We have just purchased AutoSprink as well and while it's very different from AutoCAD I still think knowing AutoCAD is a start as most of the files your designer receives will be in AutoCAD format and it's easier to change the background in AutoCAD before importing to AutoSprink.
John Irwin Sprinkler Construction Manager Critical System Solutions, LLC Cell: 813.618.2781 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Harris Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 3:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Design Classes Travis- I guess the separate class thing may be the way to go now that you mention it. I guess there's really no point in learning it on AutoCAD when we have (2) seats of AutoSPRINK here :) Brian Harris, CET BVS Systems Inc. bvssytemsinc.com<http://bvssystemsinc.com/> From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Travis Mack, SET Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 3:28 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Design Classes IMO: 2 week designer training class with AFSA. When I worked in a contractor's office, we used to send people there after they have been working for 6 months. We wanted to make sure they were going to stay. I was never disappointed with the results from that program. Then, send them to the 1 week Autosprink training class. AS does not require AutoCAD background. They just need to know how to use a computer. Everything else is taught in that first week class. 6 months later send them to intermediate training. Those two programs would provide the best bang for the buck. Remember the old question / answer: What if I train them and they leave? What if you don't and they stay? Travis Mack, SET MFP Design, LLC 2508 E Lodgepole Drive Gilbert, AZ 85298 480-505-9271 fax: 866-430-6107 email:[email protected]<mailto:email:[email protected]> http://www.mfpdesign.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/MFP-Design-LLC/92218417692 Send large files to us via: https://www.hightail.com/u/MFPDesign LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travismack On 6/27/2016 12:24 PM, Brian Harris wrote: We have a guy here at the office that was originally brought in to help with the estimating and material take-off. He's been here 3 years now and has a good grasp of the industry and we'd like to move him into more of a designer role. We'd like to send him to a class for a week or two and have found some on the internet but from what I can tell they're mostly book based and not really hands on designing. Any suggestion out there for something that covers the book and the cadd side of it? Brian Harris, CET BVS Systems Inc. Sprinkler Division bvssystemsinc.com<http://bvssystemsinc.com/> Phone: 704.896.9989 Fax: 704.896.1935 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
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