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As I wish a farewell to a good year 2006, I look forward to a much better year 2007. I made so many new friends around the world and visited a great many of them logging around 80,000 air miles in 2006 or about 180 hours just on a plane. Countries Visited: US, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, China, and Singapore. Some Photo Highlights of 2006: Some photos of friends that I met in 2006: Blog Stats thus far:... Read more →
Here is a quick video taken by Helge Brettschneider during Thursday nights entertainment by the Blue Man Group at Autodesk University 2006. Cheers, Shaan Video: Autodesk University 2006: Blue Man Group Clip Read more →
Autodesk is closed for the annual week of rest and the holidays from the 22nd of December until the 2nd of January. Autodesk employees may be hard to reach during this time as we spend time with our friends and families and prepare for the new year. We sincerely appreciate everyones feedback over the past years and look forward to an even better new year. I still have a few posts to publish in the next few days but have... Read more →
Become a member of the Autodesk Impression Community to stay current with all the latest developments and resources available for this technology preview. Learn how Impression is evolving, find new content to use in your images, and share your experiences with other users. Impression Community Here is my latest Autodesk Impression creation from a DWG file. Read more →
http://www.scottonstott.com/vodcast/ Scott has posted some video casts "vodcasts" for 3dsmax, Viz, AutoCAD, ADT and Revit. I also noticed on Lynn's blog that Scott also co-authored a book on AutoCAD with Lynn Allen. http://www.amazon.com/AutoCAD-Professional-Techniques-Scott-Onstott/dp/0470084545/sr=8-9/qid=1165013563/ref=sr_1_9/104-1397024-6671930?ie=UTF8&s=books I am anxious to see what Scott thinks of Autodesk Impression since he is an expert in post design data presentation treatments. Bookmark: http://www.scottonstott.com/ Speaking of Autodesk Impression... We released a new beta to members of the Vespa beta community on http://myfeedback.autodesk.com. After the beta sites beat... Read more →
I am trying to get some shopping done this week and take next week off perhaps even disconnect from the grid (nah). I also have some blog posts ready, well almost ready to go but time has been scarce. Happy Holidays! Read more →
The AutoCAD 2007 tested cards list has now been updated today to version: 1.1.1.5. http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL7440746 Page with graphics card details http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-graphicscard Applies to: AutoCAD® 2007 AutoCAD® Electrical 2007 AutoCAD® Mechanical 2007 Autodesk® Architectural Desktop 2007 Autodesk® AutoCAD® Revit® Series—Building 9.1 Autodesk® AutoCAD® Revit® Series—Building 9.0 Autodesk® AutoCAD® Revit® Series—Structure 3 Autodesk® Building Systems 2007 Autodesk® Civil 3D® 2007 Autodesk Inventor® Professional 11 Autodesk Inventor® Series 11 Autodesk® Land Desktop 2007 Autodesk Map® 3D 2007 AdskHwCertificationDatabase.xml (xml - 220 Kb) Readme... Read more →
Did you know that Autodesk technology is behind the location based services in the Nextel GPS Mobile Locator? I did not know either until it was demonstrated on the Autodesk University 2006 main stage a couple of weeks ago. I love the Nextel commercial about this service "who's agitating my dots". Read more →
Today the Mount. St. Helens in Washington State just North of Portland Oregon decided to spout some steam and capture attention. The USGS has no idea on what if anything further will occur. I remember the first eruption in 1980 as I was in Spokane Washington which took a great deal of the ash clouds impacting everything even blocking the sun for sometime. I will never forget wearing the face masks to prevent breathing ash and the surreal look of... Read more →
I just received my new phone, a BlackBerry (CrackBerry) Pearl yesterday. This thing is awesome. This is a slimmer model of a BlackBerry and includes a camera now so now I can post to this blog with photos blog from anywhere in the world. The navigation pearl takes getting used to but is really very easy. Have a great weekend! Shaan Read more →
Mark Kiker details the Autodesk Subscription customer benefit of home use licensing in his caddmanager.com blog. Mark is a very knowledgeable person and all around nice guy. He is one of the best CAD Manager subject experts there is along with Robert Green and a few other CAD Manager icons. I bumped into him at Autodesk University this year. Mark's post: AutoCAD Home Use Cheers, Shaan Technorati tags: Mark Kiker, Autodesk, AutoCAD, Licensing. Autodesk Subscription Read more →
James wrote in the civil3d.com blog a good beta testing tips and overview. I hope to get some time in the next few days to add some more tips and information on beta testing since I manage all of Autodesk product beta programs at http://myfeedback.autodesk.com. Link to post: The First Rule of Beta Technorati tags: Autodesk, Beta Read more →
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What: 15th Annual Autodesk University When: November 27 – 30, 2007 Where: The Venetian Resort Hotel Las Vegas, U.S.A. It's the Experience! 2D, 3D ... multi D. Any way you look at it, Autodesk University offers a multidimensional experience. The experience of hands-on training in the latest Autodesk products. The experience of networking and learning from top professionals in your field. The experience of Autodesk’s 25 years of listening to customers to develop productivity-boosting software. The experience you, your organization—and... Read more →
Have you ever needed to convert an audio, image, or video file to another format but did not have the software or knowledge to do so? Well I stumbled across ZAMZAR which solves the problem for many. For example convert a WMV to a QuickTime or MP4. There is a 100MB limit but that is pretty good for free. XAMZAR Site: http://www.zamzar.com/ ZAMZAR blog: http://zamzar.wordpress.com/ Read more →
We are asking for your input on what parts of the AutoCAD User Interface (UI) you use and what you feel are the most important parts to improve. AutoCAD UI Survey Technorati tags: AutoCAD Read more →
"It’s not often that Autodesk gives away the first version of a new software application. With Autodesk Labs, the company is attempting to give any designers a chance to test possible future products." Link to the article Yes, I was the Mad Scientist that built the Autodesk Labs and even created the Labrador dog icon for the site. :-) Cheers, Shaan Technorati tags: Autodesk Labs, Autodesk Impression, AECMagazine Read more →
A few on the web and newsletters have mentioned in speculation that Autodesk checks over the Internet when AutoCAD is started. Some implied it was Autodesk grabbing information when in fact it is most certainly not. I think part of the problem was one newsletter writer read another newsletter and then decided it was a slow newsday so they just flamed the wild speculation without checking for the facts. The Internet activity upon loading the Autodesk software is not to... Read more →
Scott Sheppard posted a great summary on his Beyond the Paper blog of his and Brian Mathews DWF class presented at Autodesk University 2006 last week. Definitely worth a read as there are some great points made regarding DWF. Link: AU 2006 Summary: What Can DWF Do for You? Technorati tags: DWF, Autodesk, Autodesk University, Brian Mathews, Scott Sheppard del.icio.us tags: DWF, Autodesk, Autodesk University, Brian Mathews, Scott Sheppard Read more →
People keep asking me if I got any of the Blue Man Group art and I tell them nope. I found one was donated to a customer and proudly hung on their wall along with some of the photos I took. I am glad to see it is being well preserved and treated like art. If it ever needs a new home, please call me. For the rest of us above is a photo of the final AU canvas painted... Read more →
Kudos to Murat Saraldi for his very detailed and educational blog postings on AutoCAD. Today he posted part 1 on dimensioning. It is nice to see such a detailed posting that educates the readers. This is why the Daily AutoCAD blog (RSS feed) is on my daily RSS feed reading list. Dimensioning Part 1 Read more →
The Autodesk Bookstore debuted at AU 2006, with specials on the dozens of Autodesk Official Training Courseware and Autodesk Learning Tools titles. Bookmarks in attendees bags advertised an AU special discount on the Autodesk e-store for 20% off. Books flew off the shelf and many titles quickly sold out. If you didn't make it to AU, or if the title you wanted sold out before you could get your hands on it, you can still take advantage of this discount... Read more →
SnagIt 8.2 was released today http://www.snagit.com. I use SnagIt everyday and love it as well as have known the team for over 10 years. Techsmith gave away some licenses of Camtasia and SnagIt last week at Autodesk University as well as a cool SnagIt shirt that on the back said "take a screenshot, it'll will last longer". I got to meet Techsmith Evangelist Betsy Weber last week. New in SnagIt 8.2 Watch What's New in SnagIt 8.2 Video Compatible with... Read more →
Our new DWF Beta program, referred to as Nile Beta, is launching week of December 7th, 2006 and we would appreciate you joining us. We are looking for additional participants to test this exiting new release and to share any feedback or thoughts they may have. New Features 3D Measure and 3D Markup functionality DWF Geo-referencing Space Traveler Compatibility Shadow Enhancements and Lighting options Easy to Use 3D Navigation with the 3D “Steering Wheel” Optimized Navigation …and much more How... Read more →