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Throwback Thursday – CADalyst Magazine April 1984

Autodesk Spark integration for 3D printing in Windows 10

At Microsoft’s Build 2015 developer conference today, Steve Guggenheimer, Microsoft vice president of developer and platform evangelism, announced new 3D printing features in Windows 10. More specifically, Autodesk Spark is being integrated into Microsoft’s latest and greatest operating system. –VentureBeat Microsoft Announces Autodesk Spark integration for 3D printing in Windows 10 Read more →

Please Help Nepal

Namaste One of the largest recorded earthquakes just occurred in Nepal at 7.8 and thousands have died, many missing and millions are in need of the world’s assistance. If you have the ability to help Nepal recover, please do. To my fellow Autodesk employees, please check the matching donations by Autodesk to double your assistance. Below is a great list of reputable charities and assistance organizations for the devastating Nepal natural disaster to help before it becomes a much worse... Read more →

My Apple Watch Experience

I received my shiny new Apple Watch Friday and spent the weekend getting used to it and seeing if I was going to keep it, return it, or sell it. For the record I did not get the expensive edition of the watch. I am also a person that normally wore a regular watch as well as my FitBit on my wrist but now I can get rid of those and rely on just the one Apple Watch. Here are... Read more →

Autodesk Answer Day May 7th 2015 - AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT

The Autodesk Answer Days series will start with members of the AutoCAD team and is free. Join the first AutoCAD Answer Day online event on Thursday, May 7th from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM Pacific Time. If you have AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT questions that you’ve always wanted to ask, now is a perfect opportunity. Come to the Autodesk Community and post your AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT questions to the teams and experts that develop and support AutoCAD. Product Designers... Read more →

Autodesk University 2015 Call For Proposals

Be creative. Be bold. Be unique and be at AU 2015! Be a part of the best and brightest when Autodesk University returns for its 23nd year on December 1–3, 2015 in Las Vegas. We’re now accepting class proposals from now until May 26. Visit the Speaker Resource Center to learn more about how you can share your expertise with the Autodesk community. autode.sk/CFPAU2015 This year we are looking for classes that explore trending topics, including Building Information Modeling (BIM),... Read more →

Happy Earth Day

Autodesk 3ds Max 2016 is Here

I have used 3ds Max since release 1 and Autodesk/Kinetix 3D Studio for DOS prior to that and the new release has just been released and shown at NAB 2015. The new Autodesk 3ds Max 2016 release has many new great features - and no doubt the best release yet. To see a description of many of the new features checkout this blog post on The Area blog The Max Makers by Eddie Perlberg. Introducing 3ds Max 2016 http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/max/introducing-3ds-max-2016 There... Read more →

Live Underwater Tour of USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor "The Living Arizona"

The Living Arizona I have had the pleasure of SCUBA diving on the USS Arizona in a 3D survey project, but not many get to experience the amazing historical ship and final resting place, but now you can live over the web. You will see that nature is thriving with corals and diverse marine life including weird alien like sea cucumbers everywhere. Once a site of human devastation, now a haven for marine life. Resting on the bottom of Pearl... Read more →

High Tech Conference Table in Autodesk's AR Lab in Pier 9

We have the coolest conference table in my team's new Autodesk San Francisco Pier 9 Advanced Research Lab! The conference table was constructed with 3D prints and addressable LEDs designed by Lumigeek and Autodesk employees. The wood table was created using locally sourced book-matched Bay Laurel, that was harvested from a fallen tree in California. The darker spot seen on the slabs is visual remnant of what caused the tree to die. The physical pattern for the 3D printed crystals... Read more →

Autodesk 2016 Products Suite Spot

Autodesk 2016 Design & Creation Suites Now Announced SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) today announced the release of the new Autodesk 2016 Design Suites that offer more control than ever over all aspects of the design-to-make process through a connected desktop and cloud user experience. Autodesk design and creation suites provide customers with expanded toolsets, unique interoperability and a consistent user experience. Read more →

Throwback Thursday - 12 Million Lines of Code

In 2007 I met with Autodesk founder John Walker at his home in Switzerland for a discussion about the 25th anniversary of AutoCAD. We discussed a lot, mostly about early Autodesk and AutoCAD history. We got on the topic of comparing his days writing early AutoCAD code and the current AutoCAD development. John asked how large the source code in lines was in the current release of AutoCAD which was AutoCAD 2008 at the time. I answered John with “close... Read more →

Design Night - Deep Dive

The Autodesk Design Night last Thursday night was absolutely amazing, and sold out (as usual.) The evening's theme was the oceans and focused on using technology to better understand the oceans. My colleagues Jonathan Knowles and Maurice Conti put the evening's event and amazing list of speakers and exhibits together. Jonathan and Maurice lead the Autodesk Maritime Research and Development Team which is within the Office of the CTO and dedicated to focusing on all things ocean for Autodesk. Many... Read more →

Autodesk 360 Viewer Supported File Formats and More

There is a new Autodesk 360 Viewer "A360." The new drag & drop web based viewer allows you to view and share designs without any install, sign ups, or plugins and over 50 2D and 3D file types are supported. Check out the new viewer! http://360.autodesk.com/viewer Read here for a blog post from the A360 Team which shows more of the features that will be added in the future currently being worked on in the lab. Read more →

AutoCAD Hacked Part 1

Dieter Schlaepfer has started a series on AutoCAD security and posted with the steps to make sure you have all your AutoCAD and data secured using new features and common sense of course. AutoCAD Hacked! - Part 1 Read more →

Throwback Thursday - REALVIZ Team

Autodesk acquired REALVIZ in 2008 and several of the team based in France. This team went on to deliver the photogrammetry technology (turning photos into 3D models) for Autodesk. This technology started as ImageModeler and then Project Photofly which went on to become 123D Catch, ReCap 360 and some of the technology within Autodesk Memento. A few weeks ago many attended the REAL2015 event. While there at REAL2015 I realized there was a reunion of sorts with many of the... Read more →

Klingon Language to Expand Support for Intergalactic Customers

Speak Klingon? So does Autodesk – read more http://autode.sk/1yzVoQi Klingon language is now supported in the Autodesk Knowledge Network “Translate This Page” feature. Designers, engineers, creators, and makers can exist wherever there is imagination–here on Earth and beyond. Klingon is our first step in supporting our intergalactic customers. Read more →

AutoCAD 2016 CLOSEALLOTHER Command

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