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Co-Master Teacher awards at Moraine Valley Community College; and the Illinois
Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year awarded by the Illinois Community College
Trustees Association. J.C. was also one of the recipients of the Top 10 Most Popular
Autodesk University Classes Ever for his class Compelling 3D Features in AutoCAD.
J.C. is an Autodesk Certifi ed Instructor (ACI) and an Autodesk Certifi cation Evaluator
(ACE), and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education and a Master’s degree in Industrial
Technology from Illinois State University.
Craig P. Black is an instructor in the Mechanical Design Technology department
and the former instructor and manager of the Autodesk Premier Training Center at
Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin. Craig has been teaching at FVTC
since 1990. In 2009, he created the CAD Management certifi cate program at FVTC. In
2013, he created the Mechanical CAD Drafting Technical Diploma at FVTC. Craig has
served two terms on the Autodesk Training Center Executive Committee (now known
as the Autodesk Leadership Council) and chaired the committee in 2001. He has been
working with Autodesk software products for more than 25 years. He has presented
on various topics at a number of Autodesk University annual training sessions and
has been contracted to teach training sessions on Autodesk products across the United
States. In addition to teaching, Craig also does AutoCAD customization and AutoLISP
and DCL programming for area businesses and industries. Prior to his current posi-
tion, Craig worked in the civil, architectural, electrical, and mechanical drafting and
design disciplines.
Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
The authors and publisher would like to thank the following individuals and
companies for their assistance and contributions.
Autodesk, Inc.
Fitzgerald, Hagan, & Hackathorn
Laser Design and GKS Services
Bill Strenth, Pittsburg State University School of Construction
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