No more Autodesk Visualization Award?

[Rich Kressly]

Originally Posted by BuddyB309

WHAT!!!!!!!!!! THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING!!!!!

If it weren't for the Autodesk Visualization award I would have never found my passion.

This is just....ugh!......ANGER!!!

Easy Chicken Little, the sky may not be falling. :-). It looks like teams will still be able to use an array of Autodesk software, including 3DSMax. How these teams use it, and what they use it for, is certainly likely to change some here, but I'm sure we'll still be able to help students "find their passions" - we're a resourceful bunch, aren't we? Let's stay tuned and see where this goes.

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly

Easy Chicken Little, the sky may not be falling. :-). It looks like teams will still be able to use an array of Autodesk software, including 3DSMax. How these teams use it, and what they use it for, is certainly likely to change some here, but I'm sure we'll still be able to help students "find their passions" - we're a resourceful bunch, aren't we? Let's stay tuned and see where this goes.

Agreed. I think we all just need to wait and see what's going on.

Cass

[andrewszatkowsk]

The new award will not incorporate animation hardly at all. THis is just FIRST's way of phasing out animation, which is a shame, because its the only thing keeping some people in

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by andrewszatkowsk

The new award will not incorporate animation hardly at all. THis is just FIRST's way of phasing out animation, which is a shame, because its the only thing keeping some people in

What are you talking about? You can still enter animations to be judged. Where did you get that there is no more animation competition?

[Kevin Thorp]

Andrew, The "Exellence in Design" award has 2 catagories: CAD (Inventor) and Animation (3ds Max or Maya). The animation contest is almost identical to last years.

Details: http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles...sk%20Award.pdf

[Suiraqua]

Kevin, thanks for posting that! My team and I have already gotten storyboards and designs started!

When I didn't see the AVA listed in the game manual I was going "NO! Please keep animation going!!!" I was glad to find see they just renamed it and such.

I also love how the theme didn't really change that much from last year. It's still 'Change your world', but now we don't have to use something from nature to do it (thank goodness; ours was really LAME).