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39 posts from January 2009
January 30, 2009
January 29, 2009
Project Showroom Now Remembers Where You Were
Configure your own kitchen or bathroom with Project Showroom I posted a minor update to the Project Showroom servers yesterday. If you are so keen as to click on the About Project Showroom hyperlink in the lower right, you will... Read more →
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January 28, 2009
FAQ: How does Project Newport compare to Showcase?
Q. How does Project Newport compare to Showcase? A. Autodesk® ShowcaseTM visualization software creates accurate, realistic imagery from 3D CAD data to communicate form and brand character. Autodesk Showcase presents designs in an environment in which design team members can... Read more →
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January 27, 2009
Project Showroom Word Cloud
With all of the excitement over President Obama's inauguration speech, people have been making word clouds out of it (article). I have used Wordle before (previous blog article on John Lennon or my About page), so I thought I would... Read more →
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January 26, 2009
Autodesk Labs - a distributed team
Brian Mathews is our VP of Autodesk Labs, Rosella Conanan is his executive assistant. She is also our SharePoint administrator. Since we are a distributed team, Rosella has updated our SharePoint portal to show thermometers for each location. click to... Read more →
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Updated Project Newport Page now available on Autodesk Labs site
Project Newport booth at Autodesk University The Project Newport page has been updated: Autodesk Labs Project Newport page I have been working with Product Marketing Manager, Elisabeth Garreau, on updating the Project Newport page. Last week many of you saw... Read more →
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January 23, 2009
FAQ: How is Newport distinct from the rendering technology in Revit Architecture?
Q. How is Newport distinct from the rendering technology in Revit Architecture? A. Project Newport shares mental ray rendering technology with Revit Architecture and 3ds Max Design. Scenes rendered in Revit should look very similar when rendered with mental ray... Read more →
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FAQ: How is Project Newport different from Autodesk Navisworks software?
Q. How is Project Newport different from Autodesk® Navisworks® software? A. Project Newport is used for aesthetic evaluation and presentation whereas Autodesk Navisworks is used for technical validation, simulation, and analysis of building design performance. Architects can use Newport to... Read more →
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FAQ: How is Project Newport different from the Digital Cities initiative?
Q. How is Project Newport different from the Digital Cities initiative? A. Project Newport is targeted to architectural design workflows, whereas LandXplorer is used by urban developers to develop a digital city model which will be used for detail analysis... Read more →
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Using Feature Recognition when importing files into Autodesk Inventor
A Mr. Richard Feder of Fort Lee, New Jersey writes in: Hey Labs guys, How do I enable feature recognition in Autodesk Inventor 2009? Software QA Engineer, Peter Varga, supplied the answer: Once you have successfully installed Feature Recognition onto... Read more →
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January 22, 2009
Sharing Kitchen and Bathroom Designs on Facebook from Project Showroom
Previously I outlined how you share a room design you create using Project Showroom with your friends on Facebook. One of the steps includes manually changing a Facebook profile entry from a one-liner to a story. This allows the thumbnail... Read more →
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January 21, 2009
FAQ: How is Project Newport different from 3ds Max Design?
Q. How is Project Newport different from 3ds Max Design? A. Project Newport is a visualization and presentation tool for every Revit architect. Autodesk 3ds Max Design is a 3D modeling, animation, and rendering solution for professional-quality visualization. Project Newport... Read more →
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FAQ: How does Project Newport interoperate with other Autodesk software?
Q. How does Project Newport interoperate with other Autodesk software? A. Project Newport is a natural extension of the Revit Architecture and Autodesk 3ds Max Design ecosystem and integrates Autodesk® FBX®, ProMaterialsTM and mental ray® technologies. Architects can easily import... Read more →
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FAQ: What are key benefits of Project Newport?
Q. What are key benefits of Project Newport? A. Project Newport allows architects to convey their design intent to stakeholders - throughout the entire design process. It dramatically improves production efficiency and accelerates the approval process: Visualization for everyone. No... Read more →
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FAQ: What does Project Newport do that has never been done before?
Q. What does Project Newport do that has never been done before? A. With Project Newport, any architect can re-create the context of the building site in vivid detail, rapidly explore design options, keep up with changes to the design... Read more →
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FAQ: What can architects do with Project Newport?
Q. What can architects do with Project Newport? A. With Project Newport, architects can create high-quality presentations to convey their design intent at every stage of the architectural process: Explore designs in context. Quickly visualize Revit Architecture designs in the... Read more →
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FAQ: What is the status of the project?
Q. What is the status of the project? A. As soon as it is ready for public use, Project Newport might be available for download on the Autodesk Labs website. We are working with lead customers from cutting-edge firms in... Read more →
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FAQ: What problems does Project Newport help to solve?
Q. What problems does Project Newport help to solve? A. Architects spend an estimated 25 percent of their time preparing for presentations. Today’s typical architectural presentation workflow involves software products that are not optimized for 3D design data. Consequently, when... Read more →
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FAQ: Who is Project Newport intended for?
Q. Who is Project Newport intended for? A. As a companion product to Revit® Architecture software, Project Newport is primarily targeted to architects and interior designers working with Revit and downstream users, including principals, developers, city planners, and property managers.... Read more →
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FAQ: What is Project Newport?
Q. What is Project Newport? A. Project Newport is a 3D story-building Media & Entertainment research project for architectural visualization and presentation. With its game-engine technology and breakthrough ease of use, Newport enables architects to explore their designs in context,... Read more →
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Project Showroom Facebook Sharing
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. We envision consumers visiting the site, assembling rooms by selecting combinations... Read more →
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January 20, 2009
Sheryl Sheppard: P.F. Chang Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon
Once again my wife, Sheryl, ran the P.F. Chang Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon. Our daughter, Stephanie, and I cheered her on from the sidelines. To map out where Sheryl would be so we could move from location to location... Read more →
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January 19, 2009
Friends of HOOPS follow up
My previous blog post got me lots of feedback. The Tech Soft 3D team is featured on their site. There are some better pictures of Ron's tattoo on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=279345&id=1053818291&l=0c020#/photo.php?pid=279369&id=1053818291&l=0c020 There are also some pictures of my better half: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=279345&id=1053818291&l=0c020#/photo.php?pid=279378&id=1053818291&l=0c020... Read more →
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Tech Soft 3D: Friends of HOOPS Party
I got my Autodesk start by working at Ithaca Software. Ithaca Software was acquired by Autodesk in 1993. A few of us early Ithacans are still at Autodesk as in Carl Bass, Jeff Kowalski, Brian Mathews, and Norbert Jeske. As... Read more →
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January 16, 2009
Friday Fun with the Obama Icon Me Site
During this past presidential election, Shepard Fairey created a now famous poster of Barak Obama. You can see it: http://obeygiant.com/headlines/obama Now that this poster is all the rage, you can create your own at: http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com/ This is a software as... Read more →
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January 15, 2009
inhabitat: HP Announces Flexible Computer Screens On the Horizon
My alma mater has been at it again. Arizona State University’s Flexible Display Center and HP recently announced a prototype of a flexible lightweight computer screen that is created in a similar roll-to-roll manufacturing process as thin-film pv, These new... Read more →
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January 14, 2009
It's Alive in the Lab RSS feed now repaired
My RSS feed for this blog is now repaired. This turned out to be copy/paste user error on my part. I apologize for the inconvenience. I appreciate that most of you read this blog via RSS. Read more →
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Working with large models and the Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD
The Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD allows you to view your drawings in Google Earth. The user guide provides easy to follow steps for importing a Google Earth image into AutoCAD, publishing 3D model to Google Earth, draping a Google... Read more →
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January 13, 2009
3D/2D ShareNow Add-in is very popular
The 3D/2D ShareNow add-in for AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, and Design review is dirt simple. Let's say you're looking at one of your designs in one of these applications, and you want to share it with someone who doesn't have the... Read more →
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January 12, 2009
It's Alive in the Lab RSS feed repair in progress
My blog is hosted by TypePad. There are 3 feeds associated with this service: RSS 2.0: http://labs.blogs.com/Its_alive_in_the_lab/rss.xml RSS 1.0: http://labs.blogs.com/its_alive_in_the_lab/index.rdf ATOM: http://labs.blogs.com/its_alive_in_the_lab/atom.xml Despite having these 3 available, life is simpler if everyone uses my Feedburner feed: ATOM: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ItsAliveInTheLab The RSS... Read more →
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Autodesk Labs Site: 4 Spotlighted Topics
I am not sure if everyone is aware of this, but the top of the Autodesk Labs site has a "spotlight" area. We use it to spotlight features items on a regular basis. When you view the Autodesk Labs home... Read more →
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January 09, 2009
Bringing in the new year...
Here's how my wife and I brought in the new year. We attended a private Todd Rundgren concert in Philadelphia. With only 200 attendees, it was like the band was playing in our living room. This is definitely the way... Read more →
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January 08, 2009
New Autodesk Blog: Being Civil
The Civil team in Product Support is happy to announce that they are now hosting Being Civil (http://beingcivil.typepad.com). PS Specialists, Brian Kling, Jason Hickey, and Justin Ziemba will be regular contributors. This blog will complement some of the other Autodesk... Read more →
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GPU: It's deja vu all over again
I bought my first personal computer in 1983. It was a Leading Edge with an 8086/2 processor. The /2 meant that the CPU would double its clock rate when possible. This was normally when in pure computation mode - when... Read more →
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January 07, 2009
Holiday Mail for Heroes: 1.4 million cards
Some of you may recall my blog posting: In the holiday spirit... Today I received this: From: Valarie Bastek Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 1:36 PM To: Scott Sheppard Subject: Holiday Mail for Heroes Hi Scott, Thanks for writing about... Read more →
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MEP Analysis Extension for AutoCAD MEP/Revit MEP extended to March 31, 2009
To support our vision for Building Information Modeling and strengthen our portfolio of sustainable design solutions, Autodesk packaged 25 useful utilities for energy efficiency in a "green" MEP Analysis Extension which expired on December 31, 2008. As a result, a... Read more →
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January 06, 2009
Sample December Autodesk Labs Feedback
Autodesk Labs is all about feedback. We'd much rather have a few developers spend a short amount of time on something and get your thoughts, instead of having many developers spend a long time on something before we get customer... Read more →
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January 05, 2009
Book Review: The Last Lecture by Dr. Randy Pausch
Our son, Steven, is a senior at Pinnacle High School. His career desire is to be a fireman. Firefighting is a very competitive field. It is common for candidates to be placed on a three year waiting list before landing... Read more →
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January 02, 2009
Drawing plane and coordinate system web site
I have confessed many times on this blog to being a nerd. Here's a web site I love: maths online For those of you not working, enjoy the holiday. Read more →
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