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Creating 3D Models of the USS Arizona and USS Utah Using Underwater Photogrammetry

A team of U.S. Navy photographers joined me underwater SCUBA diving documenting the photogrammetry technique we used underwater in Pearl Harbor Hawaii last week. Below is a quick video of the vie capturing photos of the USS Arizona and USS... Read more →

No Trick Just a Treat of Free Autodesk Software

If you are a student, teacher, or school, you can now get Autodesk software free and without limitations or watermarks. There is no catch or fine print or restrictions or tricks on use in school just the treat of free... Read more →

33 Days Until Autodesk University 2014

Boom! AU2014 almost here. Presenters, you better have your materials and sessions done and rehearsed as thousands are counting on you. The annual Blogger Social event will be held again this year, but bigger & better, and on Wednesday night.... Read more →

AUGI Wish List

It is that time of the year and AUGI (Autodesk Users Group International) has announced the opening of the AUGI Wish List for gathering and ranking your wish list items for several Autodesk products. Each year AUGI collects ideas from... Read more →

USS Arizona and USS Utah 3D Survey Project

Just returned from another special project SCUBA diving and scanning the USS Arizona BB-39 and USS Utah BB-31 in Pearl Harbor Hawaii to gather more 3D data for the first comprehensive survey in over 30 years. We at Autodesk have... Read more →

AutoCAD for Mac 2015 and AutoCAD LT for Mac 2015

It's that time of the year when a new version of the Mac Operating System OS X "Yosemite" is nearing release and we at Autodesk release a new AutoCAD for Mac version 2015 codename Lightsaber. Rather than being released with... Read more →

USS America Reception in the Autodesk Gallery at One Market

Two of my amazingly talented Autodesk Office of the CTO colleagues Evan Atherton & Heather Kerrick presented a 3D printed creative memorial plaque to the US Navy & Marines crew and Captain Robert A Hall. Jr. of the USS America... Read more →

USS America: Building the U.S. Naval Forces Platform of the Future...Today

During this year’s Fleet Week in San Francisco, the US Navy will commission its latest warship, the USS America (LHA 6). Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) used various Autodesk software products along with a tightly integrated shipbuilding application from SSI... Read more →

Students, Teachers, & Schools Worldwide Can Now Download Free Full-Version Autodesk software - No Catch

Hooray! I have been anxiously awaiting this for years. Effective today, Autodesk provides FREE access to our software to students, teachers and schools around the world. Read more →

AutoCAD Shortcuts

You can work more efficiently within AutoCAD by knowing the keyboard shortcuts and be one step closer to being a power user or CAD Ninja. Whether it is the one key shortcuts or multiple key toggles it is just plain... Read more →

Goat Simulator

Friday confession: I have started playing the game the "Goat Simulator" game by Coffee Stain Studios. How is this somehow related to Autodesk, well the Goat Simulator is using Autodesk Gameware's Scaleform technology to propel the super twisted fun gameplay.... Read more →

Design of Unintended Consequences

TGIF! I prefer to not have my shaving cream in a tube, let me explain... This morning when waking up I did my normal routine of going to brush my teeth while still half asleep. I grabbed my trusty toothbrush,... Read more →

What's New in Autodesk ReCap 1.4 Webinar

Autodesk is going to be running a free web based session on Thursday, Oct 2, 2014 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT about the new Autodesk ReCap release. Autodesk ReCap is Autodesk's super-fast point cloud processing product for registering laser... Read more →