It's Wednesday, so today's TED schedule includes: As I mentioned for the past two days, TED is a nonprofit that started out centered on Technology, Entertainment, and Design but whose charter has since expanded to cover most aspects of the... Read more →
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24 posts from February 2012
February 29, 2012
February 28, 2012
Autodesk at TED: Social Space and Lunch
Today's TED schedule includes: As I mentioned yesterday, TED is a nonprofit that started out focused on Technology, Entertainment, and Design but whose charter quickly expanded to cover many aspects of humanity. On Sunday through March 2, the TED conference... Read more →
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Autodesk Research and University of Toronto Receive Synergy Award for Innovation from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Autodesk Research is dedicated to innovation and discovery of new technologies to help solve some of the world's most complex design problems, from pressing ecological challenges to the development of scalable smart infrastructure. Autodesk Research is studying a broad range... Read more →
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February 27, 2012
TEDx Berkeley: Carl Bass on The New Rules of Innovation
As I mentioned this morning, the TED Conference is being held in Long Beach this week. A few weeks ago, Autodesk participated in TEDx Berkeley. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a... Read more →
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Autodesk at TED: Social Space and Master Classes
It's time for TED. For the fortunate attendees, today's TED schedule includes: "TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading that started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope... Read more →
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February 25, 2012
It's Alive in the Lab: New Banner and Expanded Focus
OLD: NEW: "And if I know you, you're doin' that thing Every day just doin' that thing I can take you doin' that thing you do" "That Thing You Do," That Thing You Do!, Tom Hanks, 1996. As of February... Read more →
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February 24, 2012
123D Catch Beta Customer Quotes
On Tuesday, I mentioned that we are still very excited that Project Photofly has graduated from Autodesk Labs to become 123D Catch Beta. 123D Beta, 123D Catch Beta, and 123D Make are a set of tools geared towards creative nonprofessional... Read more →
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February 23, 2012
Inventor 3D Annotation Feedback Results
When you download a technology preview, we have you log into the Autodesk Labs community first. This way we can get a list of who has downloaded what. We don't use the download lists very often, but every once in... Read more →
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February 22, 2012
Next Project Vasari Talk is Today
Project Vasari is our technology preview of an expressive design tool for creating building concepts. Project Vasari also includes integrated analysis for energy and carbon via the Autodesk Cloud. Project Vasari on Autodesk Labs The Project Vasari team is conducting... Read more →
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February 21, 2012
123D Catch Beta in the news
We are still very excited that Project Photofly has graduated from Autodesk Labs to become 123D Catch Beta. Unless you have been living under a rock somewhere, you are probably aware of 123D Beta, 123D Catch Beta, and 123D Make.... Read more →
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February 20, 2012
President's Day Holiday
Today is President's Day. Autodesk employees in the United States have the day off, so if we don't immediately respond to your feedback via email, discussion forums, or social media, that is why. We will be back tomorrow as we... Read more →
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February 17, 2012
Updated BrowsePhotosynth for AutoCAD free ADN Plugin of the Month
The ADN Plugin of the Month exists to show would-be developers how easy it is to personally extend the functionality of our design applications. That's why all of the plugins of the month come with the source code. You can... Read more →
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February 16, 2012
Scheduled Freewheel down time for Feburary
This is my once-a-month copy/paste blog posting to let you know when Freewheel will be unavailable. As with last year, and again this year, several times during the year, new functionality is released into Autodesk’s Enterprise Information Systems to enhance... Read more →
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February 15, 2012
Autodesk Labs' Place In The Autodesk World
A National Football League (NFL) team has 55 players on its roster. Anyone who has attended an NFL game is familiar with the barking of "Programs. Get your programs! Can't tell the players without a program. Programs..." "Autodesk. Autodesk. Get... Read more →
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February 14, 2012
Has it been 6 years already?
Today is February 14. Yes it's Valentine's Day, but it is also a milestone in my blogging career. Date Article Event February 18, 2005 DWF Security first guest submission to Shaan Hurley's blog entitled Between the Lines February 14, 2006... Read more →
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February 13, 2012
Autodesk IDEA Studio: FutureSF Presentation
The Autodesk IDEA Studio is a residency program for students, faculty, and industry professionals who apply design-driven solutions to problems in business, society, and the environment. Autodesk provides residents with a place to work at our Gallery at One Market... Read more →
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February 10, 2012
Alameda Sunset - a drink, not the sky
My wife and I like to walk to a nearby bar called 1400. It gets its name from its address: 1400 Central Avenue. 1400 Bar and Grill on Facebook With real estate plummeting in value, one of the characteristics that... Read more →
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February 09, 2012
February 2012 issue of Innovation Edge hits the stands, I mean inboxes
The Autodesk Labs newsletter is called Innovation Edge, coined by Senior Strategic Designer, Doug Look, and is published every other month. Users who opt in will get 6 email messages a year - that's all. We don't want to spam... Read more →
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February 08, 2012
Project Vasari Talk is Today
I will ask yet again "Who remembers Coffee Talk with Paul Baldwin or Linda Richman (Mike Myers) on Saturday Night Live?" Well it's time for Vasari Talk. Project Vasari is our technology preview of an expressive design tool for creating... Read more →
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February 07, 2012
Is it raining?
I discovered a site: http://isitraining.in/alameda Actually you substitute a desired city name for where you would like to know if it is raining. The Bay Area is characterized by microclimates. So although it may be raining in Moraga, it wouldn't... Read more →
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February 06, 2012
February's free ADN Plugin of the Month: Level Generator for Revit Architecture Now Available
got source? Ever wonder how Revit add-ons work? Ever wonder what source code looks like? Of course you have, who hasn't? You can find out with the Autodesk Developer Network plugins of the month. These free nuggets of extra functionality... Read more →
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February 03, 2012
Autodesk Labs: bigger and bolder than FY12
The Autodesk fiscal year runs from February 1 through January 31. So we just completed FY12 and are now in FY13. Looking at the number of new, updated, and graduated/retired technology previews as documented on What's New, I see that... Read more →
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February 02, 2012
Three Technology Previews Come to an End (for now)
Sometimes technology previews are temporarily put on ice. Technology previews are available for a fixed amount of time. They are not intended as free functionality that is available forever. Even though technology previews are free, there are accounting rules that... Read more →
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February 01, 2012
New free technology preview of Interactive Terrain Shaping for AutoCAD Civil 3D Now Available
"I'm digging in the dirt/To find the places I got hurt/Open up the places I got hurt" - Peter Gabriel The Interactive Terrain Shaping technology preview provides users with a unique workflow for developing grading proposals in AutoCAD Civil 3D... Read more →
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