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Made In Space recently installed and setup up the AMF Zero-G 3D printer with NASA MSFC on the International Space Station (ISS), and you can get the rare opportunity to print on the same printer and see the one that is currently on Earth. Autodesk has had a long partnership with Made In Space including Autodesk's Director, Strategic Initiatives and a serious space science expert Jonathan Knowles who also serves as an advisor to Made In Space. Made In Space... Read more →
What if a CAD system could automatically generate tens, hundreds, or even thousands of design options that all meet your specified high-level goals? It’s no longer what if: it’s Project Dreamcatcher, and it’s the next generation of computational design. Project Dreamcatcher http://autodeskresearch.com/projects/dreamcatcher Dreamcatcher is a goal-directed design (GDD) system that enables designers to input specific design objectives, including functional requirements, material type, manufacturability, performance criteria, and cost restrictions. The infinite computing power of the cloud then takes over. Dreamcatcher interprets... Read more →
If you have signed up to get an invitation to the Autodesk University 2014 Blogger and Social Meetup, you should be receiving your emailed invitation today. A few may receive an email explaining due to limited space they did not get an invite but on how you can get into the event by joining the #AU2014Scavenger Hunt. Every AU attendee will receive with their AU badge instructions on how to participate in the #AU2014Scavenger Hunt and get access to the... Read more →
Here are some helpful tips for Autodesk University 2014 attendees compiled by me as a veteran of over 20 Autodesk University events including all Las Vegas AU events. First Time attending: Make sure to attend the Freshman Orientation! I will be a mentor at this event so look for my table. AU Mobile App: Get the AU Mobile App for iOS, Android, and HTML5. I am on there! http://doubledutch.me/download/autodesk-university-2014 Unable to Attend AU 2014? Join us online for streaming keynotes,... Read more →
No, not an opportunity to actually manage (run) Autodesk University, but just something for us health conscious fitness freaks to get some fresh air and go running each morning at AU. If you are interested contact me so we can arrange a meeting location to meet each morning and a length and course to run. Maybe for those with a FitBit we can have some fun Fitbit challenges during AU for most steps per day. Email Me There are only... Read more →
Mark this day down in 3D Printing and Manufacturing history! Made in Space has successfully unpacked and installed the first 3D Printer in space with NASA on the International Space Station. Having the ability to 3D print objects on the ISS will be a huge leap in 3D mankind as there are no part shops to get supplies up in space where you must be more self-sufficient than those of us on Earth. Expect amazing news in the future as... Read more →
While attending a recent conference we took a break enjoying the fresh mountain air on a hike. About half way up the hike, a couple people were pointing to some tracks on the trail saying it might be a cougar (mountain lion) track. Being the local Utah person and having seen cougar tracks before, I didn't think it could be as it had claws and cougars are feline cats and retract their claws. I decided to take a series of... Read more →
This annual Blogger and Social meetup event will be held this year on Wednesday December 3rd in the evening at 8 PM. It is so very difficult to find a time that works and a venue during the action packed Autodesk University but this is what we settled on and have a restaurant space with a bar. This fun social event is for those that are active about Autodesk in blogs and social media as well as this year some... Read more →
Details will be posted here tomorrow on how you can sign up for the Blogger & Social Meetup Wednesday Dec.3rd. Spread the word! Read more →
Autodesk University 2013 was great with the magical performances of Penn & Teller, the dancing robot from Bot & Dolly that blew minds, the main stage keynotes including out of this world start up Moon Express, inspiring Innovation Forums, awesome top notch classes, great exhibits in the exhibition hall, and a couple awesome parties and social receptions, but how can Autodesk and you top that? Each year this monumental challenge is what a talented team mostly behind the scenes unsung... Read more →
On this U.S. Holiday of Veterans Day we would like to place the spot light on Project Recover. "Project Recover is a collaborative effort to enlist twenty-first-century science and technology in a quest to find the final underwater resting places of Americans missing in action since World War II." New Technology Enables Historic Finds In connection with Veterans’ Day, GoPro and CBS series “60 Minutes” profile World War II recovery effort by Scripps and partners. https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/new-technology-enables-historic-finds GoPro: Palau - Searching... Read more →
Some have asked if AutoCAD 2015 for Mac was supported on the new Operating System OS X "Yosemite." The simple answer is YES. AutoCAD 2015 for Mac was developed with support for OS X Yosemite. Detailed blog post on the (AutoCAD Insider Blog) Read more →
I finally caught up with the Autodesk #3DRV in beautiful Moab Utah and TJ and his lovely wife and smart young energetic son. Here is a brief post made from a cold early Fall Moab Utah morning of yesterday's adventures. Yesterday we had an action packed day starting with me driving 4 hours from Salt Lake to Moab then immediately with TJ and his family taking the Autodesk 3DRV to Arches National Park to meet with National Park employees Mary... Read more →
This Thursday morning November 6th, 2014 I will be meeting up with the Autodesk 3DRV and TJ McCue in the mountain bike and Jeep capital of the world, Moab Utah. I live about 4 hours from Moab and will make the drive early for an action packed day of visiting with the fine people of Arches National Park and giving them a 3D printed Delicate Arch created from a laser and photogrammetry scan, hiking up for a visit to the... Read more →
Most know us at Autodesk as the folks that develop AutoCAD, Revit, 3ds Max, Maya, Autodesk Inventor, and over 115 or so other products, but we are into the non CAD fields as well. We pride ourselves as being highly diversified, and in conversations I often get the reaction "what the "#%@!, really?" We at Autodesk are not only into the Maker movements, 3D printing open source platforms, helping scientist capture coral in 3D for research, capture historical monuments like... Read more →
Story covered in the U.S. Navy All Hands Magazine. What an absolute lifetime honor to be involved as an Autodesk team member and SCUBA diver on both the USS Arizona and USS Utah. http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/ftrStory.asp?issue=3&id=84177 Read more →
We at Autodesk have now placed a cool 500 LED cube in the Autodesk Gallery. This cube was developed by an intern and responds with lighting up pulsating LED lights and effects to hashtags on Twitter. Huge thanks to the Autodesk intern and also Autodesk Social Media maestro Dan Zucker for showing me the cube when they placed it in the Autodesk Gallery on October 16, 2014. Description of the Project Social Lights Cube: This cube of 500 pulsating LED... Read more →
Thanks to the Daylight Savings Time change here where I live, I now need to remember or Google the sometimes complex steps on how to change the time on all my gadgets, appliances, and even my car radio. My Jeep's radio clock is the most complicated to change the time. If I don't comply with the Daylight Savings Time like many procrastinators or lucky exempt states or nations, I would have to minus an hour from the display time on... Read more →