There are now 59 days until Autodesk University 2011 at the The Venetian in Las Vegas. If you sign up for AU by Oct 12 you can get the early registration discount. Read more →

Recently I was pointed to a Yahoo video interview which featured Roderick Romero of Romero Studios who is a designer and builder of high-end tree houses or as he referred to them as “Human Nests”. The tree houses are not the stereotypical tree house you remember as a kid. These designs and constructions are a blend of art, creativity, sculpture, sustainable materials, design, and skillful craftsmanship. The Yahoo SecondAct series - Real stories celebrating life, passion, and reinvention. Feature interview of Roderick Romero designing tree houses as unique sculptures using AutoCAD http://yhoo.it/pjtulb Read more →

Yes you can make your own Steampunk goggles "N-Axis" thanks to the amazing Autodesk community site Instructables and member gogglerman http://bit.ly/rm5fFi . Really, no self respecting Steampunk fan should be without their cool Steampunk style goggles without feeling overwhelming embarrassment. Now instead of paying over $200 at the Makers Faire for a pair already made I can make my own and have enough money leftover to make a Steampunk hat, jacket, arm mounted ray gun, and ornate nickel tipped boots. Read more →

The AutoCAD product team is organizing a happy hour for the San Francisco Bay Area customers at The Gallery at One Market on Tuesday, Oct 4th, 2011. Read more →

John Evans wrote a nice summary of the Autodesk Cloud offerings in his Design & Motion blog: http://designandmotion.net/autodesk/autodesk-cloud-computing-is-here/ Autodesk has just announced their first official full cloud initiative, including two cloud computing features. They call it Autodesk Cloud. Included in... Read more →

The new Design Review mobile is now live on the Apple app store, and free! View your 2D or 3D DWF files from anywhere on your iPad or iPhone. This is mobile version of the very popular and also free Autodesk Design Review desktop application. Read more →

A few weeks ago I held a Google+ Hangout a casual live webcam and audio discussion with some Autodesk Labs Project Photofly technology preview users. One of the requests from that discussions was to please create a wiki so all tips, tricks and known issues could be found in one place. We now have Photofly Wiki for everyone to share their collective knowledge of Photofly and tips, tricks, and pitfalls Read more →

I just published the survey page (http://svy.mk/nIpQLI) to gather information on those wanting to be considered for a limited number of invitations to the Autodesk University 2011 Blogger and Media Reception. The reception is planned for the evening of November 28th. If you blog or Tweet in social media about Autodesk or Autodesk products and plan to attend AU 2011 then this is the crème de le crème event. Read more →

You may not have heard or even been aware of this new partnership with earthmine, or perhaps know what is earthmine. While visiting the Autodesk office in San Francisco recently I chatted with Justin Lokitz who is not only one of the best home brewers of beer, but also the Product Manager for AutoCAD Map 3D, AEC Infrastructure Modeling. Justin mentioned what earthmine was and the availability of the new product extension for AutoCAD Map 3D and then the earthmine CEO Anthony Fassero demonstrated the technology live. Read more →

In eight years of blogging I have received several questions on AutoCAD on this blog in comments and tried to answer each one. There is not real formal method to ask a question that is not related to a specific topic of a specific blog post and some have posted their questions to random other post comments. It is for this reason I am experimenting with a Open Mic post for AutoCAD & Autodesk Labs related questions or perhaps just a general comment about this blog, me, my hair, you looking for a job, or the upcoming Autodesk University. Read more →

Sign up for the monthly email that highlights the latest free technology previews posted to Autodesk Labs. It is super simple and ensures you will be on the leading edge of Autodesk technology and research. Read more →

Google announced today that they have added public sign up for the new social media as well as have seriously added things I have been begging for. Read more →

In an ideal world, passive design systems would be enough to heat, cool and ventilate whole cities. But we don’t live in a perfect world, which means there will be times when passive energy systems won’t be enough. Read more →

I received my October 2011 copy of Wired Magazine and to my delight both Autodesk Labs Project Photofly and the Autodesk Gallery were in this issue. On page 68 there is a full page story on Autodesk on Reality Capture covering the free technology preview Project Photofly. Project Photofly converts photos taken with your digital camera to 3D models. Read more →

I am currently building two online surveys to start collecting the people interested in participating in these special limited events occurring at Autodesk University 2011. I plan to post the surveys next week after and will of course announce them on this blog when they go live. Read more →

Your design could be the next 3ds Max Design box art and splash screen. CGArchitect is holding the 3ds Max Design Hero Competition. Submit your design and it could be the next 3ds Max Design box shot and splash screen as well as win $20,000 in prizes. Read more →

The free technology preview of Autodesk Labs Project Photofly allows you to take standard digital photos taken from your camera and convert them to a 3D textured mesh model, point cloud, or even video posted on YouTube. Here are some ideas on what you could capture on your vacation: Read more →

The AutoCAD User Experience Team is hosting its annual AutoCAD Sneak Peek events in late September and early October. These are free half-day events held in a few different locations, and they’re a great way to get hands-on experience with in-progress features and give your suggestions and feedback directly to the team designing those features. This year the team is running two events that focus on different functionality. Read more →

Autodesk University 2011 will be held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas from November 29 – December 1, 2011. Read more →

In a continuing effort to improve our products and address customer feedback we have released the AutoCAD 2012 and AutoCAD LT 2012 Service Pack 1 for download. One highlight is the CLASSICARRAY. Read more →

Please join me for a fun walk through of the recently released AutoCAD for Mac 2012 at the San Francisco Autodesk Users Group SFAUG September 2011 monthly meeting. I will cover the new AutoCAD for Mac 2012 and aim wide for those that are Mac curious or newbies to the Mac as well as for the Mac experts and answer questions. Read more →