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Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to you and yours. It is that time of the year most of us Autodeskers take time off to celebrate the holidays, spend time with family, and disconnect from work for our annual week of rest from December... Read more →

Internships at Autodesk

There are several opportunities opening now that students can apply for at Autodesk, and more should be added. Not of these opportunities or interns are computer programming related, there are several finance, UX, strategic foresight, product management, and business development... Read more →

Learn About Revit Automation and Generative Design

There is a free Autodesk eBook now available on learning about how automation and generative design can empower you to meet new challenges and shape the built environment of the future. The Future is a Design Challenge eBook ”Solving tomorrow’s... Read more →

Autodesk University History

We recently held the Autodesk University 2020, free and online due to the COVID-19 pandemic making it unsafe to gather 10,000 attendees traveling and meeting in one place. The Autodesk University 2020 was over 100,000 attendees and I do hope... Read more →

The Engineers Guide to Drinks in Fusion 360

One of the top Autodesk Fusion 360 users and presenters, Scott Moyse, Manufacturing & CAM Technical Specialist of CADPRO Systems Limited, recently presented a Fusion 360 tips and tricks class at Autodesk University 2020 and moved the evolution of The... Read more →

GREAT AUTOCAD TIP – OOPs sorry for the ALL CAPS

This is an oldie, but a goodie to prevent the appearance of YELLING IN ALL CAPS. We use all capital letters in most CAD drawings for the readability of the text, and sometimes we get drawn away from AutoCAD to... Read more →

3ds Max 2021.3 Fall Update – Retopology & Mesh Cleaning

My highlights in the new update are the retopology and mesh cleaning tools, and there is much more in this nice update for subscription customers. 3ds Max 2021.3 Fall Update Video Overview https://youtu.be/HEXQOgeaBnE “Autodesk 3ds Max 2021.3 is focused on... Read more →

3D Laser Scanner in My Pocket

I’ve been using my Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max and it’s built in LiDAR to scan some ancient old growth trees up to 1000 years old. Preserving the trees digitally in 3D point clouds & meshes and I will talk... Read more →

Autodesk University 2020 and the AU5K is a Wrap

From November 17–20, more than 100,000 innovators around the world fired up their laptops to participate in Autodesk’s first digital conference experience: Autodesk University 2020. Thank you for all your participation in this challenging year. Over 100,000 registered online versus... Read more →