1. General Conditions. The 2013 “APPHACK 2.0 at AU- Connecting Autodesk to the Cloud” Competition (the
“Competition”) is a skill-based
competition being run by Autodesk, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sponsor”) in connection with Autodesk
University, which runs from September 16, 2013 through December 2, 2013, with
the final of three rounds to be held at the Venetian Hotel Resort Hotel Casino
in Las Vegas, Nevada (“AU”). By entering the Competition, each Team
Representative (as defined in Section 2 below), on his or her own behalf and on
behalf of each member of his or her team, agrees to abide by the terms of these
Official Rules (these “Rules”) and
by the decisions of Sponsor and the Judges (as defined below), which shall be
made in all cases in their sole and absolute discretion and are final and
binding on all matters relating to the Competition. The Competition is governed by the laws of
the State of California and applicable United States federal law, without
regard to any conflicts of laws principles.
The Competition is void where prohibited by law. The Competition is also governed by Sponsor’s
Terms of Use, Privacy Statement, Autodesk Exchange App Website Terms of Use and other policies
(collectively, the “Policies”)
pertaining to the www.autodesk.com (the “Sponsor Site”) as well as any applicable Third Party Policies (as
defined below), although the Rules will govern any conflict between the Privacy
Policy and the Rules.
2. Eligibility. The Competition is open to:
(A) Any team comprised of members
who are natural persons who are: (i) current members of theAutodesk Developer
Network (“ADN”) as of August 31,
2013; and/or (ii) legal residents of the
United States (excluding Puerto Rico); and
(B) Who have
each signed an Autodesk, Inc. Competition Participation Agreement related to
this Competition.
Teams may
submit entries to the Competition only through an individual team member who is
a natural person and who, as of January 1, 2013, is at least 18 years of age
and over the age of majority in such team member’s jurisdiction of residence
(the “Team Representative”).
Teams that include
any of the following are not eligible to enter or win the Competition: (a) any
member who is less than 13 years of age as of January 1, 2013; (b) any member
from Puerto Rico, the Province of Quebec, or any country that has been
embargoed or sanctioned by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S.
Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”);
(c) any member on the OFAC List of Specially Designated Nationals; or (d) any
member from any other jurisdiction in which this Competition is illegal or
void. No team may participate in the
Competition if any of the representations made by the Team Representative in
Section 11 below are not true. Neither
the Judges nor any employees of Sponsor or its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates,
partners, suppliers, or advertising or promotional agencies are eligible to
enter the Competition, nor are members of their respective households or
immediate families. Participants may be required to
submit proof of their eligibility.
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to
determine whether eligibility requirements have been met and to disqualify any participant if Sponsor suspects that either the participant did not follow
these Rules or the participant’s
participation in the Competition or receipt of a prize would violate any
applicable laws.
3.Entry Deadline, Entry Requirements and Judging.
3.1 Overview.
(a) General. The Competition consists of Three (3) rounds, each
with its own separate entry requirements and judging criteria. For each round, the Judges, will select
winners from among all eligible entries received during the applicable Entry
Period.
In
each round, entries will be evaluated, compared to other entries, and voted
upon by a panel of judges that includes employees of Company who may hold the following
job titles (each a “Judge”): a Senior Director of Product Development, a
Senior Product Line Manager, a Product Manager, a Senior Software Development
Manager, and a Senior User Experience Manager. In each round, any ties will be
resolved by the majority vote of the Judges, and the Sponsor will appoint an
additional Judge to vote in the event of a deadlock. The Judges have the right
to disqualify any entry that is not in compliance with these Rules, in the
Judges’ sole and absolute discretion.
Competition
Objective. Have an idea for how to augment
Autodesk software? Have you already written but not published a cool app
that others might want to use? APPHACK 2.0 @ Autodesk University is a
virtual code-fest to produce apps/plug-ins for these
products using the following APIs:
| Product | API |
| AutoCAD 2014 |
Object ARX, .NET |
| Revit 2014 | .NET |
| Inventor 2014 | COM |
| BIM 360 Glue | REST |
The theme of the event is “Connecting Autodesk to the Cloud”
– and this is open to creative interpretation. Perhaps you
can think of a way to wire our software into your favorite social media network or make use of infinite
cloud computing to carry out CPU-intensive tasks. Or maybe you have a way
to help users better visualize and share their ideas using a web
browser. Build a standalone app for AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor or BIM 360 Glue.
Or build an app that takes advantage of the integration capabilities of BIM 360
Glue with either of the 3 other products: AutoCAD, Revit and Inventor! It’s up
to you. Subject to the Rules and Regulations, submit something you’ve already written or write something
new.
Do you love our products, but you’ve never developed an app
before? No problem. Use our “My first Plug-in” training series for tutorials that will walk you through the
process. Need some inspiration? Check out our
exchange store to see some cool apps:http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com
Still
need more? Don’t forget to check out last year’s winners!
3.2 First Round –
Application Proposal.
(a) First Round Entry Deadline. Entries for
the First Round of the Competition must be received by Sponsor between 12:01
a.m. Pacific Time (PT) on September 16, 2013 and 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (PT)
on October 18th, 2013 (the “Application
Proposal Entry Period”). Only one entry per team is permitted. SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY ALL
OF A TEAM’S ENTRIES IF THAT TEAM SUBMITS MORE THAN ONE ENTRY.
(b) First Round Entry Requirements. In order to
enter the Competition, a team must create an Application Proposal in accordance
with the content and format requirements as described in the First Round Entry
Requirements Summary, below, and the Team Representative must submit that entry
within the Entry Period in accordance with the submission process as described
below.
(i)
First Round
Entry Requirements Summary. The Application Proposal must be submitted in PDF format and must include:
(A)
Written
Description of the Application that meets the Competition Objective described
above, including: i. App Name; ii. App Objective (100 words, maximum); iii. App
description (1000 words maximum) detailing
the process flow of the application and the input required from the application
user to achieve the objective. App
description should detail what the app does and the benefits it provides; and
(B)
Team
credentials: A summary of the education and/or
experience of the team members. Links to personal websites or portfolios are
encouraged.
(ii)
Submission
Process. Entries may be required or allowed
to be submitted through a submission platform located at http://adndevblog.typepad.com/autocad/announcing-apphack-20.html
(“ApphackSite”) , which may include
a link(s) to Survey Monkey or other third-party services and platforms (such as
YouTube.com or Facebook.com) that may be available through the ApphackSite (collectively,
the “Third Party Submission Services”),
as described on the Competition entry page therein. Use of each of the Third Party Submission
Services is subject to the terms and conditions, privacy policies, and other
policies and agreements applicable to such Third Party Submission Service
(collectively, the “Third Party Policies”),
for which Sponsor is not responsible. The entry form may require each Team
Representative to list Team Representative’s name, e-mail address, team name,
other team members, ADN member identification numbers of all team members (if
applicable), verification of residency status (if applicable) and other
details. All entry materials submitted
by a Team Representative or his or her team must be and contain the original
work of that Team Representative or his or her team. If not, the entry may be rejected or
disqualified. Participants
may be required to submit proof of the originality of their entries and proof
that they have all necessary rights in any music or other content used in their entries.
Sponsor will only accept entries that have been completed and submitted
in accordance with these Rules, including the Entry Requirements Summary. Sponsor will have no responsibility for, and
will have the right to refuse in its sole and absolute discretion, any entries
that have been tampered with, or entries that are misdirected, incomplete,
non-conforming, corrupt, lost, late, or ineligible, whether due to Internet or
e-mail server failure or otherwise.
Proof of transmission of an entry shall not constitute proof of
receipt. It is each Team
Representative’s responsibility to keep Sponsor informed of any changes to the
team’s and the Team Representative’s contact or other information during the
Competition.
(c)
First Round Judging and
Announcement of Second Round Finalist.
(i)
In the first
round, the Judges will select ten (10) finalists to advance to the second round
of judging. In selecting the finalists,
each Judge will assign to each eligible entry a score based on the judging
criteria and point system described in the Application Proposal Judging
Criteria Summary set forth below. The
scores of all of the Judges will then be averaged to calculate a final score
for each team. The teams with the ten (10) highest scores will be selected as
the finalists moving to the second round. The list of finalists will be
announced on Tuesday October22nd, 2013 (“Second
Round Finalist Announcement Date”), on the ApphackSite. In addition, Sponsor will notify the Team
Representative by email using the email address submitted with the team’s entry
within five (5) days after the Second Round Finalist Announcement Date. Any
finalist that needs to use the BIM 360 Glue APIs will be emailed an
authorization key at that time.
(ii)
Application
Proposal Judging Criteria Summary. The Judges will
use the following criteria and will assign up to a maximum number of points for
each criterion on the basis outlined below (the highest possible score is 15 points).
- Utility/Fun – whether a user will want to use the application again and
again: (Maximum: 5 points) - Coherence – whether the application process or workflow has a logical
set of steps to be executed and the application benefits to the end user are
clear.
(Maximum: 5 points)
- Adherence of the application to the theme,
Connecting Autodesk to the Cloud (Maximum: 5 points)
3.3 Second Round – Application
and Demo Entry. The ten finalists who have been
selected to move into the second round as announced on the Second Round
Finalist Announcement Date shall create Application and Demo Entry in accordance
with the content and format requirements as described in this section.
(a)
Second Round
Entry Deadline. The Application and
Demo material must be submitted between October 23rd, 2013 at 12:01 AM and
November 18th, 2013 at 11:59 PM.
(b)
Second Round
Entry Requirements. A team must create an Application and Demo
Entry in accordance with the content and
format requirements as described in the Second Round Entry Requirements
Summary, below, and the Team
Representative must submit that entry within the Second Round Entry Deadline in
accordance with the submission process as described below.
(i) Second Round Entry Requirements. The Second Round Application
and Demo Material must include the
following:
(A)
A video no more
than five (5) minutes long that demonstrates the Second Round Judging Criteria
related to your application.
(B)
Built application
must be compatible with one of the products listed in and otherwise meet the
Competition Objection, as described in the team’s Application Proposal.
(C)
Any entry that
uses non-Roman characters (such as Hebrew or Cyrillic) MUST use WinRAR, as WinZip will damage the filenames.
Animations that use copyrighted music or other content without
written permission from the legal copyright owner
will be disqualified. All entries that indicate that they are using copyrighted
music or other content may be required to
provide proof of permission in written format from the rightful owner(s) prior
to judging. Any disputes about whether
or not copyrighted music or other content was improperly used will be
determined by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion. Should
Sponsor identify any improper use at any time, Sponsor may disqualify the
applicable entry, even if such entry has been selected as a winner.
(ii)
Second Round Submission Process. Built application
must be uploaded to repository on the ApphackSite located http://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/APPHACK. Include your team name in the file name of each
file submitted by your team (ZIP files),
such as “team_xxxx.zip”. All entry materials submitted by a Team Representative or his or her
team must be and contain the original work of that Team Representative or his
or her team. If not, the entry may be
rejected or disqualified. Participants may be required to submit proof of the
originality of their entries and proof that they have all necessary rights in
any music or other content used
in their entries.
Sponsor will only accept entries that have been completed and
submitted in accordance with these Rules, including the Entry Requirements
Summary. Sponsor will have no
responsibility for, and will have the right to refuse in its sole and absolute
discretion, any entries that have been tampered with, or entries that are
misdirected, incomplete, non-conforming, corrupt, lost, late, or ineligible,
whether due to Internet or e-mail server failure or otherwise. Proof of transmission of an entry shall not
constitute proof of receipt. It is each
Team Representative’s responsibility to keep Sponsor informed of any changes to
the team’s and the Team Representative’s contact or other information during
the Competition.
(c) Second Round Judging and
Announcement of Final Round Finalists.
(i) The
Judges will select (5) finalists to advance to the final round of judging. In
selecting the finalists, each Judge will assign to each eligible entry a score
based on the judging criteria and point system described in the Judging
Criteria Summary, which can be found below.
The scores of all of the Judges will then be averaged to calculate a
final score for each team. The teams with the five (5) highest scores will be
selected as the finalists. The list of finalists will be announced on Friday
November 19th, 2013, on the ApphackSite (“Final
Round Finalists Announcement Date”).
In addition, Sponsor will notify the Team Representative of the ten
Second Round Finalists by email using the email address submitted with the
team’s entry within five (5) days after the Final Round Finalists Announcement
Date.
(ii) Application
and Demo Material Judging Criteria (The Highest score is 40)
- Utility/Fun – whether a user will want to use the application again and
again: (Maximum: 10 points) - Design – The look, feel and usability of the application: (Maximum: 5 points)
- Innovation – How original is the idea and execution: (Maximum: 10 points)
- Completeness – How complete is the Application? Are there bugs or dead
ends?: (Maximum: 5 points) - Adherence of the application to the theme,
Connecting Autodesk to the Cloud (Maximum: 10 points)
3.4 Final Round. The final round will be
held during AU on Monday, December 2, 2013 at 4:30pm PST at the Venetian Resort
Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Team Representative for each of the five
finalists will have five (5) minutes to demonstrate the team’s entry to the
Judges and attendees of AU (“The Demo”).
Although the Team Representative must be present at The Demo, teams need
not be present at AU on the Grand Prize Announcement Date in order to win. The
Judges will select the first, second and third place winner from among the five
finalists chosen in the second round by a majority vote of the Judges based on
the judging criteria and point system described in this section. The finalist with the highest score from the second
round of judging may not necessarily be the winner.
The Judging
Criteria for the Final Round is as follows:
- Utility/Fun – whether a user will want to use the application again and
again: (Maximum: 10 points) (Maximum 5 points) - Design – The look, feel and usability of the application: (Maximum: 5 points)
- Innovation – How original is the idea and execution: (Maximum: 10 points)
- Completeness – How complete is the Application? Are there bugs or dead
ends?: (Maximum: 5 points) - Adherence of the application to the theme,
Connecting Autodesk to the Cloud (Maximum: 10 points)
- Prizes. The
total estimated retail value of all prizes that may be awarded in the
Competition is approximately US$12,500.
The prizes to be awarded in the Competition will consist of the
following: Each of the five (5) finalists will receive a recently-released
tablet computer with an estimated retail value US$429 - Three
grand prizes as follows (each a “Grand
Prize”):- One (1) First Place Prize to be awarded to
the first place winner, consisting of a Five Thousand US Dollar (US$5,000.00)
prepaid gift card; - One (1) Second Place Prize to be awarded to
the second place winner, consisting of a Two Thousand US Dollar (US$2,000.00)
prepaid gift card; - One (1) Third Place Prize to be awarded to
the third place winner, consisting of a One Thousand US Dollar (US$1,000.00) prepaid
gift card.
- One (1) First Place Prize to be awarded to
- Grand Prize Announcement; Award of Grand Prizes. The winners of the Grand Prizes will be
announced by a Sponsor representative at an awards ceremony during AU, no later
than Thursday, December 28, 2013 (“Grand Prize Announcement Date”). In addition, all winners will be posted on
the ApphackSite within fourteen (14) days after the Grand Prize Announcement Date
and Sponsor will notify the Team Representative by email using the email
address submitted with the team’s entry within five (5) days after such
posting. Although the Team Representative must be present at The Demo, teams
need not be present at AU on the Grand Prize Announcement Date in order to win. - Award of Prizes. Each member of a winning team
may be required to sign a declaration of eligibility and/or publicity and/or
liability release form, to the extent not prohibited by law, prior to receipt
of a prize. Each member of a winning
team may be required to provide Sponsor with his or her social security or tax
payer identification number for tax purposes.
Subject to complete submission of the required forms, prizes will be
delivered to the winning team either at AU on the Grand Prize Announcement Date
or by mail within 14 days of the winning team’s complete submission of the
required forms. Each winning team must
take possession of the prize as directed by Sponsor. Failure to respond to the winner notification
or failure to return any required declarations, releases, or other forms within
7 days after receipt (or any longer time specified by Sponsor in its sole
discretion) or failure to comply with any of the terms of this section may
result in disqualification and the selection of alternate winners. - Prize Terms. All values are stated in United
States dollars. If a stated prize is
unavailable, Sponsor has the right to substitute one or more items of equal or
greater value, in its sole and absolute discretion. The prizes are not exchangeable,
transferable, or redeemable for cash.
Each prize will be awarded in the name of the winning team. Sponsor is not responsible for allocating any
prizes among any members of a team, which is the sole responsibility of the
Team Representative. Each member of a
winning team will be solely responsible for complying with any and all
applicable federal, state, provincial, local, or other statutes, regulations,
and other laws and for bearing any personal income, VAT, withholding taxes,
customs, duties, or other taxes, fees, insurance, surcharges or other costs
relating to any prize. THE PRIZES WILL
BE GIVEN AWAY BY SPONSOR “AS IS.”
SPONSOR DOES NOT MAKE AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY, WHETHER
EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, REGARDING ANY PRIZE OR PORTION THEREOF,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. - Odds of Winning. The odds of winning depend on
the number of eligible entries received by Sponsor. - Misconduct: Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to
disqualify any team in which any person: (a) tampers with the registration or
submission process, the operation of the Competition, AU, the Sponsor Site, the
Third Party Submission Services, or any affiliated websites; (b) acts in an
unsporting or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy or harass another
person; (c) is otherwise in violation of these Rules, the Policies, any Third
Party Policies, any AU Rules or AU requirements, or any applicable laws; or (d)
attempts to subvert the letter and/or spirit of these Rules. SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES
FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. - Termination. Sponsor reserves the right to
suspend, modify, or terminate the Competition at any time for any reason, in
its sole and absolute discretion, including without limitation in the event of
fraud, abuse, tampering, technical, administrative, financial, or other
difficulties. In such cases, Sponsor
will post a notice on the Competition page of the ApphackSite. In such event, the entry materials will
revert to the team. - Use of Entry Materials and Team Member Information. To the maximum extent permitted by law, by
entering the Competition, each team member consents to the use by Sponsor, or
any third party chosen by Sponsor, of the entry materials as set forth in the
Autodesk, Inc. Competition Participation Agreement, and for the purposes set
forth therein.
Other
than as set forth herein, Sponsor will treat any personal information supplied
by the Team Representative and the members of his or her team in connection
with the Competition in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy. If at any time any Team Representative or
team member is asked to execute a license or release form granting any rights
in any Entry Materials to Sponsor, that form will be deemed to supplement,
rather than replace, the rights granted in this paragraph, unless that form
expressly and unequivocally states otherwise.
- Miscellaneous. Any dispute between Sponsor and
a Team Representative or any member of his or her team arising out of or
relating to these Rules, the Competition, or any prize must be brought
exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Marin County,
California. If any part of these Rules
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or
otherwise unenforceable, such part will be modified or eliminated to the extent
necessary, in the court’s opinion, to make it enforceable while preserving to
the maximum extent possible the original intent of the parties, and the
remaining parts of these Rules will remain in full force and effect. Nothing contained herein or in any of the
Competition related materials should be construed as an endorsement by Sponsor
or any third party, product, or service. - Winner’s List; Mailing List. A list of
winners’ names may be obtained by sending a written request and a
self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
Winner’s List – 2013
APPHACK at AU – Connecting Autodesk to the Cloud
Autodesk, Inc.
Attn: Mayte Zavaleta, Product Manager
The Landmark @ One Market
San Francisco, CA 94105
All such requests must be
received by June 30, 2014. Sponsor’s telephone number is 415-547-2225. Requests for removal from Sponsor’s mailing
list may be made by sending a written request and a self-addressed, stamped
envelope to “Mailing List” at the above address, by calling Sponsor’s telephone
number, or as otherwise indicated on the ApphackSite.
- English Language. These Rules are in the English language
only. Each Team Representative hereby
confirms his or her express wish that these Rules and any related documents be
written in the English language. Les parties ci-dessus confirment leur désir que cet regles officiel
ainsi que tous les documents, y compris tous avis qui s’y rattachent, soient
rédigés en langue anglaise.
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Other brands may be trademarks of their respective owners.