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Happy Holidays

This is my 19th year of the Autodesk annual week of rest and planning to be offline until after the new year. I will also spend much of it on trails in the snow and the coast of Oregon this year. Next month I also celebrate 20 years at Autodesk (140 years in dog years). I want to sincerely thank all the readers of this blog, social media, my awesome colleagues, friends and family for an amazing 2017, and planning... Read more →

New Autodesk ReCap Photo Version

If you are using the former Autodesk ReMake updated with new abilities and UAV support, you will be interested in the updated version released just this week. ReCap Photo is included with your ReCap Pro subscription. Autodesk ReCap Photo update version 18.2.0.8 is now available. Read Here Here is a recent project of mine with a textured 3D mesh of a building created solely from photos taken in a 15 minute UAV flight. Display mode is set to texture with... Read more →

Not a Billionaire

When they said Bitcoin price was doubling almost daily and all the hype, I thought they said “Bitmoji” so I got involved in Bitmoji. Now I am still broke, but have an accurate and sweet Bitmoji to show for it… Read more →

Cooper the Puppy

I realized how much my 5-1/2 month old puppy had grown this weekend. Just 4 months ago you could carry the little furball in one hand at only 6 pounds. Cooper is a unique Golden Retriever that is slender build long skinny head, and has a deep reddish copper wavy fur. Here is Cooper this weekend while we went hiking at Elk Island along the Willamette River in Portland. Look at his big smile. Here are a couple other photos... Read more →

Free Training Courses

In addition to all the free great classes and keynotes from Autodesk University (Autodesk University 2017 Classes Posted), LinkedIn is providing 40 courses for free covering Autodesk product training and certification preparation, construction management, technology like artificial intelligence, and business. In addition to English some courses are available in French, German, Japanese, and in Spanish. LinkedIn Learning Teams Up with Autodesk to Offer Free Access to 42 Technology Courses Go get some new skills, for free! Read more →

Autodesk University 2017 Classes Posted

Classes from AU 2017 are now online for you to go gain knowledge and skills from the top Autodesk product experts. http://autode.sk/2jRDB8H What are you waiting for, go learn something. You could event do a lunch and learn in your office on a class or topic. Read more →

BunnyBots 2017

BunnyBots 2017 was held this Saturday, and it was the biggest BunnyBots ever held with 26 FIRST Robotics high school teams participating from around Oregon and Washington. As usual the cute stuffed bunnies lost to the custom built and programmed robots gathering them for points. Congratulations to the winning Blue Alliance teams: Team 3711G Iron Mustangs from Trout Lake WA Team 3674 CloverBots from Battle Ground WA Team 2374 The CrusadorBots from Portland OR The Autodesk Lake Oswego high school... Read more →

Autodesk Design Night – Material World

If you haven't yet attended an Autodesk Design Night event in San Francisco or locations around the world, you are definitely missing out. For the low ticket cost to attend these fast sell out events you get great food and drinks, music, exhibits, hands on activities, and top industry speakers all for around $25. Eat! Drink! Make! Learn! Last evening in the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco there was Design Night – Material World held. There was great Learn and... Read more →

How about an Autodesk Shoe

At the recent Autodesk University 2017 in the exhibit hall there was a great exhibit featuring Portland Oregon based Pensole Footwear Academy. Portland is the epicenter of athletic shoe design with Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, and others having a large presence here in Portland. Pensole Footwear Academy was started by former Nike designer who was the designer of the popular Air Jordan basketball shoes. Pensole was created as a way to help curate future shoe designers teaching them shoe design,... Read more →

Hour of Code

Autodesk believes in limitless potential. Computer Science Education Week and Hour Of Code is more than trying to code – it’s about learning to think in a new way. This week is Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), an annual program dedicated to inspiring K-12 students to take interest in computer science. Originally conceived by the Computing in the Core coalition, Code.org organizes CSEdWeek as a grassroots campaign supported by 350 partners and 100,000 educators worldwide. CSEdWeek is held in recognition... Read more →