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Throwback Thursday - The Very First AutoCAD Logo from 1982

Free Autodesk Software for Students and Educators

It is that time of the year when many are returning to school whether online or in–person, and several of those students and faculty will need or want Autodesk software. Good news, Autodesk provides our software to students and educators a free one-year educational access to Autodesk products and services, renewable as long as you remain eligible. There are other benefits such as some curriculum, certifications, cloud storage, and some cloud credits. Autodesk is committed to equipping you with tools... Read more →

Autodesk Vision Series 2020

If you are in the film, tv, 3D animation, or the design visualization world using products like Maya and 3ds Max, then you should check out the free sessions and consider attending this online event in September. ”3 days of virtual presentations and panels on the future of the industry straight from the minds of Autodesk thought leaders and customers. Join us for 3 days of FREE virtual presentations and panels on the future of the industry straight from the... Read more →

Happy 17th Birthday to Between the Lines Blog

17! Seventeen years ago I started this blog as a fun side project after a couple Autodesk employees Bill Johnson and Eric Wright approached me about this new thing called Blogs, and I have been throwing words and photos up here ever since. Next year the blog will be 18 years old, and I will have to consider if I am kicking it out of the house since it will be an adult if it were human. Thank you to... Read more →

Zoom Backgrounds from Autodesk Construction

Are you one of the many out there living in Zoom meetings . why not spice up your Zoom backgrounds for some change, and some fun. The Autodesk Construction Cloud team posted some nice backgrounds including my favorite that I am missing currently of the view from the Autodesk Portland office top deck looking towards downtown Portland. Go get the 10 Zoom backgrounds! https://constructionblog.autodesk.com/construction-zoom-backgrounds/ Read more →

Inside The Factory With People that Make Revit – Performance Matters

I always enjoy seeing who are working hard behind the scenes of most anything I use or admire, and that goes for Autodesk product teams as well. In this first Inside the Factory episode posted to the Revit Blog Inside the Factory, it is of candid conversation that focuses on Performance with Harlan Brumm, Sasha Crotty, and Aaron Vorwerk. Harlan, Sasha, and Aaron are working hard to continually improve the products Revit customers use day in and day out to... Read more →

Saturday Cooling Off

I got away on Saturday this past weekend escape my house, 104 degree weather in Portland (rare we get that hot) and go hiking on the Oregon Coast which was also unseasonably warm but was only 82 degrees and the water a chilly 55 degrees. It was an easy choice at 5am until the crowds arrived in the afternoon as I was out on a stand up paddle board. After that I packed up and headed back into the furnace... Read more →

Throwback Thursday – Mining Data from Old AutoCAD Floppies

If you read the word “Floppies” and scratched your head, you might be less than 30 years old and never seen what we had to work with to store data and install products back in the early days. There were 3.25, 5, and 10” floppies back in the early AutoCAD days and platforms like DEC, Zenith, Victor, Sun, and good ol’ IBM DOS. I grabbed some of my AutoCAD 2.x and earlier floppies and am using my native retro cad... Read more →

Autodesk Technology Centers Request for Proposal - Applications for Mixed Reality Using HoloLens 2

The Autodesk Technology Centers are working with the Microsoft Mixed Reality team to provide HoloLens 2 headsets for teams developing mixed reality (XR) solutions that impact the future of Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Manufacturing. Accepted teams from all over the world will have the opportunity to join our residency program and be given a HoloLens 2 device loan for 6 months, with opportunities to extend on a case-by-case basis. For more details about the Request for Proposal (RFP), and to... Read more →

Congratulations to AEC Hackathon Teams

Recently, over the course of two weeks there has been the AEC hackathon that for the first time after over AEC industry hackathon just had to resort to go in digital since we cant meet in person safely. There were many teams from around the world competing in this global event and many presentations over the course of the two weeks with the final presentations and and the awards held on July 26th. It has been an absolute honor to... Read more →