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Design Automation API Webinar Series - Register Now

Have you ever wanted to automate and process or create data or drawings using a cloud based API in an almost-headless configuration? Design Automation on Forge is most likely the answer to this need. There is still time to get hands on with the new Design Automation APIs. Four webinars are scheduled in December that will cover each of the Design Automation APIs in depth. Register Now and read more at the Autodesk Forge Blog https://forge.autodesk.com/blog/design-automation-api-webinar-series-register-now December 5 - Design... Read more →

3ds Max 2020.3 and Public Roadmap

if you are a current subscriber to 3ds Max check your updates and install them. “3ds Max 2020.3 is focused on providing you with more predictive tools that perform the way you expect. With 2020 through 2020.2, we brought you extensive updates to chamfer workflows. In 2020.3, we’re adding many of those improvements to EditablePoly objects. Our ATF (Autodesk Translation Framework) updates include Sketchup improvements so you can bring in content with even higher fidelity along with newer JT formats... Read more →

Introducing Alias Create VR

Immersive computing is revolutionizing the world around us. What started as a spark of imagination decades ago has ignited an inferno of technology-driven creative opportunity today. Nowhere is this more apparent than the automotive industry, where augmented reality and virtual reality technology (AR/VR) continues to deepen and expand its impact on the creative design process.So it is my absolute pleasure to announce the availability of Alias Create VR – a VR based conceptual design toolset as part of the Alias... Read more →

If You Love 3D and are in Portland Oregon Today

I hope if you are in the Portland Oregon area today, that you plan to attend the second annual Autodesk Media and Entertainment Showcase. The event is free with some food and refreshments with the highlight amazing local speakers who use Autodesk Media and Entertainment products like 3ds Max and Maya. See how people are using Autodesk products to create amazing VFX and animations and how technology can be used in incredible ways to unleash creativity and save time. You... Read more →

Learn Autodesk BIM 360 - FREE

Are you looking for some training on using Autodesk’s BIM 360 to better manage your construction risk, improve quality, and deliver projects on time and on budget, and the training courses for free? Here is a great resource for you to learn BIM 360 Document Management, Approvals Workflow, Quality Management, RFI Workflow, Submittals Workflow, Cost Management, and Design Collaboration. Get started now at https://learnbim360.autodesk.com/ Read more →

Autodesk Portland Media and Entertainment Showcase Event is Next Week

I hope if you are in the Portland Oregon area, that you plan to attend this second Media and Entertainment Showcase. The event is free with some food and refreshments with the highlight being amazing local speakers who use Autodesk Media and Entertainment products like 3ds Max and Maya. See how people are using Autodesk products to create amazing VFX and animations and how technology can be used in incredible ways to unleash creativity and save time. You will also... Read more →

Free Revit Courses

Check out the free Revit courses created in partnership with expert trainer and author Paul Aubin. Learn how to navigate the Revit interface and your model, how to layout the building plan, add and customize walls, floors, roofs, add construction details & much more. https://autode.sk/2kEHq4Y ”Learn the basics of what you need to know to navigate the software efficiently.” Read more →

3ds Max 2020.2 Update Available and 3ds Max Roadmap

The Autodesk 3ds Max 2020.2 was just released and includes: Chamfer modifier improvement New SketchUp importer Synchronize With Display Mode Read More about the Update and learn about future feature plans in the road map: 3ds Max 2020.2 and Public Road map Read more →

Tinkercad Classroom in YOUR Classroom This Year

This school year, use our new Tinkercad Classroom feature to get your students up and designing in under a minute. Learn more on the Tinkercad blog. https://blog.tinkercad.com/2019/08/05/introducing-tinkercad-classroom/ “Teachers, we heard you needed a faster way to get your students started in Tinkercad. For this new this school year, we’ve simplified the process of getting students up and running with a new feature we call Tinkercad Classroom. Now, students can start designing the moment class starts.” Read more →

Important Autodesk Update - Take Action Now!

Autodesk Identity Services will move to TLS 1.2 on August 3, 2019. That means you need to update today to avoid interruptions. To find out if you need to update your software, check the list of affected product versions by copying and pasting this link into your browser : http://www.autodesk.com/tls-upgrade-enu “Issue:Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0/1.1 is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack that can compromise data exchanges. This applies to single-user subscribers using the software versions listed below; customers using software... Read more →

Attention Startups - Apply to PIE Shop Portland

Applications for the next classes of PIE and PIE Shop are now open. They will close on August 18. Please share far and wide with promising founders and startups https://piepdx.com/apply We’re super interested in the startup you’re building and we’d love to hear more about it Applications are currently open for two flavors of PIE: PIE supports companies that are building digital products. We have a deep history in Software as a Service (SaaS) and B2B companies, having helped startups... Read more →

3ds Max Public Roadmap

Are you a 3ds Max user, and want to know what is in the future and to be involved? While I am on a roadtrip this week, you can have a good read of what our 3ds Max team is looking at down the road. 3ds Max 2020.1 and Public Roadmap You can also apply to participate to test and provide active feedback on the future products like 3ds Max. We listen and need your input and feedback to be... Read more →

The 3ds Max Team Released 3ds Max 2020.1 Update Today

In the just released 3ds Max 2020.1 update for subscription customers, in addition to fixes to reported issues we added the ability to tear off viewports to leverage multi-monitor setups, and a new keyboard shortcut manager. On top of this, we have made additional improvements to the chamfer modifier, and standardized double-click selection. Additionally, we’ve improved the out-of-the-box auto-complete experience in MaxScript. 3ds Max 2020.1 update is available via the Autodesk Desktop App and for download on your Autodesk Account.... Read more →

Realtime Revit BIM Models in Unity in Just One Click

Today, the awesome fi9ne folks at Unity announced the collaboration with Autodesk for a Revit importation product named Unity Reflect. Unity provides a platform for all sorts of immersive 3D possibilities in AR/VR and more that have bent my mind at times. Now with Unity Reflect you can import your Revit BIM 3D model in one click. Get a hands on look at Autodesk University London in just two weeks! https://unity.com/event/au2019 “Announcing Unity Reflect, a new product for architects, building... Read more →

More Power in CAM Operation with the Launch of Autodesk PowerMill 2020

Read about all the faster calculation, simulation, and verification with PowerMill 2020 CAM in the Manufacturing Lounge blog post from Clinton Perry. Autodesk Launches PowerMill 2020 http://www.manufacturinglounge.com/autodesk-launches-powermill-2020/ Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

Employee Made Arcade at Autodesk's Portland Office

Our Portland Autodesk office took the Autodesk tagline of “Make Anything” quite literal. We moved into this beautifully restored downtown central eastside Portland office a year ago. So when some of the employees heard we had a game room, they asked about an arcade game. There wasn’t an arcade game or budget – so they decided to make one. It was an organic grassroots volunteer project, but a group of employees decided “hey, lets make our own arcade console.” They... Read more →

Autodesk Product Teams Want to Hear Your Feedback

Have you had feedback or suggestions for an Autodesk product like the AutoCAD or Revit teams but didn't know how to get it directly into the product managers email inbox, I have the solution. Go to the Product Feedback page and enter you feedback in there and it is then distributed to the product team who do read these. This is not for product support issues but for your feedback and requests for the products. Autodesk Product Feedback Page https://www.autodesk.com/company/contact-us/product-feedback... Read more →

InfraWorks and Civil 3D 2020

In addition to Revit 2020 being released, Civil 3D 2020 and InfraWorks 2020 are now released. Check out what has been enhanced. Civil 3D brings improved performance and scalability, and design automation with Dynamo for Civil 3D. New InfraWorks enhances BIM and GIS integration. https://autode.sk/2UqmkI6 Read more →

Revit 2020 is Here

The latest 2020 Autodesk releases are continuing to be announced, Revit 2020 just announced this morning. See what Harlan Brumm, Sasha Crotty, Ian Molloy, and Pawel Piechnik showed as some of the new features in in Revit 2020. ”The Revit team is thrilled to release Revit 2020, incorporating improvements in Revit 2019.1 and Revit 2019.2. The release year “2020” is epic, and Revit 2020 lives up to the name, reflecting both your requests submitted to the Revit Ideas page and... Read more →

Visit the Eiffel Tower Project in VR

The project was modelled using Autodesk Infraworks. Discover the existing conditions 3D model developed for the City of Paris. The 3D virtual reality model consists of: A 54 ha site 8,200 trees of different species 1,000 buildings 4 bridges 25 statues 560 light fixtures 425 benches 100 trashcans Read more about the model and download the VR experience at autode.sk/2CYz79X Read more →

Autodesk Launches Construction IQ – AI to Reduce Construction Risk

Increase your project’s intelligence and reduce risks by using some artificial intelligence trained using machine learning models from data from over 30,000 projects. Autodesk just introduced Construction IQ in a public preview where an artificial intelligence service works with Autodesk’s BIM 360 project management platform. ”Formerly known as Project IQ, Construction IQ for quality and safety analysis started in private preview in 2016. Altogether, the algorithm was developed with 150 million construction issues and checklist observations. Subcontractor assignments and historical... Read more →

Introducing Autodesk FormIt v17

A big update release to FormIt is now available on the web or for Windows. Enjoy a new Dynamo experience, BIM 360 Docs, Meshes, Plugins, Orthographic Views, more Visual Styles, Material placement adjustment, Non-Uniform Scale, and more! https://formit.autodesk.com/blog/post/introducing-formit-v17 Give the web version of FormIt a try, there nothing to install. https://app.formit.autodesk.com/ https://formit.autodesk.com/page/release-notes/#release-notes-web Enhancements Significantly improved app loading time, especially when the app was run previously in the browser and a cache from the previous session exists. A new geometry type:... Read more →

Revit Timeline from 1.0 to 2019.2

Every since I began documenting AutoCAD history and codenames, AutoCAD Command history, and Autodesk history I have been asked to also do the same and publish other products. Today I am adding Revit to that list and reached out to our awesome Revit team for some of the data they had. I have made sense of some of the major branch versions over the years while not all WIP builds are documented at this time. The Revit History Page: https://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/revit-history.html... Read more →

Make Revit Even Better

Please help my Autodesk colleague Sasha Crotty of the Revit product team gather some feedback data on your needs for Revit and building design products. It only takes a moment and can help the Revit team better understand your future needs for Revit. “’Are you an architect/architectural designer? Are you a BIM manager who works with architects? Drive the future of building design product development by filling out this survey. Share the survey with your colleagues!” Take the Survey Now Read more →

Rats in Autodesk Portland Office

Well, this is Portland Oregon and yes we are weird or uniquely creative including the placement of small toy ponies attached to old city horse hitching rings and yarn or knit bombings of local statues. In the Autodesk Portland office some of the weird fun culture crept in to our new Portland office in the East stairwell. In this stairwell there are crevices in the brick where there old janky spooky stairs were mounted and then removed to put nice... Read more →