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Custom Espresso Tamper

Thanks to the kindness and concern for good coffee in the new Portland Autodesk office and an excellent excuse to make things, Hans Kellner Autodesk employee extraordinaire in Autodesk’s San Francisco office designed a custom espresso tamper. Hans designed the tamper using Fusion 360 and then machined it on a Haas CNC. Now we have two new custom espresso tampers for our new Portland office’s espresso machine. From Hans: After testing it and seeing it was a perfect fit, size,... Read more →

FIRST FRC Team 1540 Robot Pandora Reveal

For the past 3 seasons I have volunteered as a mentor with the FIRST Robotics Team 1540 Flaming Chickens of Catlin Gabel in Portland Oregon. It has been an amazing experience to see the inspiring young adults problem solve, design, make, collaborate, outreach, philanthropy with LEAP, and compete. These are inspiring young humans prepared for the world and a bright future. Check out the Team 1540 reveal video for the robot named “Pandora” that will be competing in the 2018... Read more →

Spring Fusion 360 Event at Portland Community College

Presented by the PCC CADD department: Enjoy hands-on 3D learning in this informal workshop featuring Autodesk Fusion 360 and CADD instructor Phil Eichmiller. Stay a little, stay all day. Who: Anyone can attend When: Friday, March 30, 2018 from 9:00am-4:00pm. Where: PCC Southeast campus, room MT117 Cost: FREE Read more →

ADN DevDays Webinars Available

Autodesk Developer Network DevDays Webinar recordings are now available at http://autode.sk/2C8momg on the Autodesk DevTV YouTube channel. Revisit any presentations you may have missed, or want to re-review! The recorded discussions cover the APIs for Forge, Revit AutoCAD Civil3D, BIM 360, InfraWorks, Inventor, Autodesk Vault, Fusion 360, and AutoCAD. Read more →

Modify an STL file in Fusion 360

Have you ever needed to import geometry from other software but weren't quite sure what was the optimal method to do this and be able to edit the geometry? Lars Christensen shows us how to quickly import and modify a STL file in Fusion 360. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxC-kwuksug Be sure to subscribe and check out Lars other Fusion 360 tutorials for great tips and tricks on design and CAM in Fusion 360. Read more →

FIRST FRC 2018 Power Up – Are You Ready!

This Saturday January 6th 2018, the new FIRST FRC 2018 season game and field will be revealed which will then set thousands of high school teams and they will begin work on their robot designs followed by the competitions. The only thing we know right now from FIRST in their public hints and teaser video, is that the game and field is themed “8-bit” and the game is named “POWER UP”. FIRST Robotics Competition Game & Season Info Autodesk will... Read more →

Free Training Courses

In addition to all the free great classes and keynotes from Autodesk University (Autodesk University 2017 Classes Posted), LinkedIn is providing 40 courses for free covering Autodesk product training and certification preparation, construction management, technology like artificial intelligence, and business. In addition to English some courses are available in French, German, Japanese, and in Spanish. LinkedIn Learning Teams Up with Autodesk to Offer Free Access to 42 Technology Courses Go get some new skills, for free! Read more →

Most Popular Speaker at Autodesk University 2017

The most talked about and lined up for speaker at Autodesk University 2017 was, well a real speaker this year that you could build yourself. At Autodesk University, a group of attendees participated in a Product Innovation Platform track organized and designed by Autodesk’s Garin Gardiner. Participants designed the speaker starting from the speaker body in Autodesk Fusion 360 and the circuits in Autodesk Eagle as well as generating the CNC G-code to machine the parts. Those that were not... Read more →

Fusion 360 Sheet Metal Challenge Winners

Winner winner Sheet Metal dinner. The results of judging the entries are in and you can look at all the great design entries. Autodesk University! http://autode.sk/2ePhUH7 Congratulations to 1st Place Winner! Eric Tremblay is going to san Francisco to manufacture the bumper. Read more →

Fusion 360 Meetup Portland

Last evening we held a Fusion 360 Meetup in downtown Portland at the nice modern CENTRL space. Fusion team members Michael Aubry, Mike Prom, and Keqing Song were in attendance. Attendees came to hear Mike Prom show the newly added Sheet Metal Fusion 360 feature, learn about the Fusion 360 Sheet Metal Challenge, as well as some good questions and answers with the team on using Fusion 360. Some brought their laptops and entered a sheet metal contest for some... Read more →