Between the Lines

A New Autodesk Blog - Plan-It Autodesk

Please welcome Gene Roe to the Autodesk blogosphere Plan-It Autodesk http://plan-it-autodesk.typepad.com A blog for and about "Project Planners" Read more →

AIPOD – Autodesk Inventor PodCast has been released.

My coworker Jeferson Stutz from our São Paulo Brazil office has now jumped head first into Podcasting. The Autodesk Inventor Podcast will feature weekly news about the manufactu... Read more →

Beneath The Lines: What if I'm not on 2007?

Check out this post from Jason Hickey as he is spreading the word about the stand alone and free DWG TrueConvert tool which handles R14 to 2007 and back DWG file conversions. "I quite often hear... Read more →

AutoCAD 2007 Webcast Recordings Available

Best Practices for Rendering and Visualization with Heidi Hewitt Watch the recorded webcast Best Practices for Conceptual Design with Heidi Hewett Watch the recorded webcast Lynn Allen’s Tips Trick... Read more →

How do you work with drawings?

Please take a moment for a short survey by Grant Rochelle on his Under the Hood Blog . Today I want to ask for your help. We're conducting research to help with future product direction and I am real... Read more →

AutoCAD Comm Center - May 2006 Survey "You’re the AutoCAD Product Manager!”

AutoCAD Comm Center - May 2006 Survey http://myfeedback.autodesk.com/ADSKSurvey/TakeSurvey.asp?SurveyID=4M0795L269630 Read more →

Yes, Fish Surf in Western Australia

This image above is from my New Zealand and Australia photo gallery and shows a fish surfing. I took this photo today on Rottnest Island located West of Perth Australia in the Indian Ocean. I had a gr... Read more →

Speed Up 3D Shaded Models in AutoCAD 2007

Two possible performance increasing options: 1) Materials and Textures are on by default unlike AutoCAD 2006 which can greatly impact performance but also produce a higher quality view in 2007 features. You can turn these off at the Dashboard or go to the Performance Tuner 3DCONFIG. This method disables all Materials and Textures all the time. 2) (recommended Solution) To get the performance boost while still having Materials and Textures use the Dashboard option Performance Tuner or 3DCONFIG then move... Read more →

AutoCAD 2007 Webcast: Best Practices for Rendering and Visualization

Subject: Best Practices for Rendering and Visualization Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 Time: 10:00 a.m. PDT (1:00 p.m. EDT) Duration: 1 hour Heidi Hewett will show you how AutoCAD 2007 and the new Mental Ray rendering engine can produce some very high quality visualization output. (http://www.adskhost.net/35248/index.php) Read more →

In Australia Now After a Stormy Departure from New Zealand

On this Monday, I departed the beautiful but isolated town of Queenstown New Zealand located on the South Island in the Southern Alps made famous by the Lord of the Rings movie. On the day of my departure a huge Antarctic storm blew in with very cold air, high winds, and snow. All flights were canceled and hundreds of stranded passengers opted for a 9 hour bus ride to Christchurch to possibly get a flight out. Even major motorway over... Read more →

Design Masters Quiz event in Auckland New Zealand

I attended the Design Masters Quiz event tonight at the Aotea Center in Auckland New Zealand. It was a great event with a couple hundred in attendance. Several Autodesk products were demonstrated then random teams of attendees at tables answer questions on the demo as fast as they could for prizes. I started the day in Wellington, ended in Auckland and then tomorrow in Queenstown. New photos were posted to my New Zealand trip photo gallery but below are a... Read more →

At Huka Falls New Zealand

It is 11:30 Sunday morning in New Zealand. I will be back in Auckland tonight after trekking all over and staking at lake Taupo last night. What a beautiful place. I will be posting some photos tonight. I bet I am first to blog live from a Blackberry device while on the overlook at the brilliantly blue Huka Falls on New Zealand's North Island... Cheers! I posted some new images to the New Zealand and Australia Gallery after my... Read more →

I am Now in New Zealand

I am headed today Saturday (a calendar day ahead of the US) to Lake Taupo and a few other locations with friend, blogger http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/, and Autodesk customer Robin Capper. I have posted a few photos from Auckland and Devonport to the New Zealand gallery but will post many more and some details on the trip Sunday as there has been quite a bunch happening on my trip as well as Autodesk. I will be back in Auckland Sunday and then... Read more →

Headed to NZ and AUS

I have now begun my 16 hour flight to Auckland New Zealand. I am quite sure I will have plenty reading, writing, laptop work and of couse eating while enroute. I will be down under until May 23rd visiting Auckland, Wellington, Queenstown, Sydney, and Perth. This is a working vacation. Well I better turn off the Blackberry for awhile. Cheers, Shaan Read more →

Tsunami Warning Issued for New Zealand

Oh great... I am leaving for New Zealand today and a possible tsunami in New Zealand. I do hope the tsunami pans out to be a dud and no damage or injuries anywhere. They are also warning for Hawaii, Tonga, and Fiji. (via Tsunami Warning Issued for New Zealand - Yahoo! News, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060503/ap_on_re_au_an/tonga_earthquake_2) Read more →

SkyHigh Airlines, What?

I got a real laugh out of a satirical airline web site when I was searching for flight status for a flight I am taking to Air New Zealand. I spotted this funny web site from the USA Today blog Today i... Read more →

Breathe Easy Ride by the American Lung Association

I wanted to pass along this quote and link from an email to me from Shawn Gilmour of Autodesk. Although Shawn did not ask for me to blog this, I felt it was a great cause. “We are off to a good start for this year’s Breathe Easy Ride donation collection for the American Lung association. We still have 1 month before the ride byTeam Autodesk.” You can help by clicking here to make a donation. Read more →

Back at 0,0,0 (origin aka home) after Hawaii R&R

I spent much of last week on the beautiful main island of Hawaii on the Kahala cost North of Kona. I had the same feelings as many who visit Hawaii and that was consider looking for a job there and ne... Read more →

Scott Sheppard maintains the Beyond the Paper DWF blog

Scott has made his blog accessible through a variety of ways. It is now easier than ever to get information about DWF. Read more →

Autodesk 3ds Max 8 SP3 includes AutoCAD and Autodesk 2007 Product Support

Autodesk 3ds Max 8 SP3 includes all previous updates such as SP2 and critical fixes. SP3 includes updates to compatibility and interoperability with the Autodesk® 2007 product releases including AutoCAD® 2007, Autodesk® Revit® Building, Autodesk® Revit® Structure, Autodesk® Inventor®, Autodesk® Architectural Desktop, Autodesk® Civil 3D®, and Autodesk® Vault 5 software products. This 3ds Max 8 Service Pack can be applied to 3ds Max 8 English only. The install program will not install over a previous version. (Example: 3ds Max 7... Read more →

New Zealand - The Salesoft Autodesk "Building Ideas Roadshow” and My Travel Down Under

This would have been a fun ride with Salesoft! Maybe a reality show on a RV and showing cool Autodesk products. In any case I am excited to be in New Zealand later this week although I won't be on the bus but instead living on a plane for the most part. My schedule May 3rd through the 23rd • Auckland NZ May Arrive and stay 4th-8th • Wellington NZ May Arrive and stay 8th-9th • Auckland NZ May Arrive... Read more →