It is Alive in the Lab

Updated Point Cloud for 3ds Max Now Available

The internal name for the point cloud tool for 3ds max and 3ds max design is Project Helix. Yesterday I posted an updated installer for the Point Cloud Tool for 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design. free download of Point... Read more →

Facebook: There are places I remember...

There are places I remember All my life though some have changed Some forever, not for better Some have gone and some remain John Lennon and Paul McCartney, "In My Life," The Beatles. My wife and I recently took a... Read more →

Featured Autodesk Labs user: Bill Temelkovski

Bill Temelkovski is one of our most active Autodesk Labs users. He has evaluated: 2D to 3D Tool for Inventor 3D Annotation for Inventor Assorted ADN plugins of the month Feature Recognition for Inventor Inventor Fusion Technology Preview Mesh Enabler... Read more →

Project Neon Update Now Available

Today's posting comes from Jay David Stauffer of the Project Neon team. Project Neon continues to improve. In response to feedback from our users, we implemented some improvements to Project Neon’s rendering engine on August 20th. You should notice: more... Read more →

Updated Screenshot for Inventor ADN Plugin of the Month Now Available

Senior Manager of Worldwide DevTech, Kean Walmsley, provided me with an update to the Screenshot for Inventor plugin. Recall that this was our February plugin of the month. As we roll out new plugins each month, which include the source... Read more →

Trying Autodesk Inventor 2011 Just Got Easier

If you visit http://www.autodesk.com/inventor, you will see a Free Trial link. When some of you click on it, you will see an option to try Inventor nline. I say "some of you" instead of "all of you," because the Autodesk... Read more →

Photo Scene Editor for Project Photofly Proposed UI

User Experience Architect, Mason Foster, is our newest member of the Autodesk Labs team. Upon returning to work from becoming a new Dad (congratulations Mason), his first assignment was to look at the user interface of the Photo Scene Editor.... Read more →

Scott's head

The title of this blog article can't help but conjure up memories of an American TV show called Herman's Head. It was not very popular as it did not last long. The pretext of the show was that actors played... Read more →

Project Photofly Photo Scene Contest for Buildings

You can win: Project Photofly is our web service that converts collections of your photos into 3D photo scenes. The Photo Scene Editor allows you to upload your photos and work with the photo scenes returned by the servers. You... Read more →

Grid Alternatives - A good idea for a good cause

On Wednesday I attended a lunchtime presentation in our Autodesk Gallery. Maura Fallon-McKnight of Grid Alternatives provided an overview of the work her organization is doing to bring solar energy to low income residents. I found out some encouraging information.... Read more →

STL Exporter for Revit Family 2010 Retired

The technology preview of the STL Exporter for the Revit 2010 family of applications has ended. Thanks to everyone who downloaded the technology preview and provided feedback. Autodesk Revit 2010 users can still download the technology preview from the Autodesk... Read more →

AutoCAD Architecture 2009 to 2011 Graphical User Interface Menu Mapping

One of my Facebook friends, Binu Mathew, has a mapping page where you select a user interface element in AutoCAD Architecture 2009, and it displays the location of that same element in AutoCAD Architecture 2011. http://download.autodesk.com/us/autocadarch/menumap/ACA-MenuMap-R1d.html It is fun to... Read more →

What do you think of this portion of the Autodesk Labs home page?

When it comes to web page design, beauty is in the eye of the beholder - that would be you. The Autodesk Labs home page has 3 tabs: BY INDUSTRY, BY PRODUCT, and ALPHABETICALLY. This allows you to see the... Read more →

RSS feed: full or summary?

The RSS feed for this blog used to provide full articles. Our social media council recently provided Autodesk bloggers with a tip that most people prefer to receive just a few lines with links to the rest of the articles.... Read more →

Worms, Caterpillars, Moths, and Butterflies

I am on vacation today but I got this email from Software Architect, Ben Cochran, today. I thought I would share it. Earlier this year we raised 2 dozen silkworms. They are very cool. They eat, eat more, and then... Read more →

Request for Feedback on Industry Oriented Autodesk Labs site pages

I am experimenting with a new look for the Labs site. Right now we have the INDUSTRY tab on the home page which lists technology previews per industry. I am thinking about having a dedicated page per industry. I have... Read more →

On Vacation Next Two Days

source: www.ait.org I will be on vacation Thursday and Friday. My wife and I are traveling to the Gulf area to visit family and friends. We will do our part to help restore the economy of the region. :-) Read more →

August 2010 Issue of Autodesk Labs Innovation Edge Newsletter Now Available

We produce a quarterly newsletter to share what's available on the Autodesk Labs site. You can opt into this newsletter using the Autodesk Labs site and your Autodesk Single Sign-On login. Extra. Extra. Reading all about it is alive in... Read more →

Project Photofly: Take Photos to Create a 3D Model

Triangles, triangles, triangles! From the Autodesk web site: "Autodesk® Stitcher™ Unlimited photo stitching software offers professionals and enthusiasts easy-to-use tools for creating high-quality panoramas. From dramatic backdrops for film and game productions, to stunning images for artistic display, Autodesk Stitcher... Read more →

Book Review: The End of the Free Market by Ian Bremmer

I am a regular watcher of the Daily Show. My friends all know this. Frequently Jon Stewart has authors as guests on the show. Ian Bremmer appeared to discuss his book The End of The Free Market: Who Wins the... Read more →

Attention Project Neon Users; Please take a survey

Project Neon is a rendering service that offers greater productivity and a faster turnaround of photorealistic renderings by leveraging the power and compute capabilities of the cloud. You upload your DWG files. Our servers do the work, and you get... Read more →

Team Autodesk Participates in JPMorgan Coroporate Challenge

I don't run. My wife runs. Despite this I participated in the JPMorgan Corporate Challenge last night. Sheryl and I were among approximately 165 members of Team Autodesk. This is a 3.5 mile race along the San Francisco waterfront. We... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery at One Market: It's an Easier Uphill Climb

Last month we added a new exhibit to our Gallery at One Market. Like the Brokk and RKS Guitars exhibits, the Magic Wheels wheelchair came to us from our gallery in Lake Oswego. Wheelchairs are a crucial assistive technology, but... Read more →

Autodesk and Cloud Computing - A match made in heaven

With our recent release of Project Neon and Project Photofly, people have been starting to piece together the cloud story as if it were something new. Actually we've been using server technology as part of our solutions for quite some... Read more →

August ADN Plugin of the Month: RefUcsSpy for AutoCAD Now Available

Design is a collaborative process. As such many AutoCAD users have reference files set up in World coordinates, but some of the files are set up by other project team members. Attaching files when in a different User Coordinate System... Read more →