ACUE Winter School 2004 : 17-24 January 2004
Learn more about ArchiCAD! Ski/snowboard with ArchiCAD users
We are in the Edelweiss Hotel that is 1600m high, and with only about 20m walk or ski from the front door to the nearest lifts and pistes.
The pattern of each weekday day is that we make full use of the pistes, the lifts and daylight until 4-5. There are many lifts in various directions, plenty of choice for the day. We would expect good skiers to spend some of their day time helping others, just as they get help with ArchiCAD in the evening.
The early evening is for sauna, drinking, sleep, email or games, finishing with dinner at 6 pm. Then at 8 pm, we start with a teaching session with laptops and projector, until people want to stop - usually about 11pm or midnight. Bring a laptop for best learning results! There's a kellerbar for those who want to talk till later, and broadband internet access for those who can't manage for a week without email.
ACUEWinter School is organised by ArchiCAD University Secretariat and the 'ArchiCAD User Association Austria'.
The pattern for Winter School is that we are out and about during daylight hours, making use of all the skilifts and cablecar; during the evening, from 8pm to midnight, we enjoy presentations and practical workshops about ArchiCAD and its practice and related software. Plenaries are in English, but workshops are mostly in English and a few in German. The delegates are a mixture of ArchiCAD users from Britain, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany and Austria - and a few from even further afield in 2003, eg Norway, Sweden and the USA!
Ski tuition is available during the week for beginners, 2-3 days is all you need to use the slopes with some confidence.
The Winter School runs from Saturday to Saturday, there is good rail access to Salzburg and Ebensee, and for air travellers, we recommend RyanAir Stansted-Salzburg.
If you are interested, please email for further information to: ArchiCAD University Secretariat
"You only live once - so just DO IT!"
Bring the Family!
Read about the 2003 Winter School
Programme
of events for the week:
This will be similar to last year. Precise details of workshops
are decided by tutors and delegates depending on who is in the party,
Outline themes for each evening are as below.
The pattern is: a Plenary for one hour for all 8-9pm, in english.
Then after a beer break we cruise till 11pm or later in Workshops
of our choosing, up to 5 at the same time in different parts of the Edelweiss
hotel, on topics offered by tutors and chosen by delegates - to do with
the theme of the evening. Look at the Report of last year for ideas and
pictures. Everyone is encouraged to bring a laptop and dongle, so they
can fully enjoy jamming with ArchiCAD friends polishing up their skills.
This is a VERY relaxed and good way to learn.
Saturday: Evening: - Arrive by air, car or train.Cable car is half hourly during the day, last normal Cablecar is 6pm, and there will be a latenight Cablecar, approx 10pm-1030 for late comers.
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Sunday:
hire ski equipment, first day out and about on slopes, with ski
school for beginners, starting mid-morning. Monday:
Skiing etc all day, including 2nd day of ski school.
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Tuesday:
Skiing etc all day. Optional 3rd day for keen beginners,
or just join other informal groups on the slopes.
Evening:
We go into Channels - two major topics running for 2 evenings in different
parts of the hotel:
- Object making, and Object making without GDL (for beginners), Introduction to GDL (for intermediate), Advanced GDL (for the more brave and experienced), Add-ons which make GDL objects (for the curious).
- ArchiCAD 3D/Plotmaker Construction Documentation: The serious stuff! Better 2D and 3D work with ArchiCAD, Plotmaker, Publish and Calculate, Interactive Schedules, Office standards, procedures.
- These will be presented in the form of 2 workshops per evening, detailed topics of each of the 4 workshop periods will be circulated at the event, delegates are free to pick or change, and suggest special topics that are relevant to the channels.
- Similar Topics will be covered in both English and German, in different corners of the Hotel.
Wednesday:
Skiing or snowboarding etc all day. Ski in friendly
groups. learn from some of the better skiers.
Evening: Second evening of the two Channels:
- Object making, and Object making without GDL (for beginners), Introduction to GDL (for intermediate), Advanced GDL (for the more brave and experienced), Add-ons which make GDL objects (for the curious).
- ArchiCAD 3D/Plotmaker Construction Documentation: The serious stuff! Better 3D and 2D work with ArchiCAD, Plotmaker, Publish and Calculate, Interactive Schedules, Office standards, procedures.
Thursday:
Skiing or snowboarding etc all day. Ski in friendly groups.
learn from some of the better skiers.
Evening: Interesting Stuff: Last year we
did a plenary on Navisworks, ArchiPhysik, ArchiFacade, followed by Workshops
on Macromedia Flash, Photoshop, and Cigraph tools. If delegates ask, we
can continue/repeat some of the previous night's workshops. If conditions
are night, we might enable more floodlit skiing. David NC would like the
opportunity to show off EcoTect, wonderful environmental modelling
and prediction software.
Friday:
Skiing etc all day. Ski in friendly groups. Return the
skis to the hire shop in the evening.
Evening: Delegates Night. Last year we had
some very interesting short special presentations from tutors and delegates,
and the evening went on till midnight. Tutors can make use of this time
to do short presentations of specially requested topics not covered in
earlier workshops. We shall follow this pattern.
Saturday: Going home day - tour of Salzburg. Cablecar down to Ebensee and bus to Salzburg for some touring. Mozart has 2 houses in Salzburg, there is a Castle, a Cathedral and lovely City centre, Museums and Art galleries, all within walking distance. RyanAir's flight departs in the early evening.
