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Autodesk Labs Software Engineer, David Falck, shared a story regarding some Project Draw feedback from Amsterdam. The Project Draw (http://draw.labs.autodesk.com) users were migrated successfully during last weekend's consolidated login deployment. The percentage of users whose diagrams were migrated successfully was... Read more →
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No - not that profile - your consolidated login profile. Autodesk Labs Software Engineer, Frederic Loranger, has been quite prolific. Here is his third submission to this blog. Frederic developed the code and integrated the consolidated login process into Project... Read more →
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Senior User Interaction Designer, Lira Nikolovska, is one of the inventors of the Autodesk Tangible View Cube. She sent some great information for my blog. Greg Demchak, Matt Jezyk, and myself [Lira] are the three Revit designers behind the "Tangible... Read more →
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Yes the blog article title and image are a lampoon/rip-off of the very funny 2006 Ben Stiller movie Night at the Museum. We recently held meetings in San Francisco. I can attest to the splendor and environmental friendliness of our... Read more →
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Manager of AU Program Development, Joseph Wurcher, has a podcast about Autodesk Labs on his Autodesk University blog today: AU Beat: Don't Miss the Autodesk Labs "Discovery Space" at AU 2008 Unlike that time where Shaan Hurley claimed I was... Read more →
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As a follow up to his post about migration stats, Software Engineer, Frederic Loranger, was kind enough to submit this blog article when a Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, New Jersey inquired: Project Freewheel - I am a victim!... Read more →
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One of our Project Freewheel software developers, Yuanfei Xu, is working on the collaboration solution software API. Here is what he has suggested. This is a work in progress. API Name: loadPath Description: Load the DWF file into freewheel object... Read more →
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Autodesk Labs Marketing Manager, Amanda Collins, refers to me as the Cal Ripken of blogging. It's because I have posted at least one article every business day since February 14, 2006. I want to keep my streak going. My daughter... Read more →
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Project Draw 0.7.7 and Project Freewheel 1.0.7 were released yesterday to be compatible with the new Autodesk Labs consolidated login. Please feel free to give them a try. If you experience any problems, please let us know at [email protected] or... Read more →
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Now that we are done with the conversion process, Autodesk Labs, Project Draw, and Project Freewheel use the same login credentials (user name and password) as our new Autodesk subscription center. This is great news for customers and internal employees... Read more →
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The Autodesk Labs site was unavailable earlier today. It was down for maintenance. This included the discussion forums that you routinely use to provide feedback on Autodesk Labs technologies. We transitioned to the new consolidated login. This means you now... Read more →
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Yesterday I blogged about how we are working on improving the user interface of Project Showroom. I got an email with a blog article from software engineer John Schmier about how the cascading style sheet (CSS) was styled to support... Read more →
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Project Showroom is a technology preview that establishes a vision for a service for home furnishing suppliers to enable their customers to visualize their products in real-life room settings. At this time, the technology preview is under development. We are... Read more →
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Autodesk is a community service oriented company. In addition to hours outside of work, Autodesk allows employees four paid hours per month for volunteer work. For our seventh consecutive year, my wife and I are working to support our local... Read more →
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Senior User Interaction Designer, Lira Nikolovska, is one of the inventors of the Autodesk Tangible View Cube. She was the curator of the SIGGRAPH 2008 Design and Computation exhibition. She shared some photos on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/19592627@N00/sets/72157606977119776/ SIGGRAPH is the Special... Read more →
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To know whose designs are whose, Project Freewheel requires that you login to the Autodesk Labs community. This allows you to work with previously uploaded designs. You can even delete them when you no longer need them. In addition, users... Read more →
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As we prepare for the switch over to the Autodesk consolidated login, we will disable the Register link to the Autodesk Labs community from Project Freewheel: You and others will still be able to view designs embedded in your web... Read more →
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Greetings from the Autodesk Seek team! We're actively seeking user input on key building products that will make Autodesk Seek an integral part of the design process. As the source of information to the community of Autodesk users, we'd like... Read more →
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Technical Evangelist, Brian Pene, and Software Engineer, Eddy Kuo, have been at it again. They have been working with an invention from our own Revit Product Design group most notably Matt Jezyk and Lira Nikolovska. The video below demonstrates a... Read more →
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Our CEO, Carl Bass, was proud to announce the launch of Autodesk’s very first Sustainability Report. Thanks to the collaborative efforts of more than 100 individuals across the company, the report showcases our commitment to sustainability. In reading this report,... Read more →
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Project Showroom is a technology preview that establishes a vision for a service for home furnishing suppliers to enable their customers to visualize their products in real-life room settings. As we work with users and manufacturing partners on photorealistic rendering,... Read more →
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There have been 4 previous blog postings on this topic: Way back in May 2007 I mentioned how having an Autodesk Labs login would be beneficial to using Project Freewheel. When Project Freewheel was first launched, you had no way... Read more →
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Since today is Saturday, this blog posting has nothing to do with Autodesk Labs. This week the Autodesk Labs team did some planning for Project Showroom, Project Draw, Project Freewheel, and other projects. David Falck and Doug Look flew in... Read more →
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I would like to thank everyone who participated in the Labs forum on the UI Technology Preview for Inventor 2009. We have gathered all of your feedback from the forum and are using it to shape the future of the... Read more →
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Software Development Manager, Wayne Catalfano, provided me with an updated version of AliasStudio Direct Reader Add-in for Inventor I have placed it on the Autodesk Labs site for download. This update of our CAD CAM software add-in is compatible with... Read more →
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I will be attending Autodesk University this year. We have a variety of things going on at AU this year. In the Exhibit Hall, Autodesk Labs is hosting an interactive Discovery Space where you can see and try all kinds... Read more →
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Eric Wright was happy to add two more blogs to the Autodesk blogosphere: Mod the Machine http://modthemachine.typepad.com/ Brian Ekins The Building Coder http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/ Jeremy Tammik Welcome aboard Brian and Jeremy. Read more →
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As part of the Barrett Honors College requirements at Arizona State University, my daughter, Stephanie, is required to complete an honors thesis. Since she recently become interested in blogging (with no help from me) and how it relates to public... Read more →
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In June when I posted YouTube: encouragement to view and rate, YouTube videos were all the rage. As previously mentioned, when I make or get my hands on a video, I post it there. Several of you have subscribed to... Read more →
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A Mr. Richard Feder of Fort Lee New Jersey emailed in: Does everyone viewing the drawing or model have to have an Autodesk Labs login to join a session? Our own Autodesk Labs VP, Brian Mathews, and I replied with... Read more →
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Senior Manager of our Customer Briefing Program, Jason Medal-Katz, had the pleasure to announce that our newest briefing center, Autodesk Gallery at One Market, or simply The Gallery, is now open. This space in San Francisco is dedicated to showcasing... Read more →
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Programmer/Software Engineer, Randy Kintzley, provided me with a handy little tool for AutoCAD. I was happy to add it to the Autodesk Labs site: http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/acad_navigation_bonus/ This tool provides back and forward display navigation within AutoCAD. The behavior is similar to... Read more →
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Our technology preview of the Command Complete Bonus Tool for AutoCAD has run its course. For those who wish to continue to download it, I have placed the bonus tool on the Autodesk Labs graduates page. Thanks to all those... Read more →
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If this is Thursday, then it must be time to add another blog to the Autodesk blogosphere: http://revitclinic.typepad.com/ Technical Lead of Product Support for Revit, Harlan Brumm, will cover preventative and rehabilitative care of Building Information Models.Wander on over and... Read more →
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Earlier this week Google announced availability of a BETA of their brand new Chrome browser. I immediately got a question from a Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, New Jersey: Is Labs testing any of the existing Software as a... Read more →
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We all knew he had big aspirations. Autodesk's own Shaan Hurley of Between the Lines fame is running for President of the United States: http://www.inews3.com/topstory.php?id=536861616e7c4875726c6579 Check it out. Read more →
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Project Showroom is a technology preview that establishes a vision for a service for home furnishing suppliers to enable their customers to visualize their products in real-life room settings. The initial emphasis of Project Showroom has been on the rendering.... Read more →
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In our tradition of meeting the Autodesk Labs team members who have signed up to teach classes, I am presenting this profile of Amanda Collins. The thought is that if you know their faces, you will be sure to visit... Read more →
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I would like to thank everyone for participating in the Labs forum on the UI Technology Preview for Inventor 2009. http://discussion.autodesk.com/forum.jspa?forumID=347 What an active forum it has been. We have gathered all of your feedback from the forum and are... Read more →
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