WHY TRAIN WITH PPI? PPI is the only locally owned and operated Autodesk reseller in Oregon and Western Washington! We have the largest Autodesk training centers in the Northwest! GLOBAL E-TRAINING IS THE PERFECT ADD-ON TO PPI CLASSES PPI Group is excited to bring you online training courses through our partnership with Global E-Training Anytime. Anywhere. Any Device. Our training classes can come to you with a state-of-the-art full size mobile training lab. Our instructors and support teams have, on average, 15 years in the AutoCAD support industry. And they live in your community, not in a call center in another state. We have been in business locally for over 85 years. Our training centers include plenty of free parking, WI-FI break areas, complimentary snacks & beverages. All of our courses qualify for AIA, Continuing Ed Units and PDH s. YOUR TECHNICAL HOME TEAM Oregon: 800.247.1927 Washington: 800.558.5368 Global E-training courses can be added to any PPI Group class for only $199 each. With a full Autodesk library, Global E-Training offers you additional learning and support after you leave the classroom FOR A WHOLE YEAR! Autodesk Fireworks AutoCAD Plant 3D AutoCAD Map 3D Autodesk BIM 360 Field Autodesk BIM 360 Glue Microsoft Access Microsoft Excel Microsoft Project Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Word CALL US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GLOBAL E-TRAININGäS LIBRARY AutoCAD AutoCAD Civil 3D Autodesk Inventor Autodesk Revit Architecture Autodesk Revit Structure Autodesk Revit MEP Autodesk Navisworks Autodesk 3ds Max Design Autodesk Vault AutoCAD P&ID AutoCAD Electrical Autodesk Infraworks 3
General design and Drafting INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD For the beginning AutoCAD user, this hands-on 3 day course introduces the user to AutoCAD. If you are not currently using AutoCAD or using version 2008 or older, this course will get you started. Upon completion, you will be able to use AutoCAD to design and draft in 2D. Length: 3 days Dates: Portland 7/8-10, 9/16-18 Seattle 7/1-3, 8/12-14 CLASS + 1 year access to AutoCAD from Global E-Training: $1194 INTERMEDIATE AUTOCAD This 2 day class introduces the user to features, commands and techniques for becoming more productive when creating, annotating, and printing drawings with AutoCAD. Length: 2 days Dates: Portland 7/23-24 Seattle 7/8-9 CLASS + 1 year access to AutoCAD from Global E-Training: $994 ADVANCED AUTOCAD This is a hands-on 3 day class that introduces advanced techniques and teaches the user to be proficient in the use of AutoCAD. The user will learn how to recognize the best tool for the task, the best way to use that tool, and how to create new tools to accomplish tasks more efficiently. Length: 3 days Dates: Portland 8/19-21 Seattle 9/23-25 CLASS + 1 year access to AutoCAD from Global E-Training: $1194 4 CAD MANAGEMENT FOR THE IT PROFESSIONAL cad management This course is for IT Professionals who deal with deployment and maintenance of Autodesk products. After this one day class, you will have an understanding of the metrics of various licensing mechanisms, know why you should use centralized network techniques and how to customize and standardize your installations. Length: 1 day Dates: Portland 7/23 Seattle 8/20 Managing Your Licensing & Installation Take the stress out of updating and configuring your Autodesk licensing by having PPI s local specialist, Doug Lauritsen do it for you. Doug offers comprehensive license consulting for: Autodesk Network License Manager installation and configuration Deployment creation Product or Suite installation from media or deployment Installation of service packs, updates, and object enablers Keep your focus. Stay productive. Contact The PPI Group today. * Hourly/Daily rates available
Building Design Solutions INTRODUCTION TO REVIT ARCHITECTURE Get introduced to Revit Architecture while learning the fundamental concepts of BIM. This 3-day course presented by PPI s expert Revit instructors will guide the student through this diverse software, enabling the student to create full 3D architectural project models and set them up in working drawings. Length: 3 days Dates: Portland 7/1-3, 8/19-21, 9/9-11 Seattle 7/22-24, 8/26-28 CLASS + 1 year access to Revit Architecture from Global E-Training: $1194 INTERMEDIATE REVIT ARCHITECTURE Our Intermediate Revit Architecture course is a hands-on class that covers a wide range of intermediate topics, continuing to build on the concepts introduced in our Introduction course. Length: 2 days Dates: Portland 7/8-9 CLASS + 1 year access to Revit Architecture from Global E-Training: $994 REVIT ARCHITECTURE FAMILIES One of the biggest challenges for Revit Architecture users is the Family Editor. This class will demystify the Family Editor environment through real-world examples and hands-on exercises. Length: 1 day Dates: Portland 7/29 Seattle 8/5 CLASS + 1 year access to Revit Architecture from Global E-Training: $624 PPI Technical Support Contract offers unlimited email & telephone support with a 2 hour maximum acknowledgement time frame for one low annual fee. REVIT ARCHITECTURE COLLABORATION TOOLS The goal of this one day class for the existing Revit user, is to increase the student s productivity while working with other people on a team, either in the same firm or with other firms, and working with Revit files or other CAD files. Length: 1 day Dates: Portland 7/10 CLASS + 1 year access to Revit Architecture from Global E-Training: $624 INTRODUCTION TO REVIT MEP: MECHANICAL Learn the essential functionality of Revit Mechanical. The student will learn about building information modeling (BIM), navigate through the program interface, manage views and work with many other powerful mechanical features. Length: 2 days Dates: Portland 8/20-21 Seattle 9/10-11 CLASS + 1 year access to Revit MEPe from Global E-Training: $994 INTRODUCTION TO REVIT MEP: ELECTRICAL Learn the essential functionality of Revit Electrical. The student will learn about building information modeling (BIM), navigate through the program interface, manage views and work with many other powerful electrical features. Length: 2 days Dates: Portland 8/13-14 Seattle 8/6-7 CLASS + 1 year access to Revit MEP from Global E-Training: $994 INTRODUCTION TO REVIT MEP: PLUMBING Learn the essential functionality of Revit Plumbing. The student will learn about building information modeling (BIM), navigate through the program interface, manage views and work with many other powerful plumbing features. Length: 2 days Dates: Portland 7/30-31 Seattle 8/26-27 CLASS + 1 year access to Revit MEP from Global E-Training: $994
REVIT MEP FAMILIES One of the biggest challenges for Revit MEP users is the Family Editor. This class will demystify the Family Editor environment through real world examples and hands-on exercises. Topics include, intro to families, creating custom tags and family parameters. Length: 1 day Dates: Portland 8/19 Seattle 9/9 CLASS + 1 year access to Revit MEP from Global E-Training: $624 INTRODUCTION TO REVIT STRUCTURE Learn the essential features and functionality of Revit Structure. The student will experience the power of building information modeling (BIM) as you are taught how to navigate through the program interface, manage views and identify different types of structural elements. Length: 3 days Dates: Portland 8/5-7 Seattle 9/9-11 CLASS ONLY - $995 per person CLASS + 1 year access to Revit Structure from Global E-Training $1194 ADVANCED REVIT STRUCTURE The PPI Group s Advanced Revit Structure class teaches you the techniques and concepts beyond what you learned in our Introduction course. Covered topics include creating families, preparing the analytical model for analysis and project sharing. Length: 2 days Dates: Portland 9/3-4 Seattle 9/16-17 CLASS + 1 year access to Revit Structure from Global E-Training: $994 New - Revit for Project Managers This is a general class that is very useful for people that do not need to be in the model every day or become production people. It will give the basics so that the tool can be used by the PM or principle for their level of involvement within the model and for project QA/QC. Dates: Portland 7/31 CLASS ONLY - $425 per person CLASS + 1 year access to Revit from Global E-Training: $624 COLLABORATIOn: INTRODUCTION TO NAVISWORKS This course will teach you how to reliably share, unite, review and polish your 3D design models from multiple formats. Navisworks will save you RFIs and Collision issues. Learn how to open and append 3D files of different formats for project review, perform visual project model approval and perform interference detection tests between 3D files of different disciplines. Length: 1 day Dates: Portland 8/12 Seattle 8/28 CLASS ONLY - $425 per person CLASS + 1 year access to Navisworks from Global E-Training $624 Revit Implementation Your local Revit team support from the ground up. Installation Deployments License server setup License file management Best practices Consulting Revit implementation from zero Evaluation of current implementation status Revit implementation reboot Workflow analysis CALL THE PPI GROUP TO DISCUSS YOUR BUSINESS NEEDS. Por tland: 800.247.1927 Seattle: 800.558.5368
Infrastructure Design Solutions INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D This course provides the student with a foundation for using the dynamic technology of Civil 3D. Everything from importing points and creating surfacesto finished corridor/road design will be covered. Length: 3 days Dates: Portland 7/22-24, 8/12-14, 9/23-25 Seattle 7/8-10, 8/5-7, 9/2-4 CLASS + 1 year access to AutoCAD Civil 3D from Global E-Training: $1194 FINALIZING YOUR DESIGN IN AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D Learning how to generate finalized sheets can be a challenge. This one day class has been designed to simplify the overall process by shedding light on many misunderstood project and data management concepts as well as exploring many time saving techniques. Civil 3D is here to stay, and there is light at the end of this tunnel. Length: 1 day Dates: Portland 9/10 Seattle 8/27 ADVANCED GRADING FOR AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D This class will get you familiar with grading features and techniques not covered in our Introduction course. Your hands-on project will take you through grading a road using corridors and assemblies. Learn how to lay out building pads and general ponds as well as, how to import a 2D site with parking lots and building pads and convert it to a 3D surface. Length: 1 day Dates: Portland 7/15 Seattle 7/1 Kevin Closson, I just wanted to thank you for the class. Your personal and skillful approach to teaching made the class productive and pleasurable. I would recommend your class to everybody. Phil PW Harskamp USING PART BUILDER IN AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D In this one day course the student will learn how to edit AutoCAD existing Structures and Pipes in AutoCAD Civil 3D. Upon completion of this class, the student will be proficient in working with Part Builder. Length: 1 day Dates: Portland 8/12 Seattle 7/22 PIPING DESIGN IN AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D This one-day course will teach the piping features available in AutoCAD Civil 3D. Students will learn how to modify parts using Part builder, apply pipe rules, create and modify pipe designs, and perform a hydraulic analysis of the pipe network in both a custom spreadsheet and in the Hydraflow Storm Sewers Extension. Length: 1 day Dates: Portland 8/13 Seattle 7/23 INCORPORATING SURVEY WITH AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D Our in-depth one day training course is for civil engineers, surveyors, and survey technicians that have completed the Introduction to Civil 3D course. Through hands-on practical exercises, you will further your training in the survey functionality. Length: 1 day Dates: Portland 9/11 Seattle 8/26 DESIGNING CORRIDORS and INTERSECTIONS IN CIVIL 3D This class is two classes in one. Our formerly separate Civil 3D courses, Intersections and Road Design have been combined in to this one day class to cover both topics. Learn the recommended workflows and basic skills needed to create, model and modify Intersections and Cul-de-Sacs. You will also gain an in-depth understanding of Roadway Design using assemblies. Length: 1 day Dates: Portland 9/9 Seattle 8/28
INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD MAP 3D In two days learn how Map 3D can be used to leverage the collaborative design abilities of your organization. Learn how to load and edit information from multiple sources in to one work session, create and perform complex information queries from these resources and export this info to other formats such as a database or spreadsheet. Length: 2 days Dates: Portland 7/29-30 Seattle 7/24-25 CLASS + 1 year access to AutoCAD Map 3D from Global E-Training: $994 INTRODUCTION TO PLANT DESIGN Learn the essential features and functionality of AutoCAD P&ID, AutoCAD Plant 3D and AutoCAD Isometrics. Through lecture and hands-on exercises, this 3 day course will guide you through the common workflows for plant design. Length: 3 days Dates: Portland 9/23-25 Seattle 8/26-28 CLASS + 1 year access to AutoCAD Plant 3D from Global E-Training: $1194 Get Certified! Looking to enhance your professional skills? Prep for an Autodesk Certification Exam The Autodesk Certification Exams are a reliable validation of skills and knowledge, and can lead to accelerated professional development, improved productivity, and enhanced credibility. These exams can only be taken through an Autodesk Authorized Certification Center, such as The PPI Group. Exams offered include: AutoCAD AutoCAD Civil 3D Stop working harder Let our team show you how to work smarter! PPI Group s Civil 3D team is an experienced business partner to many private and government organizations, providing custom implementation, template development, and consulting to increase productivity and team efficiencies. Onsite visit & consultation Custom template build Improve work flows Best practices Over the shoulder or group training Revit Architecture 3ds Max Design Inventor Exam Dates: 7/11, 8/15, 9/12 9:00am 11:00am $175 per exam Get Started Here: www.theppigroup.com/certification
Manufacturing Design Solutions INTRODUCTION TO INVENTOR During this 3 day course, students will be trained in best usage approaches for parametric design philosophy through a hands-on, practice-intensive curriculum. Students will acquire the knowledge needed to complete the process of designing models from conceptual sketching, through to solid modeling and drawing production. Length: 3 days Dates: Portland 7/15-17, 9/2-4 Seattle 7/8-10, 8/12-14 CLASS + 1 year access to Inventor from Global E-Training: $1194 AUTODESK INVENTOR ADVANCED PART MODELING During this 2 day course, students will build on their Inventor part modeling skill set. The intention of this course is to develop useful strategies to part design. The students will develop their skills through a similar practiceintensive curriculum used in our other Inventor courses. Length: 2 days Dates: Portland 7/1-2 Seattle 8/6-7 CLASS + 1 year access to Inventor from Global E-Training: $994 AUTODESK INVENTOR SHEET METAL DESIGN During this 1 day course, students will be guided through techniques on sheet metal modeling, using typical Inventor practices and procedures. Attention in this course is directed on the creation and manipulation of sheet metal parts. The students will develop their skills through a similar practiceintensive curriculum used in our other Inventor courses. Length: 1 day Dates: Portland 7/29 Seattle 8/5 CLASS + 1 year access to Inventor from Global E-Training: $624 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Can t get away from the office? We can come to you. With a state-of-the-art full size mobile training lab! The PPI Group offers a wide array of professional services to serve your CAD organization. With over 26 years of experience as an Autodesk provider, our Autodesk certified professionals engage with your teams locally. The PPI Group understands your business challenges because we are the only locally owned and operated Autodesk Gold Partner and Authorized Training Center in Oregon and Washington that offers the complete software/hardware solutions to our clients from Field to Finish. Custom training means customized to your needs, your teams. Any of our publicly offered classes in this catalog can be customized for your company, as well as the topics listed below. AUTOCAD UPDATE Length: One day AUTOCAD CONCEPTUAL DESIGN & 3D MODELING Length: Two days AUTODESK RECAP AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D UPDATE Length: Four days STYLES FOR AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D Length: One day Length: Two days CREATING A SUSTAINABLE DESIGN IN AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D Length: One day
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