Course Overview This course serves as an introduction to fundamental techniques for urban design representation. The primary objective is to provide an entry point into current software applications that enable contemporary urban design practices. As supplemental to the MSAUD urban design studio sequence, Digital Modeling for Urban Design is organized to support the content and theoretical material framed by Reading New York Urbanism. It also integrates with the summer studio by exploring and working on coordinated New York City sites. ArcGis Suite software instruction introduced in DMUD will provide you with a basic foundation for managing and extracting data sets available from GSAPP resources. In this course you will visualize various urban conditions through 3d digital modeling and animation completed in Maya. By the end of the semester you should expect to gain an effective cross-program workflow in addition to establishing a sense of control when using static 2d vector formats and 3d modeling with animation.