hot rolled and cold rolled steel sections.
Once the sheet size, drawing scale, pen and annotation defaults have been set, AllyCAD provides options for the rapid drawing
of I sections, H sections, Channels, Angles and Plate girders as hot rolled sections and Angles, Channels, Lipped zeds and Top hats as cold rolled steel sections.
Read more about the Toolkit on the
AllyCAD website.
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28 February 2008
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AllyCAD TECH TIP
Drawing a Building Grid
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Using the Structural Toolkit to Draw a Building Grid |
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THE AllyCAD VERSIONS
| Version | Restriction | Support |
| Freeware | 150kb | Web Tutorials |
| Micro | 300kb | Email Support |
| SME | 900kb | Full Support |
| Pro | Unlimited | Full Support |
Note: Micro, SME and Pro all include free version upgrades for first year of ownership.
Click here for more details on the AllyCAD versions.
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