It can be difficult to explain to someone what Autodesk Showcase is, and why they should give it a try especially since it is in many of the new Autodesk 2012 Product Suites. It is actually easier to use or demo than explain it, I am serious. How I usually describe Autodesk Showcase is to say Autodesk Showcase is for simple drop dead simple and stunning 3D visualization without having to perform a great deal of staging and setup. With showcase you can show a concept real-time during a design review meeting or presentation. It is really different in purpose than 3ds Max and Maya which are for those wanting to much more in animation and effects as well as all the intricate settings. You can easily import a 3D object, set it in a pre-configured scene, add some materials, and have a real-time visualization in a few minutes.
Showcase is not just for the big car design studios or industrial design firms that use it today, but it is also for the architects. If you tried the Autodesk Labs Project Newport to create a real-time architectural walk through, this Technology Preview has graduated and is now included within Autodesk Showcase.
In a nutshell Autodesk Showcase helps you easily create compelling imagery, animations, and real-time presentations. It’s quick and easy to learn, designed and built for AutoCAD, Inventor, and Revit users. It’s available in our Design Suites and you can learn more and see samples of customers’ work on the new Showcase Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/Autodesk.Showcase as well as the product page at http://www.autodesk.com./showcase.
Cheers,
Shaan
I recently released a small Kindle pamphlet on Amazon.com, “My Jeffersonian Home”, that addresses a new vision of urban dwelling and gardening which, I think, will revolutionize not only the building industry but everything in the fields attempting to address human self-sufficiency.
“My Jeffersonian Home” works to integrate the growing field of robotics and CNC manufacturing with the necessities that life requires and, of course, it rests on a foundation of aquaponics.
Structurally, the concept perceives, hopefully, to use AutoCAD 3D modeling to drive large panel routers to create unique and innovative tiltwall structures. Of course, duplicating building materials like stone and beams requires surface to vector tools…eh? Got any?
I’d really appreciate it if you’d at least check out the tease.
Sincerely,
mark
Mark,
Your project sounds very interesting. AutoCAD can work with both surfaces and meshes which at their root are vector based.
You can also use the free Technology Preview Project Photofly which can take photos and covert them to textured meshes and 3D points for use in AutoCAD as well as several other products like 3D Studio Max. We are almost ready to release the next release with 3D textured meshes of the Project Photofly before the end of the month but currently have the old version posted but that does not have all the new features and meshing the new release will have.
http://www.autodesk.com/photofly
I have posted a sneak peek photo of a historical preservation project in this new release where I reconstructed in 3D from photographs the Hovenweep National Monument http://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/5693961380/in/photostream
Feel free to contact me directly at shaan@autodesk.com
Best Reagrds,
Shaan Hurley