SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE FAMILIARITY

Software

Drafting, Modeling, and Rendering Software

• At least 18 semesters experience using AutoCAD as a vehicle for teaching computer graphics concepts.
Experience teaching AutoCAD "Essentials" and "Transitioning" courses using AOTC materials.
Extensive experience using AutoCAD, including experience writing AutoLISP and .DXF files.
• Extensive experience using Revit Architecture, Revit Structure, and Revit MEP, including considerable experience creating functional MEP content.
• Some experience using and/or teaching other modelers, including Form*Z, MicroStation, 3D Studio, Rhino, ArchiCAD, IDEAS and other software.

Other Graphics Software

• Extensive (12+ semesters) experience using Photoshop and other paint and image processing programs as vehicles for teaching computer graphics applications.
• Several semesters experience teaching PageMaker in introductory computer graphics classes.
• Two semesters experience teaching InDesign in introductory computer graphics classes.
• Extensive experience using PowerPoint to prepare presentations for conferences, webinars, and my dissertation.
• Some experience with Illustrator.

Fabricating Software

• Extensive experience with LaserCAMM software and organizing .DXF files for lasercutting.
• Some experience with CSP (cross-sectional prototyping) and with 2D and 3D use of Mastercam toolpath software for use with a 3-axis CNC router.

Finite Element Software

• Some experience with STAAD-Pro and the format of its data files.
• Some experience using ETABS for structural analysis.
• Some experience using ANSYS for structural analysis.

Other Non-Graphics Programs

• Familiarity with Microsoft Developer Studio (primarily Visual C++), Microsoft Word, Excel, and numerous other programs for text editing, software development, file transfer, Web browsing, and other tasks.
• Some experience with VSTA and other programming environments, and other software.

Programming Languages

C/C++/C#

• 14 years experience programming in C and C++, primarily Microsoft Visual C++.
• Experience linking C++ code to C and Fortran routines in the Microsoft Developer Studio (4.0) environment, adjusting necessary calling conventions and developing workarounds for library conflicts.
• Some experience using C# and the Revit API.

Pascal

• Several years experience programming in Standard Pascal.

LISP

• Have written several thousand lines of code in both Common LISP and AutoLISP.

Other Languages

• Some experience programming with Visual Basic within MicroStation, with preliminary investigation of Visual Basic in AutoCAD.
• Some experience using numerous other languages, including Hypertalk, OPS5, and Assembly Languages.