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Big Autodesk Answer Day May 18

It’s free. It’s easy. It’s Autodesk Answer Day. Join us online May 18th, 2016 for the next big event. Have questions that you’ve always wanted to ask? We’ll be answering questions in the AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Revit, Inventor, Vault,... Read more →

Team 1540 at FIRST Robotics World Championships

I have been honored to be working with an absolutely amazing group of high school students FIRST Robotics this year. Team 1540 Flaming Chickens is from Catlin Gabel here in Portland Oregon and they are competing this week in the... Read more →

Throwback Thursday - When Was that AutoCAD Feature Added

When was 3D or Dimensioning added to AutoCAD? A great list from Autodesk founder John Walker of major features in AutoCAD and when they were added to AutoCAD up to 1992. AutoCAD Major Feature Release History Read more →

Autodesk University 2016 Call for Class Proposals is Open

It is that time of the year where you can submit your class proposals for Autodesk University. The Call for Proposals is now open and runs through closing on May 27, 2016. Those who submit their proposals before 9 a.m.... Read more →

Autodesk During SFMade Week

Autodesk is celebrating Makers at SFMade Week. SFMade Week is a celebration of local manufacturers, their products and their people May 9th-15th. Attend the event for factory tours, pop-ups, demos and more. Come meet with a host of maker-entrepreneurs who... Read more →

Final Autodesk Memento Beta Goes Live

A new beta build of the Autodesk Memento Windows version has been announced and available for download. Memento is an extremely versatile tool for 3D mesh model repair, 3D model creation, and 3D printing. Our Autodesk Memento Team posted build... Read more →

Throwback Thursday – Me in 1997

In 1997 I was an Autodesk customer working at Oregon Iron Works here in the Portland Oregon area. I gave an interview as an AutoCAD R14 early pre-release alpha tester on how much better AutoCAD R14 was than the previous... Read more →

Engineers Guide to Drinks in 3D DWG

Awhile back I asked people to help re-create the 1970’s era drawing file Engineers Guide to Drinks in 3D. I first found this fun drawing years ago when it was a test DWG file for a plotter company. A couple... Read more →

Autodesk 2016 VfX ShowReel

Do you like to see visual fx? Autodesk has just released it’s customer video showreel for visual fx. I absolutely love the annual showreels Autodesk releases showing what our customers create using our software and technology like 3ds Max and... Read more →

Check out the Autodesk Fusion 360 Design Differently Blog

There is an Autodesk Fusion 360 blog named Design Differently that has great tips, tricks, and info like what is in the latest monthly Fusion update. If you are a Fusion 360 beginner or a seasoned Fusion user looking for... Read more →

First Year Back in Oregon

A year ago today, I made my journey back to Oregon. Autodesk hired me from Oregon 18 years ago and I moved to the San Francisco Bay area for many years followed by a couple years working remotely in Utah... Read more →

Apple Watch Unlocked my House

Last night I left for yoga in a hurry without my phone or house keys as the yoga studio is only a short walk from my home. When I returned home I realized my predicament of not having my phone... Read more →

Great Fusion 360 Article & Training Resources

I just spotted a great Fusion 360 article by Josh Mings of SolidSmack and had to share. Fusion 360 Model Features You Have to Try: Part Modeling If you want to learn the basics of Autodesk Fusion 360, check out... Read more →

New Autodesk ReCap 360 Pro

The new ReCap 360 Pro an all in one reality capture solution is out. If you are doing reality capture then you should look at the new features like Fly features for UAV/drone photos, Auto-Cleanup tool, Scan-to-Mesh (converting point cloud... Read more →

Autodesk PNW FIRST Robotics Championship was this Weekend

Autodesk sponsored the recent Pacific Northwest FIRST Robotics Championship for high school students held from Thursday to Saturday last week at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in sunny and unseasonably warm Portland Oregon. There were 64 high school teams participating from... Read more →

Throwback Thursday – AutoCAD Simulator

Back in the day of AutoCAD Release 12 there was an actual product simulator available as a tutorial training product. Read more →

Autodesk Feedback Community Maintenance Notice for Thursday April 7th, 2016 at 9:00pm PDT

We will be upgrading server hardware in our Autodesk Feedback Community platform that hosts both Autodesk Beta and Autodesk Labs for over 200,000 users around the world assist Autodesk with improving our products and technologies. Beta and Labs participants are... Read more →

Model Mania Challenge

Lucas Prokopiak is a colleague of mine in the Office of the CTO and wrote a great post on using Autodesk Fusion 360 to re-create and go beyond some public SolidWorks 3D model challenges. Lucas used Autodesk Fusion 360 which... Read more →

Forget the Consumer Internet of Things

This is a great article by Autodesk VP of Corporate Strategy Jon Pittman on a topical tech subject the Internet of Things (IoT). Our team and Autodesk has been doing a great deal of thinking about a connected world and... Read more →

Mylar Balloons

Balloons are nice and fun, but do you ever think about where they go when you set them free up into the air? I have found them at mountain tops sitting in the in pristine vegetation and in alpine lakes... Read more →

Congratulations FRC Team 1540

This past weekend the FIRST Robotics PNW district 8 playoffs were held in Oregon City, Oregon. The alliance of teams 1540 Flaming Chickens, 2471 Team Mean Machine, and 5468 Retro-bots won the event. Congratulations teams! There were so many amazing... Read more →