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I hope to meet many of you this year at events and to kick off the AUGI season for me are 3 locations. Fellow Autodesk team members of mine will be doing some of the other locations like CAD Camp veterans Eric "Captain Hawaii" Stover, Heidi Hewett, Doug Cochran, Todd Hunter of Autodesk Impression fame, and Abhi Singh. CAD Camps are the smaller sibling of Autodesk University with some great training and instructors put together by AUGI a 60,000+ member... Read more →
I saw that Lisa and others on the Autodesk Impression Team team had their photos taken and made into Autodesk Impression blocks ala entourage. I am envious, I guess that makes me either lazy or a geek, ok maybe both. Entourage - Its not just an HBO original I figured I could create a quick one myself freehand in Impression in the meantime although I am no artist and not on my TabletPC currently. OK, maybe not... HELP I need... Read more →
Mark's CADDManager.com blog turned 300,000 views old yesterday and over 29,000 visitors. Congratulations Mark, who said CAD Managers can be celebrated from time to time instead of despised for enforcing standards. :-) Link del.icio.us tags: CAD Management, Blog Technorati tags: CAD Management, Blog Read more →
I have worked with the Autodesk Impression team since the beginning of their project, but something tells me they might have been testing far too much when looking at inked renderings using markers. Actually it is a tongue in cheek site to grab peoples attention. It certainly grabbed mine when I stumbled across it and I got a good laugh out of it as well. The real ink look to the web sites layout was also very creative, like someone... Read more →
On this day 25 years ago on January 30th, 1982 a small group of people held an initial meeting to organize what became Autodesk. A sincere thank you John Walker for all that he and Autodesk has done for computing and people such as architects and designers around the world to help shape what we have now. If you look around you, many of the things you might see built and designed by man in the past 20+ years may... Read more →
There is a new tool posted on Autodesk Labs for Autodesk Inventor 11. It will allow you to open an existing 2D views and generate a 3D model. The 2D geometry can be a 2D sketch in Inventor or from an imported AutoCAD DWG. http://labs.autodesk.com del.icio.us tags: Autodesk, Autodesk Labs, 2D to 3D, Autodesk Inventor Technorati tags: Autodesk, Autodesk Labs, 2D to 3D, Autodesk Inventor Read more →
Shaun Bryant from the UK announced he and CADFMconsultants have launched two new blogs including the unofficial Autodesk FMDesktop blog. Congratulations! Not Just CAD - http://cadfmconsult.blogspot.com - A blog about CAD in general, sometimes not even CAD! FMDesktop & Beyond! - http://fmdesktop.blogspot.com - The unofficial Autodesk FMDesktop blog, providing everything FMDesktop! Technorati tags: Autodesk, Autodesk FMDesktop, Blogs, CAD Blogs del.icio.us tags: Autodesk, Autodesk FMDesktop, Blogs, CAD Blogs Read more →
Connected - a blog about design and building project collaboration A warm digital welcome to Mike Gemmell, Jason Pratt, and Alex Willingham to the blogosphere. I believe I have only met Jason out of these bloggers in person and I have known him for many years. Now there are 26 Autodesk blogs and more coming! Here is a OPML file with all the feeds so you can import them easily into your RSS feed aggregator/reader. Download adsk_blogs_12507.opml Cheers, Shaan Technorati... Read more →
Autodesk Labs http://labs.autodesk.com/ http://labs.autodesk.com/Impressionlanding.html There is a new version of Autodesk Impression now available for download today January 17th, 2007. There have been many updates based on feedback received from previous Technical preview users and current beta customers enrolled in the beta at http://myfeedback.autodesk.com. Some of the biggest updates have been to the user interface "UI" like the Layers palette and Dashboard. Also included now is the cool feature that provides the ability to update your Impression drawing file when... Read more →
My year and a half old 95 pound purebred yellow Labrador named Wyatt. He started having problems with his hips a few weeks ago then this weekend his spine compacted due to some possible hereditary problem we were unaware of. He was suffering in the veterinary hospital and the prognosis was bleak even after 2 surgeries costing a possible $5000.00 and would still be painful and no reasonably certain outcome due to the main problem being somewhere in his spine... Read more →
Lynn (Colts fan) Allen has published a free 30 minute webcast covering the differences between AutoCAD LT and full AutoCAD. She also mentions the nice savings for those that want to crossgrade from older versions of AutoCAD LT to AutoCAD 2007 before January 19th,2007. Webcast Link: The Differences between AutoCAD and LT Happy weekend everyone!| -Shaan Technorati tags: AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, Webcast, Lynn Allen a Read more →
Do you perform training in a classroom environment or a group for AutoCAD 2007? The AOTC produces student and instructor training content all packaged and ready to go for a low price. The content is written by AutoCAD professional instructors and authors. The user guides are also a training resource for someone to learn AutoCAD on their own in a structured format. This courseware is designed for the new user of AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT. http://www.autodesk.com/aotc Courseware Description This courseware... Read more →
and I have been learning Autodesk Maya after being an Autodesk 3DStudio /3ds Max user since the DOS days. Both applications have a distinct niche of output, use and purpose but they are both way cool. I noticed an article "Movies 2.0: Digital Effects Magic Explained" that describes Hollywood special effects and mentioned Maya. and thought I would pass this on as well as few other articles. Of course we at Autodesk are both 2D and 3D focused and have... Read more →
A new product was released yesterday for something I used to do before I came to Autodesk and that is P&ID drawings. Expect more information very soon as it begins to make its way out the Autodesk doors after customer beta testing. http://www.autodesk.com/autocadpid A couple other bloggers have been mentioned the new product as well. Jimmy Bergmark: AutoCAD P&ID 2007 John Herrman: New Autodesk Product: AutoCAD P&ID 2007 Also keep an eye on Ursala's P&ID blog, In the Pipes. Technorati... Read more →
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Product Manager Michael Perani provides an overview of the new Autodesk Impression product in this video from the Autodesk Impression Technology Preview on Autodesk Labs. The Technology Preview 2 version is available on Autodesk Labs http://labs.autodesk.com but there is a private beta program getting updated info and participating with the development team by signing up at http://myfeedback.autodesk.com. The private beta team members are now testing the next Technology Preview 3 candidate version to be released soon on Autodesk Labs after... Read more →
In AutoCAD when working in 3D you can check if there is an interference areas where 3D solids intersect, overlap, or occupy the same space or volume. Read more →
Link to BLAUGI: AUGI HotNews - January 2007 edition hits the stands... Read more →
Interesting post on CAD blogging: http://blog.novedge.com/2007/01/dont_quit_your_.html I have always blogged for fun and spread information in a more efficient method than answering the same question over and over in a discussion groups. I dont think anyone in CAD blogging is planning on making a living from blogging anytime soon. There are no ads are ran here on this blog and it is done on my time and not an official job requirement. It is interesting that the article makes reference... Read more →
I had seen this tagging going on for sometime and thought perhaps I might remain safe and untagged but Robin Capper from New Zealand tagged me today with the 5 [CAD] Things You Didn't Know About Me I still run AutoCAD 2.6 on my laptop for fun. My Unofficial AutoCAD History page I once wrote a virus by accident in ObjectARX a C++ customization language for AutoCAD. This was intended to be a funny example utility to create and insert... Read more →
In about a week it will be my ninth year anniversary working at Autodesk. Since Autodesk is one of the rare companies and famous for allowing dogs at work, 9 years equals 63 dog years. Of course I was working with Autodesk long before that as a customer using Autodesk products, but January 19th, 1998 is what the HR papers say was my starting date. Some said I would not last a week... Cheers, Shaan PS: Some on the web... Read more →
Creating a New Layout Command Line: Layout > New Menu: Insert > Layout > New Layout 1. Right-click the Model tab or any layout tab. 2. Click New Layout. 3. Click the layout tab for the newly created layout. Creating a New Layout with the Layout Wizard 1. Click Insert menu > Layout > Create Layout Wizard. 2. Step through the wizard screen to: Name the layout Select a configured plotter Select a paper size and its units of measurement... Read more →
Daryl Gregoire has been busy and is providing a wealth of training for free as well as some premium training including for other products besides AutoCAD such as ADT and Revit. www.CADclips.com have 12 brand new AutoCAD 2007 3D CADclips ready to go for free. All 80+ of our AutoCAD ‘CADclips’ are now completely free. (level 1, level 2, dynamic blocks, release updates, 3D Intro, 3D Advanced and more) Daryl has placed all the new 2007 3D CADclips links on... Read more →
Joseph Wurcher has announced on the Autodesk University Blog that the materials are ready for download on AU Online for AU 2006 attendees and some content for those that register. Autodesk Subscription customers should have access in about 2 weeks. Now you can access handouts and classes or watch a class you missed in the hectic pace of AU. Technorati tags: Autodesk, Autodesk University Read more →
http://www.cadcamp.com/ = After running into many AUGI members, AUGI Board members, CAD Camp staff at Autodesk University 2006 and also being asked by members of the Puget Sound Autodesk Users Group to come back again, and I will. I will be presenting something fun and informative (just be up for some deep geek speak about CAD, Autodesk products, gadgets, and beta testing) at this years Seattle CAD Camp. I had a great time last year at the Seattle event and... Read more →
http://www.dailyautocad.com/ How long can my new Turkish CAD blogging friends Murat, Erhan, Orhan and other team members keep this fast article pace up? I hope for a very long time as I enjoy them and read them each day in my RSS feeds. It has been a very well done tutorials and tips on various AutoCAD topics from programming to dimensioning all with clear text and illustrations even though their native language is not English. I would love to visit... Read more →