Thusday March 24th will be the next meeting of the Chicago 3ds Max/Design AAUGA group.  We will be meeting is Tribeca-Flashpoint Academy in downtown Chicago.  The meeting will start at 5:30 with Pizza on the first floor “Digital Garage”, and will continue in “The Matrix” room on the 5th floor at 6:30.  Demo will end at 8:30 and the meeting ends by 9pm.

Go to http://aauga032011b.eventbright.com to RSVP

RSVP is required for building security and for pizza quantity, but you do not need to print the ticket.

In case you missed it, Autodesk has announced 3ds Max/Design 2012:
http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/ken/3ds_max_2012_announced

I will be demonstrating Max 2012 and if any users have work they would like to show, please let me know.

There are also a number of great videos appearing on YouTube demonstrating the new release, so give them a look!

As always, we are looking for people to demonstate and paricipate in this and future meetings.  A demo can be as simple as “Show-and-Tell” for things you have done, “Work-in-Progress” for things you want feedback or help on, a “Making-of” for a project you completed, or a demo of a technique or feature that you have worked to master.  Contact me at if you are interested.

Go to http://aauga032011b.eventbright.com to RSVP

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Chicago 3ds Max User’s Group: http://www.max3ds.com

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