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Project Photofly v2 Released For Download

Today the free technology preview of the second release of Project Photofly was released for download from Autodesk Labs http://www.autodesk.com/photofly. Read more →

Gizmodo’d on Project Photofly

Have to give props to Gizmodo for making my blog cry like a little girl this afternoon. The traffic went nuts when they mentioned my blogs link in their story about the upcoming Autodesk Labs Project Photofly v2. Read more →

MIT Technology Review Covers Autodesk Project Photofly v2

An article by MIT Technology Review today details more background about the upcoming Autodesk Project Photofly version 2 with an interview of Vice president of Autodesk Labs, Brian Mathews. Project Photofly is the free Technology Preview on Autodesk Labs where you can upload photos and they are automatically converted to 3D models. Read more →

AutoCAD WS Facecast Thursday Watch Live On This Page Thursday 9am PST

On the heels of the successful AutoCAD for Mac Team Facecast, the AutoCAD WS Team is holding a Facecast tomorrow Thursday May 25th 2011 at 9am PST (4PM GMT). Read more →

Autodesk Project Photofly 2 Almost Here

The much anticipated second release of Autodesk Project Photofly is in the final testing and preparation for being posted for download as a free technology preview. Project Photofly allows you to take photos with a standard digital camera and create 3D geometry. Read more →

Maker Faire 2011 Bay Area - Whoah!

The Maker Faire 2011 Bay Area was held this weekend in San Mateo California just South of San Francisco. Read more →

Maker Faire Bay Area

Today is the first day of two for the Maker Faire Bay Area in San Mateo California, This is the center of the universe today for those the are Makers, DIY, or are crazy creative and want to let their inner evil genius out at the worlds largest science faire for all ages Read more →

Autodesk 123D - Go Make Something

123D is a new free 3D solid modeling software released today. 123D is intended for those wanting to make things commonly known as “Makers”. Makers of all ages will be able to create, visualize, and make their own creations. Read more →

New Videos Teach Design for Recycling and Repair

E-waste is a plaguing our landfills and polluting our waters, but there's an opportunity to change that by using Digital Prototyping to design products for easy disassembly, recycling, repair and upgrade. Read more →

AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011 Update 2 Released

An update 2 (aka Service Pack) containing improvements and fixes to the product were just released for download today. This is only for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2011 and not the vertical products like AutoCAD Architecture 2011. Make sure to review the Readme document before installation. Read more →

Edmonton AU Extension Event

Recently I was honored to be presenting at the Autodesk University Extension event along with fellow ‘deskers Lynn Allen, Thom Tremblay, Nancy Tremblay, and Jim Cowan at the Digital School in Edmonton Canada. The Digital School is associated with Autodesk Training Center Global e-Training. You may remember Global e-Training if you attended AU 2010 and saw the only two story booth in the exhibit hall. Read more →

Michael Stipe of the band REM used AutoCAD

Thought I would share this cool unorthodox use of AutoCAD. AutoCAD made a cameo as the main actor and actual creative engine in the music video for the band R.E.M.’s latest album single release. Read more →

AutoCAD 2012 + Citrix XenApp

Guest post on the recent announcement of more Autodesk Citrix Ready applications by a longtime Autodesk customer and experienced programmer of product install, deployments, and customization David Stein Read more →

Autodesk Showcase - Drop Dead Simple and Stunning 3D Visualization

In a nutshell Autodesk Showcase helps you easily create compelling imagery, animations, and real-time presentations. It's quick and easy to learn, designed and built for AutoCAD, Inventor, and Revit users. Read more →

123D Coming Soon to a Maker Near You

The Maker revolution is building steam as more people want to make things. Today Autodesk CEO Carl Bass was speaking at the Disruptive By Design conference by Wired Magazine and mentioned an upcoming product named 123D. Read more →

AU 2011 Call for Proposals Deadline is This Week

If you were planning to present a session at Autodesk University this year but have not submitted your session proposal you are down to a few days. You have until May 6th to get your proposals submitted for review and consideration. Read more →