Please welcome Gene Roe to the Autodesk blogosphere Plan-It Autodesk http://plan-it-autodesk.typepad.com A blog for and about "Project Planners" Read more →

My coworker Jeferson Stutz from our São Paulo Brazil office has now jumped head first into Podcasting. The Autodesk Inventor Podcast will feature weekly news about the manufactu... Read more →

Check out this post from Jason Hickey as he is spreading the word about the stand alone and free DWG TrueConvert tool which handles R14 to 2007 and back DWG file conversions. "I quite often hear... Read more →

Best Practices for Rendering and Visualization with Heidi Hewitt Watch the recorded webcast Best Practices for Conceptual Design with Heidi Hewett Watch the recorded webcast Lynn Allen’s Tips Trick... Read more →

Please take a moment for a short survey by Grant Rochelle on his Under the Hood Blog . Today I want to ask for your help. We're conducting research to help with future product direction and I am real... Read more →

AutoCAD Comm Center - May 2006 Survey http://myfeedback.autodesk.com/ADSKSurvey/TakeSurvey.asp?SurveyID=4M0795L269630 Read more →

This image above is from my New Zealand and Australia photo gallery and shows a fish surfing. I took this photo today on Rottnest Island located West of Perth Australia in the Indian Ocean. I had a gr... Read more →

Two possible performance increasing options: 1) Materials and Textures are on by default unlike AutoCAD 2006 which can greatly impact performance but also produce a higher quality view in 2007 features. You can turn these off at the Dashboard or... Read more →

Subject: Best Practices for Rendering and Visualization Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 Time: 10:00 a.m. PDT (1:00 p.m. EDT) Duration: 1 hour Heidi Hewett will show you how AutoCAD 2007 and the new Mental Ray rendering engine can produce some... Read more →

On this Monday, I departed the beautiful but isolated town of Queenstown New Zealand located on the South Island in the Southern Alps made famous by the Lord of the Rings movie. On the day of my departure a huge... Read more →

I attended the Design Masters Quiz event tonight at the Aotea Center in Auckland New Zealand. It was a great event with a couple hundred in attendance. Several Autodesk products were demonstrated then random teams of attendees at tables answer... Read more →

It is 11:30 Sunday morning in New Zealand. I will be back in Auckland tonight after trekking all over and staking at lake Taupo last night. What a beautiful place. I will be posting some photos tonight. I bet I... Read more →

I am headed today Saturday (a calendar day ahead of the US) to Lake Taupo and a few other locations with friend, blogger http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/, and Autodesk customer Robin Capper. I have posted a few photos from Auckland and Devonport to... Read more →

I have now begun my 16 hour flight to Auckland New Zealand. I am quite sure I will have plenty reading, writing, laptop work and of couse eating while enroute. I will be down under until May 23rd visiting Auckland,... Read more →

Oh great... I am leaving for New Zealand today and a possible tsunami in New Zealand. I do hope the tsunami pans out to be a dud and no damage or injuries anywhere. They are also warning for Hawaii, Tonga,... Read more →

I got a real laugh out of a satirical airline web site when I was searching for flight status for a flight I am taking to Air New Zealand. I spotted this funny web site from the USA Today blog Today i... Read more →

I wanted to pass along this quote and link from an email to me from Shawn Gilmour of Autodesk. Although Shawn did not ask for me to blog this, I felt it was a great cause. “We are off to... Read more →

I spent much of last week on the beautiful main island of Hawaii on the Kahala cost North of Kona. I had the same feelings as many who visit Hawaii and that was consider looking for a job there and ne... Read more →

Scott has made his blog accessible through a variety of ways. It is now easier than ever to get information about DWF. Read more →

Autodesk 3ds Max 8 SP3 includes all previous updates such as SP2 and critical fixes. SP3 includes updates to compatibility and interoperability with the Autodesk® 2007 product releases including AutoCAD® 2007, Autodesk® Revit® Building, Autodesk® Revit® Structure, Autodesk® Inventor®, Autodesk®... Read more →

This would have been a fun ride with Salesoft! Maybe a reality show on a RV and showing cool Autodesk products. In any case I am excited to be in New Zealand later this week although I won't be on... Read more →