Dec 16 - ASCENT Offers Maya 2008 Training Guide, 4 User Quizzes

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ASCENT Offers Maya 2008 Training Guide, 4 User Quizzes

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MISSISSAUGA, ON, Dec 16, 2008 – RAND Worldwide, a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, announced today that its courseware division, ASCENT – Center for Technical Knowledge, released a new title, Maya 2008 Fundamentals and four new User Quizzes.

ASCENT’s new title, Maya 2008 Fundamentals, provides a thorough introduction to Autodesk Maya’s Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, and Rendering capabilities. The courseware has been created to help new users make the most of this sophisticated application, as well as broaden the horizons of existing, self-taught users. The material covered in the courseware is designed specifically for professional designers that make up the majority of Autodesk Maya users and includes tutorials designed for professional designers in the Game Development, Architectural, Industrial/Product Design, and Interior Design industries.

“Autodesk Maya 2008 is a complex and powerful program that is currently being used by professional designers from variety of different industries,” said Joe Oswald, Executive Vice-President, PLM Operations North America and Europe, RAND Worldwide. “The tutorials in Maya 2008 Fundamentals have been created to reflect the applications required by the key users of the Autodesk Maya software.”

User Quizzes – an integral component of ASCENT’s Knowledge Assessment Tools - allow users to accurately measure their current software knowledge and identify future training requirements or skill gaps. User Quizzes are available online for the following courseware:

AutoCAD 2009 Fundamentals
AutoCAD 2009 Advanced
Inventor 2009 Introduction to Solid Modeling
Revit Architecture 2009 Fundamentals

ASCENT is an Authorized Author, Publisher and Developer of Autodesk curriculum. All of the company’s Autodesk courses are available to educational institutions, individuals, and corporations.

About ASCENT

ASCENT- Center for Technical Knowledge is the leading developer of high-quality professional training, technical documentation, and knowledge products for engineering applications. ASCENT’s products are used to train thousands of people in the engineering and manufacturing fields around the world each year and are developed by a multidisciplinary team of engineers, technical writers, courseware developers, and instructional designers. ASCENT is a division of RAND Worldwide. More information about the company can be found at www.ASCENTed.com.

About RAND Worldwide

RAND Worldwide is one of the world’s leading providers of professional services and technology to the engineering community, targeting organizations in the building, infrastructure and manufacturing industries. RAND enables its clients to improve their competitiveness, productivity, and profitability by enhancing key aspects of their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) capabilities, including planning, development, and management. As one of the leading technology independent systems integrators in the world, RAND Worldwide operates in 50 sales and client service centers globally. For more information please visit www.rand.com.

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