PBS – Nova: Escape From Nazi Alcatraz (2014) [1TVRip (AVI)]
English | Size: 567.70 MB
Category:Engineering & Architecture

Colditz Castle, a notorious prisoner of war camp in Nazi Germany, was supposed to be escape-proof. But in the dark days at the end of World War II, a group of British officers dreamt up the ultimate escape plan: in a secret attic workshop, they constructed a two-man glider out of bed sheets and floorboards. Their plan was to fly to freedom from the roof of the castle, but the war ended before they could put it to the test. Now a crack team of aero engineers and carpenters rebuild the glider in the same attic using the same materials, and they’ll do something the prisoners never got a chance to try: use a bathtub full of concrete to catapult the glider off the roof of the castle. As the hair-raising launch 90 feet up draws near, the program explores the Colditz legend and exposes the secrets of other ingenious and audacious escapes. Then, after a 70-year wait, the team finally finds out if the legendary glider plan would have succeeded.
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Robot Brains: Animatronic Character Servo Control
English | Size: 2.97 GB
Category: Video Tutorials

Animatronic effects supervisor, inventor and Stan Winston Studio veteran, Rick Galinson, shares tips and techniques to help you utilize basic LED and SERVO controls to create stunning on-screen effects.
From the art of motherboard design and circuit board schematics to best practices with soldering equipment & programming code, Galinson’s expert knowledge will guide you as you delve into the fascinating world of robots, creatures and code.
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InfiniteSkills Learning Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical 2015
English | Size: 1.52 GB
Category: Engineering

In this AutoCAD Electrical 2015 training course, expert author Shaun Bryant teaches you the tools and techniques you need to create electrical CAD designs. This course is designed for the absolute beginner, meaning no prior experience with AutoCAD is required.
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Lynda com – Revit Construction Modeling Tools
English | Size: 575.55 MB
Category: Lynda.com

If your job requires working on Revit models created by someone else, then you have probably run into situations where portions of the model need to be reworked. Perhaps you’re a subcontractor or an interior designer who needs to accurately convey finishes. Traditionally tasks like these would require a good deal of time, but with the three unique construction modeling tools in Revit, you can now add the details and refinements you need without rebuilding the entire model. Paul F. Aubin shows how model elements can be broken down into parts and articulated with their own finishes, materials, and other details. To assist in documentation, Paul explores assemblies: detailed drawings of isolated portions of the model. And with the Displace feature he shows how to create compelling “exploded view” illustrations to convey how things fit together.
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Lynda com – Revit – Family Curves and Formulas
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Have you ever tried to control the shape of a curved form in the Family Editor? If so, you know that flexing them sometimes throws you a curve ball. In this course, Paul F. Aubin explores several techniques to tame your unruly parametric curves. This includes examples of circles, arcs, arches, splines, and even complex curves like cyma moldings. The real power comes in with formulas, profile families, and proportions, which allow you to mathematically control your curves. At the end of this course, we can’t guarantee you’ll never have misbehaving curves, but we’ll give you several useful tools to help tame them.
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