AutoCAD 360 3.0 for iOS devices has been released and is still free for the standard version providing DWG viewing and editing on the cloud and your mobile devices. The immediate thing you notice about the new version is the... Read more →
12 posts from May 2014
Just had the most amazing and emotional Memorial Day experience ever. Rode out to the USS Arizona with one of 10 remaining survivors Don Stratton and the project team from NPS and Autodesk I have been working with. Two photos... Read more →
In response to the customer feedback for 2015 products, the AutoCAD team is working on the Service Pack to address some of the items customers are reporting. If customers would like to get an early preview of this Service Pack,... Read more →
Autodesk Going Wide Open on 3D Printing
15 May 2014
A new open platform for 3D printing, powering the Autodesk 3D Printer. #BOOM! By Carl Bass, Autodesk President and Chief Executive Officer For years, I’ve been fascinated by the promise and frustrated by the reality of 3D printing. Today, Autodesk... Read more →
The Autodesk 3DRV will be passing through the beautiful state of Wyoming and visiting some of the amazing National Parks like Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park. We are looking for Autodesk partners and resellers in the area and in... Read more →
I love flying my quad copter UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) to capture imagery or to create 3D models using Autodesk;s 123D Catch or Recap Photo. I have even flown them in Kenya experimenting on mapping fossils in remote Northern Turkana... Read more →
While capturing 3D geometry with a standard digital camera is challenging and takes advanced technology, capturing 3D geometry underwater can be even more difficult. Difficult because of the optical changes and physical demand to operate in subsurface environment while trying... Read more →
Project Cassidy is a free* technology preview of a composite plate bending simulation tool that allows designers and engineers to optimize composite layups for complex-geometry plates under bending loads. Project Cassidy allows users to import their own 3D part geometry... Read more →
Project Memento Update 1.0.8.0
07 May 2014
We just launched a new update of Project Memento, our an end-to-end solution for converting any reality capture input (photos, scans) into high quality 3D mesh that can then be cleaned up, fixed, prepared and optimized for further digital use... Read more →
As a software company this headline writes the jokes itself, but it is no laughing matter, and not what you thought. Autodesk has for the past few years been researching bio and nano technologies with some of the brightest researchers... Read more →
I am migrating the current Typepad blog comments to the Disqus commenting system early this week. The Disqus system is much better for commenting on blog posts and if you experience any issues after the migration, please let me know.... Read more →
Reality Computing Meetup in SF
02 May 2014
We're hosting a Reality Computing Meetup in San Francisco, May 5, 2014. Laser scanning + UAV drones + 3D Printing and more! Join Us! autode.sk/1lDiSQw "For this first event, we will be sharing our view of what Reality Computing is... Read more →