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31 posts from October 2008
October 31, 2008
October 30, 2008
Discover the Autodesk Labs Discovery Space at Autodesk University
Autodesk Labs Marketing Manager, Amanda Collins, is coordinating our AU 2008 activities. She has selected a great spot for us in the exhibit hall: Look for us on the right as you enter. Gearing up for AU is alive in... Read more →
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October 29, 2008
YouTube: Windows 7 PDC, Autodesk Demo
You've seen him on his Mudbox video that I posted: Exploring Mudbox (Autodesk Labs version) with Multi-touch. I've written about him on this blog: Exploring Mudbox on a Multi-touch Device. Senior Systems Software Developer, Hans Kellner, participated in the Windows... Read more →
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She came in through the bathroom window...
Perhaps only Beatles fans get the reference in the blog posting title, but it's a song title. Project Showroom 1.0.9 Now Available We updated Project Showroom yesterday. Release 1.0.9 includes a few defect corrections plus data for another room -... Read more →
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October 28, 2008
100 Free Autodesk University Passes
Hot off the presses - Joseph Wurcher has 100 free passes for AU: http://au.autodesk.com/event/buddypass/ Strike while the iron is hot! Read more →
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The Colbert Report: It's Alive
The word of the day on The Colbert Report was "It's Alive." How nice. This brings back memories of my first post. Read more →
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Look Maw - Just Hands
Based on our work in the area of human-computer interaction on topics such as: http://labs.autodesk.com/technologies/multitouch/ http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/boomless_chameleon/ http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/wiimote_adr/ we received an interesting link to a YouTube video from one of our loyal Autodesk Labs community members - Sinisa Kolaric: One- and... Read more →
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October 27, 2008
Feet don't fail me now: STL Exporter for Revit Platform export scale
With regard to the STL Exporter for Revit Platform, we got some great feedback the other day: Hello, My name is Erik Tremain and I am a graduate architecture student at Washington State University. I have recently been enjoying the... Read more →
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October 24, 2008
In case you haven't seen all Autodesk Labs videos...
Autodesk University is fast approaching. We're taking inventory of our videos. We have many Autodesk Labs movies on YouTube and in alternate locations. In case you have missed some of them, here's a list by technology area. Technologies Anyone Can... Read more →
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October 23, 2008
David Falck: Consolidated Login - More Wacker Drive than Big Dig
Autodesk Labs Software Engineer, David Falck, sent me this for the blog. Since the mass translation of old Project Draw users to the new system resulted in no loss of Project Draw data, I was happy to post it. Wacker... Read more →
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October 22, 2008
Autodesk Seek Now Live
What was once an alpha on Autodesk Labs is now fully grown up... Product Marketing Manager, Jim Wilson, filed this report. Greetings from the Autodesk Seek team! We’re excited to announce that the Autodesk Seek website redesign is now live... Read more →
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Project Draw 0.7.8 Now Available
In a previous release of Project Draw, we began the work of integrating Project Draw with Project Freewheel. This allows you to publish your designs as DWF files, manage them with Project Freewheel, and include them as shapes in Project... Read more →
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October 21, 2008
YouTube: Project Showroom on Apple iPhone
Many of you may recall the American TV commercial with the line "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV." The actor was making a point that people valued his opinion even though he wasn't really in the... Read more →
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October 20, 2008
Meet Douglas Look: Tune into the Discovery Channel
Autodesk Labs Marketing Manager, Amanda Collins, filed this report. Here is another opportunity to get ready for AU with Autodesk Labs. First up: meet the Autodesk Labs team members who have signed up to teach classes. Now that you know... Read more →
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October 17, 2008
Project Freewheel 1.0.8 Now Available
For Project Freewheel 1.0.7, the big change was the integration of the Autodesk consolidated login. Now you can use your one Autodesk login for all things Autodesk - including uploading designs to Project Freewheel and participating in electronic review meetings.... Read more →
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October 16, 2008
YouTube: Gallery at One Market Exhibits
Autodesk Labs is a division of Autodesk that engages in exploring all sorts of cool and new technologies. One of our goals is to gather feedback about upcoming technologies that we think have great potential. Towards this end, we have... Read more →
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October 15, 2008
Using Inventor UI Technology Preview on systems with Inventor 2009 SP1
Rendering courtesy of Prensa Jundiai, Brazil. A Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, New Jersey writes in: I want to use the UI Technology Preview for Inventor. I have Inventor 2009 SP1 on my system. Will you be coming out... Read more →
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October 14, 2008
Wall Street Journal: Software Helps Artists, But Are They Cheating?
This article is short and sweet: http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/10/14/software-helps-artists-but-are-they-cheating/ Since the days of the caveman, we have used tools. As the tools got better, so did the results. This is not cheating. As we make software more and more powerful, our customers... Read more →
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Project Showroom 1.0.8 Now Available
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. You can... Read more →
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October 13, 2008
Roll Over Beethoven - tell Frank Lloyd Wright the news...
Ian Hooper is an Interaction Designer in our Media & Entertainment division. Ian is working with Autodesk Labs Marketing Manager, Amanda Collins, on an exhibit for our Discovery Space at Autodesk University this year. Ian filed this report for my... Read more →
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October 10, 2008
Project Draw helps happy couple with room arrangement
One of our developers on the Autodesk Seek team sent me a note the other day: Scott, Amy and I are looking at a new place and were trying to figure out if our furniture will fit in a particular... Read more →
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October 09, 2008
Revenge of the NURBS II: NURBS in Paradise
A long time ago I wrote a blog article on Beyond the Paper entitled: Revenge of the NURBS: NURBS supported in DWF Toolkit The point of that article was that the DWF format supported NURBS but Autodesk applications did not... Read more →
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October 08, 2008
YouTube: Gallery at One Market Construction
I have mentioned a few times that we have a wonderful space at One Market in San Francisco. Photo Gallery: The Gallery at One Market John Schmier: Night at the Gallery Autodesk Labs VP, Brian Mathews, alerted me to the... Read more →
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October 07, 2008
Project Showroom 1.0.7 Now Available
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. You can... Read more →
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October 06, 2008
iMap for Inventor Survey: Let us know your thoughts
The iMap for Inventor Technology Preview uses a graphical hierarchy to depict relationships among model components in an easy to understand way. Inventor Product Manager, Sam Antos, is conducting a survey of iMap users. Would you please help us by... Read more →
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October 05, 2008
Web searches for DWF sometime turn up interesting results
Though you may think the driver of this car works for Adobe, my guess is that this is a happily married woman. :-) She is not a Divorced White Female. On the other hand, perhaps she has always been single?... Read more →
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October 04, 2008
Fun on a Saturday
When I started working for Ithaca Software in Alameda in 1990, my first job was 2D driver development for HOOPS using the MetaWare compiler with the Pharlap DOS Extender; however, I also did technical support. All of the software developers... Read more →
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October 03, 2008
Shrinkwrap Add-in most popular in Belgian Inventor Poll
On the heels of my posting about what's available on the Autodesk Labs site for Autodesk Inventor users, my friend, Stefaan Boel, shared the results of a recent poll he conducted on the Belgian Inventor Wizard site. Stefaan posed the... Read more →
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October 02, 2008
64-bit STL Exporter for Revit Platform Now Available
As the building information modeling process has become more sophisticated, the resulting models have grown larger. Think of that line from the movie Airplane!: ...and Leon's getting larger. Airplane!, 1980. To allow computer applications to address larger models, applications like... Read more →
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What's on labs for the manufacturing industry?
A Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, New Jersey emailed us: Do you have a recent presentation of the latest stuff available on Labs for the manufacturing industry? Inventor Product Manager, Sam Antos, provided the answer with a PowerPoint presentation.... Read more →
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October 01, 2008
Which social network for work?
If Autodesk Labs was to investigate a social network for sharing AutoCAD, Inventor, or Revit design data with your partners and suppliers, which one should we consider? Do you use: My guess is that many of you use these for... Read more →
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