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AutoCAD Product Design Team Invitation for Test Drives

The AutoCAD Product Design Team would like to invite you to a series of special events during Autodesk University this year!

On Tuesday, December 1st and Wednesday, December 2nd, the AutoCAD Product Design Team will be hosting special customer Discussion Forum sessions, as well as traditional annual “What is New in AutoCAD?- AutoCAD Sneak Peek & Test Drive” event. Please see below for more information and the sign up link. We hope you will be able to join us for one of them if you are planning to attend AU this year!

Discussion Forum: “Synergies and Advancements in Drafting and Modeling for AutoCAD"

• In this focus group, participants will get a chance to talk about their needs for existing and new 2D drafting features and 3D modeling tools.
• Designers will show some potential directions and share their ideas on new and advanced tools (e.g. Join/Fillets/ blend enhancements), new 2D geometry object types (e.g. “uber” unified 2D curve objects - Spline/Line/Pline/Arc - all in one), as well as 3D modeling tools (e.g. Space deformation tools/Bend/Twist etc).
• Participants will get a chance to preview and provide feedback on 2D drafting and modeling tools including direct manipulation and modeling techniques.
  
• Who Should Participate?
  AutoCAD users who currently work in 2D and are interested in advanced drafting; designers who are looking into moving to 3D modeling, and users of 3D features in AutoCAD and other applications – including surface modeling in Rhino, 3DS Max, and Maya.

Event: “What is New in AutoCAD? - AutoCAD Sneak Peek & Test Drive”
Description:

• In this session, participants will work individually on computers to "test drive" the new and exciting features in the upcoming AutoCAD release. This is an opportunity to learn about and provide feedback on the newest features, components, and user interface enhancements.
  Product designers and usability specialists will be available to answer your questions and discuss the features.
  
• Who Should Participate?
  Intermediate or advanced AutoCAD users who use AutoCAD at least 20 hours a week for drafting, design, or modeling work.

All events will take place in the conference area in the Mandalay Bay hotel. Participants will receive a gift for their time.

How Do I Sign Up?
To sign up, fill out this brief survey:
Please indicate which sessions you are available to attend. You will be confirmed for at most one discussion forum and one test drive. The confirmation will include specific location, and an NDA will be required for all who attend.
In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions, email to:
melissa.dawe@autodesk.com or elena.fadeeva@autodesk.com

Space is limited so sign up today! Please fill out the survey by Monday, November 16.
We look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas!

-The AutoCAD Product Design Team

You Generated a Buzz

 I will shave my head at AU  Buzzzzzzzzzz 

It was started with a small comment and discussion that grew and grew until I challenged people to donate to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and I would shave my head.  I had the target on my twitter followers as a safety net to make the effort last longer and drive more awareness. This was not a stunt but a good hearted effort  to do something good as well as fun.  A nice amount has been donated thanks to everyone that responded including tenlinks.com and especially Gregory Arkin.

Please keep the donations coming even though  have agreed to shave the head.

http://www.info-komen.org/goto/revit3d

I will let people know when and where during Autodesk University my head shaving will occur.  I don't have too much hair, but I think we may need to make this a parking lot event. I do not have an ideal head shape and face for sporting a shaved head style, so the plan is to hopefully re-grow the hair after the event. I might wear a hat afterwards as my head will reflect and amplify light and potentially blind or scare people and I would not want that on my conscience.

All I ask is that people keep thinking about charitable causes throughout the year not just the month selected. Shine a light on them be it diabetes, autism, cancer research, alzheimers, leukemia, muscular dystrophy, Red Cross, habitat for humanity and many other charitable causes.

There has been a great effort and much awareness created about breast cancer which was the entire inspiration.

Thank you everyone,
Shaan

Help Shape the future of Autodesk Products at Autodesk University 2009

The Autodesk Platform Product Design & Usability group will be holding a series of 60-minute sessions with Autodesk product users at Autodesk University and are looking for candidates. The team is looking to get feedback on possible products and concepts. All sessions will be held in the Mandalay Bay property near the exhibit hall. A non-disclosure agreement may be required participate which means you are sworn to secrecy on what you see or discuss at the special event.

Sign up, space is limited
Sign up and help shape the future of Autodesk products at AU!

Hope to see you at AU in 20 days (only 461 hours 42minutes 13seconds away)
Shaan

Can’t make it to Las Vegas for Autodesk University 2009?

Find a local AU event. http://www.autodesk.com/auextension

Shave my Head at Autodesk University 2009 for a Good Cause

If you heard the rumors of my shaving my head for charity offer on Twitter, it is true. I figured why not carry on the October events for awareness for breast cancer but keep it going. Now granted I do not have the most complete thick head of hair to start with but I offered to shave my head if $2000 in donations are given to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation AND I get over 2000 Twitter followers.  Did I think some would jump on the opportunity to shave my head, sure but I did not expect a rally started by Gregory Arkin of the popular Revit and BIM blog http://bimboom.blogspot.com/ 

Urgent Request. Need you all to follow @MrCadman on Twitter and donate $5 to the Susan G Komen Cure for Cancer Fund so Shaan Hurley will shave his head at AU2009

Greg even setup a donation page from a blog posting. Gregory made the first donation to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation at http://www.info-komen.org/goto/revit3d. He also offered to give one dollar for every new follower to his blog http://bimboom.blogspot.com/ .

Greg, If the goal is reached you can personally shave my head…

It is all for a great cause and to raise awareness for Breast Cancer.
Shaan

Autodesk University 2009 Bloggers Social Confirmations Sent Out

I have just sent the first batch of confirmations to those that had signed up to attend the Autodesk University Bloggers Social event this year.

There will be a flock of bloggers and Autodesk employees attending as well as some speakers in a casual social networking environment to place names to faces. We will have name/blog badges this year. Thus far I have confirmed over 100 bloggers and many Autodesk employees to attend the special event including Autodesk CEO Carl Bass.

Only 29 more days until AU 2009!

Cheers,
Shaan

Autodesk University - Virtual

For those unable to attend the main event in Las Vegas in Las Vegas this is a great opportunity to experience part of it from the comfort of your own computer. People from around the world can now attend Autodesk University “virtually”!

Complete details are on the AU Virtual website.
Event date: December 1-4, 2009.

• 50+ Classes and Sessions- streamed “live”
• A “Premium Pass” (full access) is only US$99
• All Subscription customers receive a free “Premier Pass”.
• A “Free Pass” (limited access) is available to anyone. 

www.autodesk.com/auvirtual

There is no virtual beer bust so you will have to arrange that activity yourself. :-)

Cheers,
Shaan

AU 2009 Bloggers Social Invitations Going Out This Week

I am planning on sending out invitations to the Autodesk University 2009 Bloggers Social this week. Make sure to sign up for consideration to the 2nd annual special event held at Autodesk University. The Blogger Social will be held on Monday November 30th, 2009 from 6:30PM to 8PM.

Autodesk University 2009 Blogger Social Signup Form

Spread the word to fellow Autodesk related bloggers!

Cheers 
Shaan

How About an Aztec Calendar in AutoCAD?

Occasionally I will do a crazy file to beat an AutoCAD feature into submission or exercise boundary test cases and get rid of some energy. I had a little too much energy and fun last night. In this case it was Polylines and hatches. I finished this AutoCAD drawing at 4AM and not a single crash or performance hit.. Hatches are definitely improved in AutoCAD 2010 based products.

I obtained the rough geometry from a postscript file that was generated from an actual Aztec sunstone photo. I might as well have re-drawn from scratch as I had to edit all the geometry and then had to do all the hatching. I don't think I could have done this with any other product either illustration or CAD and so efficiently. I could also take this and make a 3D drawing and use the AutoCAD 2010 Feature to Print 3D to a physical object. Looks pretty cool to me. The original is a carving into a stone but, my version I did it as an inlaid wood style sculpture. When I really got into the geometry I was amazed at the complex geometry and creativity of this Aztec piece all while having a function of determining and tracking dates in Mexico and Central America.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/3979126861/

“Xiuhpohualliis the Aztec year (xiuhitl) count (pohualli). One solar year consists of 360 named days and 5 nameless (nemontemi). The year was broken into 18 periods of twenty days each, sometimes compared to the Julian month”. 

~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_calendar.

Apparently the Aztecs have been to the Autodesk University and over indulged in the AUGI Beer Bust.

Just doing final packing and preparation for the start of the See the Difference with AutoCAD 2010 Tour. I will be traveling to warm Orlando Florida tomorrow and presenting there on Tuesday.

Cheers,
Shaan

Autodesk University 2009 Bloggers Social

We have settled on a date and time for the second annual Autodesk University Bloggers Social. We are holding it once again after a fun and successful event last year.  The Blogger Social will be held on Monday November 30th, 2009 from 6:30PM to 8PM.  Monday conflicts with fewer classes, events, and activities plus it provides an opportunity for meeting people before the action packed AU gets into full swing.

To be considered for an invite, please complete the form linked below. We will review your information, blog, and plan to send out invitations in October.

There will be a flock of bloggers and Autodesk employees attending as well as some speakers in a casual social networking environment to place names to faces. We did take into consideration the feedback from last year and will provide name badges showing blog names.

Spread the word to fellow Autodesk product and industry related bloggers who may be attending Autodesk University 2009.

 Autodesk University 2009 Blogger Social Signup Form

We love bloggers! This is just a small way to show our appreciation for all of your hard work.

Cheers,
Shaan

Autodesk University 2009 Tweetup

I am in the process of organizing a Tweetup (gathering) for users of Twitter who will be attending Autodesk University 2009. The event is tentatively planned to be held during the AUGI Beer Bust on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009.

Would be fun to do a Flash mob gathering at AU or just people making random bird noises at a specific time in a day to see how many are nearby on Twitter. It would really show the power of Twitter and perhaps invent a new "TweetOut" or "TweetShout" term.

Sign Up to be notified of the Tweetup plans. Tweetup Signup Form

Cheers,
Shaan @mrcadman

Autodesk University Shutterbug Tour 2009 Details

This fun adventurous event will be held again this year. We will be exploring and photographing the colorful desert and surrounding areas. Four states covered over the week including Nevada, California, Arizona, and Utah.

I have setup up an online form to gather interested people. This will be a free event but there will be a request to pitch in to those driving fellow shutterbugs for fuel and any tolls. Sign Up Form

• Sunday November 29th, 2009 – 12:00PM to 9:30PM Valley of Fire
• Monday November 30th, 2009 - 7:30AM to 3:30PM The new Colorado River bridge, Lake Mead and Hoover Dam and if time permits a trip to historic Oatman Arizona just off the Route 66 Highway.
• Friday December 4th, 2009 – 10:00AM to 9:00PM Death Valley California
• Saturday December 5th, 2009 - 7:30AM to 1:00PM Red Rock Canyon Nevada,  For those headed North I will be hitting Zion National Park Utah around 4PM 

Map of AU Shutterbug Tour 2009 Locations

View Autodesk University Shutterbug Tour 2009 in a larger map

Autodesk University 2008 Shutterbug Tour Photos

Hope to see you at Autodesk University!
Shaan

The Autodesk University 2009 YouTube Contest

The Autodesk University 2009 YouTube Contest is your chance to win one of  three AU 2009 Las Vegas 3-Day, All-Inclusive Passes (Includes conference, classes and hands-on labs, hotel, meals, and social events).  For residents of US and Canada only.

Create and upload a Video October 12th, 2009. The (5) Five top viewed Video Responses will be posted to AU's Facebook Fan Page. AU Facebook Fans will then vote for their favorite videos by utilizing the "Like" feature.

To vote for your favorite video submissions be sure to become a Fan of AU on Facebook. Follow AU on Twitter!

AU Shutterbug Tour 2009 Update and Signup Form

This fun event will be held again this year. We will be exploring and photographing the scenic  and colorful Southern Nevada desert such as:

•  Red Rock Canyon,

• Valley of Fire

• The new Colorado River bridge. Hoover Dam Bypass on US Highway 93

• Lake Mead

• Hoover Dam

• and other possible locations such as Death Valley and Zion National Park.

I have setup up an online form to gather interested people. This will be a free event but there will be a request to pitch in to those driving fellow shutterbugs for fuel and any tolls.

 

Sign Up Form

Hope to see you at Autodesk University in 99 days!
Shaan

Autodesk University 2009 Events Update (Blogger Social, Shutterbugs, and Tweetup)

I have received several emails asking what I am planning for this years Autodesk University 2009 “AU 2009” . So I wanted to give a heads up of what I know today, and I am trying to nail down times, dates, logistics and locations.

Blogger Social Reception

Date & Time TBD

After a successful first Bloggers Social was held last year we will hold that again but with new identifying name tags. Imagine around 100 Autodesk customer product bloggers and Autodesk employees from product teams, Autodesk  bloggers, and executive management meeting up to meet face to face with each other and establish friendships to take home after AU. If you are a blogger about AU and Autodesk products then this is an event you cannot miss.

AU Shutterbug Tour

This fun event will be held again this year but event more organized and better. We will be exploring the regional beauty surrounding the Southern Nevada desert such as Red Rock Canyon, Valley of Fire, the new Colorado bridge, Lake Mead, Hoover Dam and other locations. Hopefully, this year we get to see Sean Toomey juggle fire at night for some interesting long exposure photos.

 

Date & Time Multiple dates and any times we can sneak away early in the morning before classes or late after classes and events.

Tentative schedule:
Sunday December 3rd   – full day
Monday December 4th   - half day
Friday December 8th   – full day
Saturday December 9th - half day

• Autodesk University 2008 Flickr photo set
• Autodesk University Shutterbug Tour 2008

AU Tweetup

 Date & Time TBD
AU Twitter users Tweetup at AU should be fun for those social networking to congregate in a single location face to face in real life IRL. We should also hold one meetup during the AU party Thursday night as well as during the beer bust in the exhibit hall Tuesday 7-10PM.

Follow me on Twitter! @mrcadman

The famous Welcome to Las Vegas sign is just outside the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino which is the location of the Autodesk University 2009. For those wishing to photograph this famous and iconic sign please be careful crossing the busy road or go with out the free and fun AU Shutterbug Tour.

Make sure to sign up early for AU 2009! Spread the word far and wide about these fun AU activities.Stay tuned to this blog and my Twitter account @mrcadman for further updates on times, locations, and sign up details.

I hope to meet you at AU!

Cheers,
Shaan

Vote for AU 2009 Sessions!

Hopefully you got your Autodesk University 2009 session proposals submitted by this last weekends deadline if not there is always next year. There were more proposals this year to review than for last years AU 2008.

Now is the time to go vote for the sessions you want for AU from the many submitted proposals. There are some really great proposals!

If you are considering attending AU 2009, please take a few minutes to vote for those sessions that you absolutely want to see. Your votes will help us select not only the best sessions, but will also give us some insight into the most popular ones to help us schedule them at the best times and locations.

How to Vote
To vote for sessions, go to the Autodesk University Session Selection page and log in using your AU Online username and password. If you do not have an AU Online account, it only takes 15 seconds to register as an AU Online member .

The voting deadline is Friday, May 8 at midnight PDT.

There are only 210 day until Autodesk University 2009 (5028 hours, 23 minutes ,35 seconds).

Autodesk University 2009 Class Proposals Deadline – One Week Left

The Autodesk University 2009 (http://au.autodesk.com/) class proposals submission deadline is end of the month April 30th, 2009, so you had better hurry. There is not only the benefit of getting exposure to your peers as a AU speaker but you get paid. Autodesk University 2009 will be held in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay December 1-4th 2009.

Autodesk University 2009 Call for Proposals

AU08 Shutterbugs - Valley of Fire

This is a 360 degree QuickTime/Flash Panoramic photo taken by Mark Banas at AU 2008. This is a group of us that gathered as the AU 2008 Shutterbugs. In the photo are Mark Banas, Chris Hall, Sean Twomey, and me, The location was Northeast of Las Vegas in the desert about 15 miles from the Valley of Fire (36°8'46"N, 114°51'36"W). We wanted to shoot a photo within Valley of Fire park but the sunset came too early as we were returning from the Hoover dam so we rushed up a hill near the road.

AU08 Shutterbugs - Valley of Fire

• More AU 2008 Shutterbug photos
• Autodesk University 2008 Flickr photo set

Yes we will be doing this fun gathering of Shutterbugs again for Autodesk University 2009. More specifics will be posted to this blog as we get closer to AU 2009 (#AU2009) planned for December 2009 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Nevada. We will have a more formal agenda and I am working on some special VIP locations for shutterbugs.

Cheers,
Shaan

Autodesk University 2009 Call for Class Proposals

If you want to teach a class or lab session on any Autodesk product at Autodesk University 2009, now is your time to get your overview paper on your proposed class submitted.

Call for AU 2009 Proposals Open until April 30, 2009. Submit today!

Yes it is time to begin thinking about AU again and this year it will be held in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay. This is the top multi industry design professional training and networking event! In addition to great classes and meeting top peers in your industry there is quite a bit of fun to balance out things out.There is a photo gallery from Autodesk University 2008 Flickr photo set to see some of the fun and photos of this large event.

I hope to see you at AU!
Shaan

My AU2008 Podcast on Shaping the Future of Autodesk Products

I knew I should have done the interview at Autodesk University earlier in the week after more sleep and before starting to lose my voice. Talk to Us! 

 

Guri Stark’s podcast was also just released “Keeping AutoCAD Fresh, Cool, and Relevant”

Cheers,
Shaan

2008 What a Year

I am in my final week of holiday vacation (all of Autodesk is) as well as the last Monday of the year 2008. What better time to reflect on the year. There were many highs and lows for 2008 in my life I thought I would mention a few.

The year was filled with travel to visit friends, Autodesk product user groups, and customers around the world including the countries of Brazil, China, Kuwait, Turkey, Kuwait, and UAE in addition to all over the North America. I now have a full passport and need to get new pages added or I will be left unable to travel Internationally. I really enjoy speaking with users of Autodesk software around the world and learning how they use the software and what they design.

Other highlights in no particular order:

• Getting milk and cookies in my room from the AU2008 Team.
• Meeting  celebrity Autodesk customers Jay Leno and Eddie Paul.
• Attended and presented at 3 Autodesk Universities this year China, Japan, and Las Vegas. This makes the total AU events I have attended 14.
• The First Blogger Social at AU2008 was a success and will be even bigger and better next year.
• Traveled with the Matt Murphy Clay Head Sculpture for a year including a visit with entertainer Jay Leno and then gave it to the real Matt Murphy at AU2008.
• Made so many new friends around the world.
• Presented at FOCUS Kuwait, and over 500 people attended. Thank you Binu!
• Presented in Istanbul, and while in Turkey I visited Cappadocia and experienced the wonderful food, people, and scenery. Thank you to my 3 Turkish friends Can, Orhan, and Erhan of the Daily AutoCAD Blog!
• Had a great time with members of AUGI Japan in Yokohama Japan and a spectacular trip to Kamakura with a traditional Japanese lunch included.
• Meeting the Techsmith Team who develop the two software tools I have used almost daily for 12 years.
• I continue to work with some of the smartest and most creative people in the design and visualization industry. This is not a suck up, it is absolutely true. My success is directly related to those that design, develop, test Autodesk software as well as the awesome customers that design amazing things using our software.
• 2008 was the 10th year anniversary of me working for Autodesk and since I left a mechanical design seat out there in the design world. I received my gold badge.
• Received the top hit count and visitors of any Autodesk blog, and many Autodesk web sites. This blog celebrated 5 years and had 312 posts this year and millions of readers by both web and RSS. Thank You!
• Got the additional Autodesk title of Platform Technology Evangelist which is a fancy title for a geek.
• There are so many design related blogs and the number of Autodesk product blogs continues to climb.
• My oldest son started college.

Lows of the year:

• In November I had a blast, literally when my gas fireplace malfunctioned and blew up with me in front of it.
• Rough personal start to 2008 but after many trips hiking in the deserts of Arizona and Utah got things all worked out. The desert and hiking is one of the most therapeutic environments to get a clear head and to think.
• I still have many photos to process and publish.

As I spend the remaining few days of 2008 on holiday, I am spending that priceless time relaxing with my family as well as some fun with the kids sledding on the large amount of snow we received here in Northern Utah.

  

Have a very happy and safe New Years,
Shaan

Autodesk University in Photos

In the Flickr AU 2008 photo pool there are now 383 photos. It could grow even more as people add their photos from AU to the pool. Flickr is free unless you want the Pro membership. So share your AU 2008 photos with others by adding yours to Flickr and the AU2008 Photo pool.

Cheers,
Shaan

Autodesk Shows Inventor Fusion at AU2008

Being from a mechanical background before coming to Autodesk, and having been an Autodesk Inventor user since before release 1, this was one of the coolest technologies I saw at Autodesk University 2008.  It was the Inventor Fusion technology from our Manufacturing division at Autodesk.

I was wandering the AU exhibit hall and saw Autodesk’s Kevin Schneider in an Autodesk Labs booth demoing something I had not seen before, so I stopped and watched. It had everyone’s eyes at the booth and in some cases jaws were dropped. It was very cool technology, exciting, and innovative. It permits the parametric modeling (history based) modeling available with Autodesk Inventor to work with the direct editing (history free) of Inventor Fusion. You are not locked into one methodology of parametric or direct editing for a project and can use either based on the tasks at hand and combine the design data, the proverbial best of both worlds.

The User Interface “UI” is new and showcases many new concepts based on customer research. The technology appeared to be presenting options based on the task and there appeared to be some predictive choices based on contextual next step/options for the selected feature. You could work all without using dialogs or the ribbon menu.

The demo of Inventor Fusion was very powerful and it will be exciting to see the industry and peoples reaction when a technology preview is available for download.

 

Check out the videos and details http://www.inventorfusion.com/

Cheers,
Shaan

Run AutoCAD on a Mac

It’s official, with the latest Mac laptops I have caught the Mac hardware envy bug. The only problem is I have a PC for now and no personal extra hardware budget available currently or I would be posting this via Apple hardware.  So with the deck stacked against my getting Apple hardware in the near future, I can only admire from afar, test one occasionally, and work with teams using Macs within Autodesk. I have also asked Santa for a Mac, but no official response from him or any elves. So Mac fans, I see what you have been buzzing about. I would really like to be a multi-OS user with the benefit of multiple platforms and running all on a stylish cutting edge designed hardware.

One common question on this blog, emails, and in person is “Will AutoCAD run on a Mac". The short answer is Yes.

Currently at Autodesk we have tested AutoCAD 2007, 2008, and 2009 on the Mac in Apple Bootcamp and virtualized solutions VMWare Fusion, and Parallels Desktop. AutoCAD is not officially supported on the Mac, but works just fine as have other Autodesk Windows based products like Revit and 3ds max. We have found a software activation issue but in all cases we have researched it is related to an external hard drive causing a conflict with the licensing. If you are having issues locking your activations, and are running an external hard drive, try booting up with the drive off or unplugged then add it back later and see if that resolves the issue.

We showed AutoCAD 2009 running on a Mac using VMWare Fusion last week at Autodesk University 2008 in the General Design booth. It caused a bit of a stir from people passing by as they are not used to seeing AutoCAD and a Mac in the same sentence although Autodesk does develop several popular native Mac based applications like Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, and others.

Apple Bootcamp runs AutoCAD much faster but there is a downside in that you have to boot to it. Parallels Desktop and VMWare Fusion can run AutoCAD on the OSX desktop in a window.

I spotted fellow Autodesk employees “deskers” like Tom Stoeckel using a Mac at Autodesk University 2008  a little over a week ago.

As for a official Autodesk support of virtualized AutoCAD or a native Mac based AutoCAD, only time will tell and ever journey begins with a small step forward. There has been a great deal of research and discussions about the Mac and AutoCAD, but it is no simple change or effort. Virtualized solutions offer about the same benefits with a lot less effort.

So yes, you can run AutoCAD on the Mac and get about the same or better performance depending on your stylish Apple hardware.

Update 12/17/08  The VMware Fusion Team noticed this blog post, and liked it.
Autodesk Loves VMware Fusion: AutoCAD on the Mac. I found their post the same way they found my blog post “Run AutoCAD on a Mac” using the Google Alerts feature.

Best Regards,
Shaan

AU Online Updated

I just noticed the new and updated AU Online is now live and appears to have the Autodesk University 2008 content including the recordings of the keynotes and some classes. All seems to be functioning <knock on wood> and there is quite a bit of content available after only just a couple days since AU ended. They were much faster than even me getting all my photos downloaded from my camera let alone published online.

Kudos to the AU Team for another great AU and the quick AU2008 content turnaround!

If you get a chance this week, check it out. http://au.autodesk.com 

Also check out the AU Blog BLAUG.