Taking some vacation time for the 4th of July Autodesk is observing a company furlough this week. With the exception of staff dedicated to manning our critical systems, all United States employees will take the week off with our vacation... Read more →
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24 posts from June 2010
June 28, 2010
June 25, 2010
YouTube: Autodesk Labs Robot Gallery Tour
I was involved this morning with the coolest thing I have ever seen. For those of you without YouTube access: Download Autodesk Labs Robot One Market Gallery Tour.mp4 (49689.9K). Think of the possibilities. This could allow you to go to... Read more →
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Rendering as a Service Now Available as a Technology Preview
Project Showroom was our first stab at rendering in the cloud. We simulated a consumer shopping experience based on synthetic photography where renderings of computer models were used in place of traditional photographs. For Showroom the images were fetched from... Read more →
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Piping Design Technology Preview retires from Labs
The Piping Design Technology Preview executable will stop functioning on June 30. The technology preview has concluded. Thanks to everyone who provided feedback. Retirement partying is alive in the Lab. Read more →
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June 24, 2010
July ADN Plugin of the Month: FeatureMigrator for Inventor Now Available
Since we will be off next week, I have released the July ADN Plugin of the Month a few days early. Free Download of FeatureMigrator for Inventor via Autodesk Labs From the read me: The FeatureMigrator tool has been developed... Read more →
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2D to 3D Tool Now Available for Inventor 2011
By popular demand, the 2D to 3D tool for Inventor has been updated to be compatible with Inventor 2011: Free Download of 2D to 3D Tool for Inventor via Autodesk Labs This tool combines top, front, and side views to... Read more →
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June 23, 2010
Point Cloud Tool for 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design Now Available
A point cloud is a set of vertices in a three-dimensional coordinate system. These vertices are defined by X, Y and Z coordinates. Point clouds are often created by 3D scanners. Using an automatic process, these devices measure in a... Read more →
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June 22, 2010
CommunityCommands for AutoCAD now offers recommendations on 2011 commands
source: Comic Book Gallery The CommunityCommands for AutoCAD technology preview was updated yesterday to include a new command matrix. This updated matrix includes tracking of new commands released as part of AutoCAD 2011. Free Download of CommunityCommands for AutoCAD via... Read more →
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June 21, 2010
Applause, applause: Autodesk Maya, please take a bow
In a recent blog post I highlighted our Autodesk Media & Entertainment Division's role in the movie industry. Many of you may not be aware that Autodesk has won some prestigious awards in the movie industry. The award pictured above... Read more →
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June 18, 2010
Warner Brothers Interactive and THQ To Open Offices in Quebec
The government of Quebec feels that Quebec is uniquely positioned as the crossroads between North America and Europe. Quebec is the birthplace of software pioneers like Discreet Logic and Softimage - both of which are now part of the Autodesk... Read more →
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June 17, 2010
Technology Preview of Mesh Enabler for Inventor Now Available
We recognize that some of our customers work in mixed environments. Many of you may receive Catia data from partners and need to work with that data in Autodesk Inventor. So our latest technology preview is a mesh enabler: Free... Read more →
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June 16, 2010
Money: Faces on US Currency
Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you've ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you've experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our... Read more →
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June 15, 2010
New Gallery at One Market Exhibit: Mission One Electric Motorcycle
Many people know Yves Béhar from his work with the One Laptop per Child project. Mission Motors partnered with Yves Béhar to design a zero-emissions motorcycle that combines performance with leading industrial design. Using Autodesk software, Mission One is the... Read more →
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June 14, 2010
What's So Special about Project Snap?
Project Snap is Design Center's stronger brother. Vladimir Michl (XanaduCZ on Twitter) asked a very insightful question about Project Snap: AutoCAD users have always (as instructed) considered the Design Center (to be the tool for browsing/searching content regardless where they... Read more →
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June 11, 2010
Alameda Point Redevelopment: Transit Oriented Design
I live in Alameda, California. Alameda is a small island city located in between Oakland and San Francisco. Seventeen years ago, the naval air station in Alameda closed. The area has been virtually unused since that time. For the past... Read more →
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June 10, 2010
Autodesk Labs User Profile: Sergio Durán Rojas
Sergio Durán Rojas is one of our active Autodesk Labs users. He has evaluated the technology preview of the Feature Recognition for Inventor. Sergio is a Mechanical Engineer with high knowledge in software CAD, CAM, CAE and PDM. He is... Read more →
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June 09, 2010
Update for Project Krypton for Inventor/SolidWorks Now Available
The Project Krypton team released an update today. Free Download of Project Krypton for Inventor and SolidWorks This add-on for Inventor and SolidWorks provides a dashboard on the manufacturability, cost, and material impact of your plastic mold injection design. In... Read more →
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Autodesk Design Review on the iPad Feedback
The other day I showed a picture of AutoCAD LT running on an iPad. I postulated that we could do the same thing for Autodesk Design Review. The sticking point is that the technology used for the picture requires an... Read more →
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June 08, 2010
Piping Design Technology Preview Expires on June 30
Time is of the essence. The Piping Design Technology Preview expires on June 30. Free Download of Piping Design Technology Preview If you would like to take it for a test drive, act now. Please let us know your results... Read more →
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June 07, 2010
Sample Autodesk Labs May Feedback
People often email me to ask what type of feedback are we looking for in our technology previews. As these previews are early in their life cycles, we are interested in knowing if the concept itself is a good idea,... Read more →
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June 04, 2010
It's not just Crawfish, it's Crawfish 2010
This past weekend we were in New Orleans for my nieces' wedding. My wife Sheryl's brother-in-law, Everett, seized the opportunity to boil crawfish in my honor. As a follow-up to my New Orleans Crawfish Boil: A Houston Tradition? blog post,... Read more →
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June 03, 2010
Autodesk Design Review on the Apple iPad
This is Software Engineer, Frederic Loranger, at work in our San Francisco office. Frederic has been heavily involved in Project Twitch for a long time now. Most of his work has centered on hosting Autodesk applications on servers featuring a... Read more →
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June 02, 2010
June ADN Plugin of the Month: DimensionPatrol for AutoCAD Now Available
This month's free plugin was written by Manager of DevTech Americas, Stephen Preston, based on a suggestion by Shaan Hurley. DimensionPatrol highlights dimensions in a drawing for which the user has customized the dimension text. These are dimensions that may... Read more →
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June 01, 2010
Bug Systems That Bugged Me
Over my years in software development, I have used many defect tracking systems (e.g., Scopus, Clarify, Bugzilla). Almost without fail these systems had a "priority" (a number between 1 and 5) that is specified as part of entering a defect... Read more →
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