I am currently in Cocoa Beach Florida awaiting the final launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-133. I was lucky to receive one of the 150 invitations sent worldwide to attend the very special NASATweetup event and witness the launch close up. The launch was scheduled for Tuesday but has been delayed to Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 3:52 p.m. EDT. The official countdown clock should begin at 2PM today. Read more →

The AutoCAD WS Plug-ins for AutoCAD and the AutoCAD LT both 2010 and 2011 releases and product family are now live and available for download at http://autocadws.com/downloads Read more →

The NASA Space Shuttle STS-133 launch is only 7 days, but the #NASATweetup starts in 6 days. I was lucky enough to be invited to attend as one of the 150 selected from around the world to participate for Space Shuttle #STS133 tweeting behind the launch scenes and only 3 miles from the launch pad near the infamous countdown clock and 3 miles closer than the public. What a super special treat to spend Halloween at NASA in the warm Florida weather and escape todays snow in Salt Lake City where Winter is is moving in.. Read more →

I was traveling this week for presentations on AutoCAD for Mac and stopped in the Boston Apple store. I got the Apple employees to laugh by starting an old joke with a new Apple twist “A duck walks into a Genius Bar…” Read more →

Autodesk Fluid FX is free for a limited time. Definitely a cool treat for Halloween for those with iOS based devices like the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. This is one mind bending fun app especially on the iPad. Read more →

Open the Doors to Certification – It’s Free! www.autodesk.com/opendoors We are excited to announce the first ever, 8 city, Autodesk® Certification Roadshow. Read more →

AutoCAD for Mac has been shipping not even a week (10/15/2010) yet tens of thousands have downloaded and tried the new product. This is a great beginning and return after an 18-year hiatus from the Apple Mac platform. It was a 2+ year project to review and rewrite some 14 million lines of code and removing some platform dependencies. Some features did not make the first release, but we covered most everything that users will need for 2D and 3D design and drafting. The team is not slowing down and are hard at work with much more to do. AutoCAD for Mac has some features the Windows version does not besides the obvious of being a native Mac OSX application. Read more →

With AutoCAD for Mac just launched for the Mac one thing people ask is what are the parts of the UI (User Interface) named. I created a quick graphic so everyone can refer to the proper terms. Read more →

AutoCAD for Mac (http://www.autodesk.com/autocadformac) has been downloaded tens of thousands of times in the 24 hours since it was announced, so naturally some people have questions. Read more →

The real AutoCAD on the Apple Mac OSX platform is now shipping as of this morning October 15th, 2010. There is a plethora of new information and a 30 day full trial available for download available from http://www.autodesk.com/autocadformac. Be prepared for several events where Autodesk and our partners will be showing AutoCAD for Mac. In the meantime please download the trial and give it a good workout.After a few years of development and millions of lines of code this first native AutoCAD for Mac is a giant leap forward in providing Autodesk customers the choice of platforms for their trusted AutoCAD and DWG files. Read more →

Problem: Ellipses and Splines are ignored by the Presspull command when used as island boundary objects. Workaround: Turn off Selection Preview. Read more →

First the current upcoming Autodesk University is only 49 days away! And also AU through the years in photos. Read more →

I have received a few questions on the amount of storage people are allowed on AutoCAD WS. I figured rather than continually answering in Twitter and blog comments on this topic that I would post a quick note about it. Read more →

After the initial flood of new users on Thursday after the launch we have now scaled for performance and the crazy loads. AutoCAD WS is definitely a very popular service and product and the team provides us with an update, some stats, and some user feedback. Read more →

Vote now on your favorite AutoCAD Wish List Items in the AUGI Wish List http://www.augi.com/autocad/ballot.asp. The top wishes are handed over to AutoCAD upper management at Autodesk University and then given to the design & development teams as a priority for a future release. Read more →

Yesterday September 30, 2010 Autodesk made an announcement and the formal launch of new products AutoCAD WS and AutoCAD WS Mobile for free. AutoCAD WS is the browser based CAD product in the cloud which offers many features such as DWG viewing, limited editing, file management, viewing, markup including the ability to work on the same drawing with multiple people at the same time. AutoCAD WS Mobile was the AutoCAD WS ported to the iOS platform and available for devices such as the iPad and iPhone. AutoCAD WS was also released with the Subscription Advantage Pack for AutoCAD 2011 and also a free AutoCAD WS plugin (http://www.autocadws.com/downloads) for AutoCAD based products and AutoCAD LT. While we expected the new products and services to be popular, we did not expect the massive amount of new accounts and data. On September 29th the AutoCAD WS Mobile app appeared in the Apple iTunes App Store (http://www.itunes.com/app/autocad-ws) for FREE. We were not planning to announce it with a press release until September 30th at 8am EST. This provided us a day buffer for testing and to make sure the apps were approved and in the app store. This is where the awesome power and effect of social media comes in. Read more →