Between the Lines

They Grow Up So Very Fast - Happy Birthday Katie

My daughter Katelyn "Katie" turns 13 years old, and becomes an official teenager tomorrow which is technically now in Australia which is now 12:00AM August 1st, 2014 in Perth. She has always been my princess and it is both an... Read more →

Please Vote to Support Virunga's Impact Challenge

My good friend and respected paleontologist Dr. Louise Leakey tells me we are in the final hours to vote to support ‪‎Virunga‬'s Google Impact Challenge‬! Help Virunga Foundation win £500,000 and Google's support to protect wildlife and communities. It only... Read more →

Autodesk AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Webinar July 31 2014

OSNAP! You're invited! Please join us for the Autodesk AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Webinar: ‘Precision Drafting: Object Snaps and Object Tracking’ Autodesk AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT users are gathering for a series of Hangouts designed to introduce you to the... Read more →

Change AutoCAD Layout Background Color to Black

So you want you AutoCAD Layout to be black just like you model space background for whatever reason or preference you have? Simple to do and here is how to do it. I this video Autodesk Screencast you can see... Read more →

3D Prints with a Powerful Purpose

With all of the hype surrounding 3D printing it is sometimes difficult to hear about the true promise of 3D printing like artificial limbs and many more life changing examples in addition to the powerful transformational changes it will do... Read more →

My Weekend

Be active, healthy, and happy. Cecret Lake in Little Cottonwood Canyon (40°34′12″N 111°37′19″W / 40.570°N 111.622°W) is located about 20 minutes from where I live, and is a great place to hike and chill before starting another busy work week.... Read more →

Ultimate Mid-Summer Cool Down - Verruckt

I have been dealing with the hot Summer heat even triple digits for awhile now and anything cool and wet sounds like a great idea. I just happened to read that Autodesk customer Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City had built... Read more →

Throwback Thursday - Vintage Computer Hardware

It is always amazing to stumble across computers from the distant past. I have two old vintage computers that I found while was cleaning out of my storage. They both actually boot up and run. The pair are an Apple... Read more →

AutoCAD Shortcuts Guide

Need a fast way to enter a command, want to save keystrokes, and time? Here is the perfect resource for you. http://www.autodesk.com/store/autocad/autocad-shortcuts Read more →

AutoCAD Deployment Tutorial

Do you need to learn how to install; or deploy AutoCAD easily onto computers? Don't go installing one by one on multiple machines wasting your time and others, do it fast and easily whether standalone or network licensed use the deployment feature. Read more →

Autodesk University 2014 Advance Pass Savings and Front of the Line

Only 142 more days until Autodesk University 2014 (AU2014) and networking and learning the latest Autodesk product tips and techniques with 9,000+ like minded architects, engineers, designers, animators, and industry leaders from all over the world. This all happens December... Read more →

Dude - Where's My iPad Mini

An acquaintance of mine Luke Freiler shared with me an experience that I have had nightmares about. Luke was driving to work and realized his iPad Mini was missing and didn't know where it was. Hopefully on the kitchen counter... Read more →

Autodesk Feedback Community Has Been Upgraded

Last night we migrated the Autodesk Feedback Community which hosts the Autodesk Beta and Autodesk Labs communities. It took a couple hours and some hard work and sweat but we migrated over 700,000 files to a new version of our... Read more →

Autodesk Feedback Community Outage Tonight at 7:00 PDT

This is the final reminder that we will be upgrading server hardware and rolling out a new version of our Autodesk Feedback Community platform tonight. The Feedback Community hosts both Autodesk Beta and Autodesk Labs for over 125,000 users around... Read more →

3D Prints of USS Arizona Artifacts

Autodesk partnered with the US National Park Service to undertake the most complete study of the USS Arizona in 30 years both above and below water using many 3D capture technologies. Two of the artifacts captured using photos and Autodesk... Read more →

Autodesk Feedback Community Outage Notice Wednesday July 9th, 2014 at 7:00 PDT

We will be upgrading server hardware and rolling out a new version of our Autodesk Feedback Community platform that hosts both Autodesk Beta and Autodesk Labs for over 125,000 users around the world and is expected to exceed over 140,000... Read more →

The Future of Our Past - Tatjana Dzambazova at TEDx

My good friend and Autodesk colleague Tatjana Dzambazova (Technology Whisperer, Senior Product Manager of the IPG - Reality Solutions Group) recently presented at TEDx on technology and reality capturing (digitizing the analog world) including many of the amazing projects I... Read more →