User Groups are Still a Thing – and Autodesk Supports Them

I had the pleasure of participating in the DFWBIUG (Dalllas – Fort Worth BIM Infrastructure User Group) CAD Training Days on Jan 19th in Irving, TX.  For those of you who haven’t been to a user group meeting for a while you should know that user groups are alive and well, because of people like Tony Carcamo.  I first got involved with DFWBIUG last summer when Tony put together a similar event.  At that time, he was a one-man show, doing all of the legwork to round up sponsors, set up the venue, recruit speakers, market the event, and countless other tasks. For the event on Jan 19th, he solicited the help of his friend Kevin Mattice, who he refers to as the Marketing Manager for DWFBIUG.  Kevin was there packing gift bags and answering attendee questions at the front of the NYLO hotel while Tony was running around making sure everyone had what they needed (like a projector cable for me – forgot my DisplayPort to HDMI adapter). In addition, Kevin also provided support by…

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