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Autodesk Research - Here Kitty Kitty Kitty

Can animation be made as easy as drawing? Well Autodesk Research is not letting challenges like this or letting dragons lie. Kitty is a Drawing Tool for Interaction Authoring. From the awesome Autodesk Research team: "Hopefully you're familiar with Project Draco, our answer to the question: Can animation be made as easy as drawing? We've discussed Draco here on the blog and have a video overview of what we were showing at this year's SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver to catch... Read more →

Autodesk CTO Jeff Kowalski & Details of The Autodesk Spark 3D Printing Platform & Printer

Autodesk CTO Jeff Kowalski Reveals Details of Their Spark 3D Printing Platform & Printer. Great article by 3DPrint.com. http://3dprint.com/16422/autodesk-spark-3d-printing/ Jeff will be keynoting at the Inside 3D Printing Conference in Santa Clara I can now say I have seen a real physical Autodesk Spark 3D Printer in person at Autodesk Pier 9 office. The Spark 3D printer is one of the top things on the Christmas list to replace my older ABS extruding 3D printer. I can't wait to print... Read more →

Flying High at over 11,000 Feet Like an Eagle

I love hiking and climbing the rugged, beautiful and high mountains of Utah and I also love research and fun with drones also known as UAV quad rotor copters. So last Thursday I decided to combine both for an epic sunset flight. Read more →

Autodesk ReCap and ReCap Pro 1.4 Now Available

Autodesk's very popular and super-fast point cloud processing product for registering laser scans Autodesk ReCap Pro and ReCap free version have been updated to version 1.4. There are several updates and the addition of more features based on customer feedback including the ability to control and report the accuracy of the laser scan projects. Some of the new additions to ReCap Pro include: Target-based Accuracy Reporting Create accuracy reports based on checkerboard or sphere targets. Provide easy-to-read quality information for... Read more →

Visit the Autodesk Gallery Pop-Up in Paris France / Visitez la galerie éphémère Autodesk, à Paris

Please join us and experience the future of design and engineering at the Autodesk Gallery pop-up in Paris October 9 – October 23, 2014. Come to the gallery and see the future of how things are made, with exhibits spanning architecture, film, manufacturing, automotive, fashion, art, and more. http://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/gallerypopup Create objects with design software, 3D printers, and laser cutters in the digital fabrication workshop with our partner le FabShop, the makers in residence in our Gallery. Hear from leading design... Read more →

3D Printing in the Final Frontier!

Check out all the buzz being made about Made in Space sending a 3D printer via SpaceX to the International Space Station for 3D printing in space and the unique microgravity environment. Astronauts To Make Spare Parts From 3D Printer NASA flying first zero-gravity 3D printer into space NASA Is Blasting the First 3D Printer Into Space Tonight I personally know one of the amazing Made in Space team members Ashley Dara and it is exciting for her as well... Read more →

Halloween Costumes and So Much More

If you are now looking for some great Halloween costume and project ideas I have the perfect solution for year-around creativity and awesome sauce filled projects, Instructables. Instructables is from Autodesk and has tens of thousands of creative projects including great instructions and an amazing community of people. Even Autodesk's own Maker CEO Carl Bass has posted Instructables projects. Instructables Halloween Collection: HALLOWEEN Here are some fun Halloween type Instructables: Candy Corn on the Cob Who doesn't love seeing their... Read more →

Nailed It! Tough Mudder Utah 2014

Last week in a post I mentioned I was running in the obstacle course race the Tough Mudder on the weekend. I have received a few emails to see if I survived the long challenging course, and how it was. I had an amazing experience running the 12 mile course with 20 obstacles ranging from mud pits, culvert crawling, barbed wire, climbing walls, monkey bars, ice baths and 10,000 volt shocks from hanging electrical wires with my oldest son and... Read more →

8 Ways to Simplify Your AutoCAD Life with Effective Layer Management

Onion Layer Image credit Robert Couse-Baker on Flickr Guest post on AutoCAD by Michael Thomas of Design & Motion. Layers are a very important component of working with AutoCAD. They control the properties and visibility of your objects. Since layers organize your drawings, using layers inefficiently is a time waster and negatively effects your productivity. Even with the layer automation found in many of the vertical “flavours” of AutoCAD, it is critical to understand layers and use all the tools... Read more →

Autodesk Remote Updates to Support Maya and Revit

The Autodesk Remote team has posted an update that now supports iPad touch events for Maya 2015 and Revit 2014 & 2015. This update also provides improvements for some network environments. Read more →

Create 3D Models from Photos Using Your Android Device

Autodesk's popular 123D Catch released in 2011 is now available for Android users in addition to iOS, Mac, and Windows for free. Read More 123D Catch now on Android Go Get 123D Catch for Android on Google Play "Use your camera to capture people, places and things around you as amazingly realistic 3D models. Capture friends, sculptures, buildings or anything else you can photograph. Automatically transform them into interactive 3D models that can be shared with friends, family, and an... Read more →

100 Days of Global Corporate Fitness Challenge

What a great and fun way to get employees competing as teams and resulting in better health which reduces overall health costs to the employer and makes the employees feel better. This is one of those things that make Autodesk one of the best employers to work for as awarded by several magazines and organizations. This was my 3rd year participating in the Global Corporate Challenge "GCC" program where Autodesk and hundreds of other companies around the world log steps... Read more →

Fall Is Coming

For those of us in the upper Northern hemisphere the Fall season is approaching s we relinquish the warmer weather and sun to our friends in the Southern hemisphere.Below are a couple photos I took last weekend while hiking Stewart Falls in Northern Utah with good friends. Read more →

15 Top CAD Tips from the Best of the Best

Paul Munford of the CAD Setter Out blog wrote a great blog post combining 15 tips from CAD bloggers. I am sure you are bound to learn a tip or two from this resource. Thank you Paul! 15 Top CAD Tips from the Best of the Best http://cadso.co/15CADtips Read more →

Register Now for Autodesk University

Registration is now open for Autodesk University 2014 which will happen in only 93 days. Get yourself registered soon as some classes and labs fill up fast. http://autode.sk/ORother I hope to meet you in Las Vegas at AU2014! -Shaan Read more →

Pixlr Photo Editor Now on the Mac and Windows Desktop

Autodesk's Pixlr photo editor arrives on the desktop for Mac and Windows. Read Full Release This a good alternative for Photo editing software like Photoshop & FREE or you can subscribe to a low priced Pro version at only $1.99 a month. http://tnw.co/1rKVpCy Pixlr-o-Matic and this Desktop Pixlr contain the "Shaan" filter named after me put in Pixlr-O-matic. It a cool aged sepia treatment located in the filter set "too old." This photo in Pixlr Desktop was taken during my... Read more →