On this day January 30th, 1982, 32 years ago a small group of people held an initial meeting in Marin County California to organize what became Autodesk. They risked it all including all the money they could scrape together and... Read more →

Yesterday we held a live Google+ Hangout with Autodesk's Project Chronicle Product Manager Eric Stover and myself.It was a fun time with Eric and I in the Office of the CTO brainstorm room complete with lawn chairs on fake grass, but there was one big issue. We had over 50 people wanting to attend but found Google+ Hangouts have a limit of ~10. We want to thank everyone that was able to attend from as far as New Zealand and interact and ask questions, but also those that tried to attend. Read more →

I can't believe I missed my anniversary at Autodesk. It was 16 years ago last week that I climbed out of the mechanical design seat as a customer and joined Autodesk. Time certainly flies when you love what you do,... Read more →

The new Autodesk 360 is here! Autodesk employees along with some customers have been testing and using the new Autodesk 360 for sometime now on real projects to make sure it was ready. You can now get early access to... Read more →

Do you need a free viewer for DWG files ? If you want to view the DWG/DXF files on a Windows PC you can use the free Autodesk DWG TrueView. Autodesk DWG TrueView 2014 is the same exact software code... Read more →

Have you heard of Autodesk's preview technology named Project Chronicle? If not, Project Chronicle is a quick and easy way to record detailed steps automatically of what you are doing in AutoCAD, Inventor, and Revit a swell as other things.... Read more →

Are you flying into Salt Lake City over the next ten days, and want to have some fun? Today the 2014 Sundance Film Festival is starting in Northern Utah. In the past I have met several independent film producers, stars,... Read more →

Autodesk's own "Maker King" and CEO Carl Bass is interviewed in Popular Science on how digital tools are changing the way things are made. Read more →

Are you crashing when using AutoCAD and Windows 8.1 and have dual graphics cards? A new AutoCAD product solution/workaround has been published to the Knowledge Base base to address the reported issue. Crash when launching Autodesk software on Windows 8.1... Read more →

Learn some new Autodesk product skills for free in this new year from some of the very best speakers and class content anywhere. If you attended Autodesk University 2013 but were unable to attend all the classes you wanted to... Read more →

Autodesk Labs had another great year of technology previews in 2013. As you may know the technologies on Autodesk Labs are not yet features or products not even a beta and not guaranteed to become one, but they just might be someday like 123D Catch, Revit LT, Inventor Fusion, Project Vasari and several more successful Autodesk Labs graduates. Your feedback shapes and provides the valuable direction on what the technology previews become. Read more →

Do you want to be involved in a very cool project that will make a difference in the health of our oceans? Read more →

If you will be in San Francisco on February 6th, 2014 and love design and movies like me, then you better grab a ticket to one of the hottest monthly events in the city, Autodesk Design Night. The tickets go really fast for the Design Night events. The February Design Night theme is Making Movie Magic so you should expect all the cool magic that is used behind the scenes with guest speakers like Rich McBride, VFX supervisor on the movie Gravity. Read more →

Project Chronicle is a free technology preview that makes it simple for you to record, video, audio, and all software actions like commands or settings so you can easily share your knowledge with everyone. Project Chronicle is being developed jointly by the Autodesk Research office and Autodesk Knowledge Network and currently supports AutoCAD, Revit, and Inventor. Project Chronicle's Product Manager is Eric Stover and he provided a great overview of the latest update is included below. Eric also agreed to participate in a Google Hangout with me on January 30th at 3pm PST. More details on the Project Chronicle Hangout to follow. Read more →

Do you want to test & help improve the next versions of Autodesk products? Beta season is in full swing at https://beta.autodesk.com/. Read more →

I am back from my annual week of rest for the holidays which many Autodesk employees take each year. This year I spent more time offline which felt refreshing and more time with family, friends, and outdoors. I even started small scale wine making by fermenting some white and red wines and hard apple cider which has made for a very fragrant home with the loud sounds of burping wine fermenting vessels. Perhaps I will use my good friend Bill Adams' wine brand name he made for me a few years ago, the "Between the Vines" wine. 2013 was an amazing year both personally and professionally, here are a few highlights: Several exciting 3D reality capture projects such as the Smithsonian X 3D & USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Back managing the Autodesk Beta Community as well as remaining a Technologist in the Office of the CTO (OCTO). Several new amazing Autodesk products and Autodesk Labs Technologies. Attended Burning Man and I am still trying to rap my head around it. It was not what I had expected and instead found a world devoid of negativity or judgment filled with amazing cutting edge art & design. I was amazed how many Autodesk employees and customers participate in Burning Man. Remained very active at the gym and mountain hiking trails with my FitBit logging 4.81 million steps, 2,264 miles, and 108,175 vertical feet climbed! In 2013 I did loose my grandmother and a dear friend and longtime Autodesk colleague Tony Peach. I am looking forward to an amazing 2014 and thank you for reading Between the Lines. -Shaan Read more →