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Unleash your Creative Genius with Ashlar-Vellum Training

Ashlar-Vellum Training ClassesWhether you're a seasoned Vellum® loyalist or only just beginning to understand what you have at your fingertips, a highly skilled Ashlar-Vellum professional will help you quickly take advantage of the extreme power behind our design solutions.

You'll learn in a cordial environment with friendly, hands-on assistance and tutoring. Our people are only too happy to tailor tutoring to specific areas where you want to improve your skill, or even help you work out the kinks in your actual designs.

Get a fast return on your investment and learn little known techniques to design without limitation. Come and discover possibilities and move to the next level of professionalism as you take on skills and abilities you never imagined possible.

Ashlar-Vellum Training enables you to:

  • Get a quicker return on your investment by advancing your skill and tuning up your speed.
  • Expand creative potential by utilizing the sheer power of your Ashlar-Vellum software.

Read overview descriptions of the special 3-Day classes we offer.

Bring a projectwe’ll help you see all that it could be. Bring a challengewe dare you to try and stump our software!

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Ashlar-Vellum offers localized training in many areas in the United States and countries around the world, through our certified vendors.

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Address:
12710 Research Blvd., Suite 300
Austin, TX 78759
phone: 800-877-2747
email: training@ashlar.com

For more information regarding pricing and availability, please contact
our sales department at the e-mail address above or at 512-250-2186 ext 112.

If you would like to sign up for training via e-mail, please include this information in the body of your e-mail:

  • Your name.
  • Company name.
  • Telephone number.
  • ASAP certificate number (if applicable). ASAP Service Contracts holders may qualify for discounted rates on product training.
  • The class and date in which you're interested in attending.


Cancellation Policy

Registration fees are non-refundable, however, payments may be transferred to another class date or to another person.


3-Day Classes Offered by Ashlar-Vellum

Getting Started in 3D Modeling
Ashlar-Vellum Getting Started Class

No previous experience is needed for this three-day class that will start at the beginning of 3D modeling and will leave you productively creating manufacturable models, complete with precision drawings and presentation renderings.

  • Intro to the Vellum interface and preference settings.
  • Understanding and using the Drafting Assistant.
  • In depth use of all tools.
  • General 3D modeling approaches and techniques.
  • Generating 2D drawings from 3D models and adding dimensions.
  • Intro to rendering.

2007 Getting Started Schedule

January January 24 - 26, 2007
March

March 21 - 23, 2007

May

May 9 - 11, 2007

July July 25 - 27, 2007
September

September 19 - 21, 2007

November

November 7 - 9, 2007



Advanced Training in 3D Modeling
Ashlar-Vellum Advanced Class

Take your modeling experience to the next level with techniques for creating more complex parts, manufacturable free-form surfaces, and sophisticated presentations that really sell your ideas. (Prerequisite: Getting Started Class and 3 months experience using Ashlar-Vellum modeling software or the equivalent.)

  • Strategies for modeling complex shapes.
  • Advanced free-form surfacing techniques.
  • Working with and controlling tangency of surfaces.
  • Workaround techniques for difficult modeling situations including complex blending, chamfering, shelling, Boolean operations and stitching surfaces into solids.
  • Lighting and scene set-up for photo-rendering.
  • Creating realistic rendering textures.
  • Applying decals for logos and imagery on objects including graphics for watch faces, LCD displays, labels, etc.
  • Creating animations including QuickTime VR, fly-bys and walk-throughs.
  • Outputting 3D models in new 3D web formats.

2007 Advanced Class Schedule:

February Fabruary 21 - 23, 2007
April

April 25 - 27, 2007

June June 6 - 8, 2007
August

August 8 - 10, 2007

October

October 10 - 12, 2007

December

December 5 - 7, 2007



Graphite Classes for Beginner to Advanced
Ashlar-Vellum Graphite Class

Whether you're new to Graphite or have been using Ashlar-Vellum products for years, this comprehensive course will boost your productivity.

  • Graphite Basics - The fundamentals of how Graphite thinks and works.
  • The Tool Palette - A look at the more obscure yet powerful tools in Graphite.
  • Creating 2D Drawings - The creation of finished, scaled and annotated
    drawings.
  • Creating 3D Wire Frame Models - Understanding the concepts of working in 3D space.

2007 Graphite Class Schedule:

January January 17 - 19 2007
February Fabruary 7 - 9, 2007
March

March 14 - 16, 2007

April

April 4 - 6, 2007

May

May 16 - 18, 2007

June June 20 - 22, 2007
July July 18 - 20, 2007
August

August 15 - 17, 2007

September

No Class This Month

October

October 17 - 19, 2007

November

November 14 - 16, 2007

December

December 12 - 14, 2007



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