Category Autodesk Labs

Autodesk Labs Project Draw 0.7 Uses Google Gears for Offline Mode

It is always pretty cool to watch the evolution of a idea or software. The Autodesk Labs Team has now released an updated Project Draw which allows the web based application to run in the offline mode and synch files…

Drawing Cleanup Utility Now Available on Autodesk Labs

A new version of this tool to clean up drawings has been updated for the timeout and is now available. I would post screen shots but unfortunately it only works on Windows XP and I am happily on Windows Vista…

Scott Sheppard – A Dead Man Posting ;-)

Just noticed in my RSS feed reader the following post on the Autodesk Labs blog… AutoCAD Elves from It’s Alive in the Lab by Scott Sheppard “Shaan Hurley will make sure this comes back to haunt me, but here goes:…

Scott Sheppard of Autodesk Labs – Now and Back from the 80s

I cant believe Scott was brave enough to blog a photo of himself from the eighties but he was motivated to do so after photos of Lynn Allen were posted from AU 2007. He asked what I was like in…

AU 2007 – Friday Goodbye AU 2007, Start Planning for AU 2008

Thursday Night AU 80s themed party was HUGE and a blast. There were so many people, food , beverages, old 80s video games, pool tables, activities, 2 comedians, 1 chain saw juggler, and the band Tainted Love. After the party…

Frame Generator Customization Tool for Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk Labs has posted a new utility for Autodesk Inventor 2008. http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/framegenerator/“The Frame Generator customization tool functionality allows you to quickly and easily add your own custom structural profiles to the Frame Generator in Autodesk Inventor 2008” It’s Alive in…

Autodesk Project Draw 0.5, Diagramming Online with SaaS/Web 2.0

SaaS stands for Software as a Service or perhaps you have heard the term Web 2.0. This is basically an application that needs no installation and runs on the web through your browser. Give this early preview example a run…

Autodesk Visual Search and Content Search available on Autodesk Labs

The text based Content Search Alpha and geometry searching Autodesk Visual Search are two technologies in the Autodesk Labs now available to use and get customer feedback to help shape their directions. Autodesk Visual Search allows you to simply sketch…

Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD Updated on Autodesk Labs

We have updated the Autodesk Labs hosted tool “Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD” which included fixes for reported issues and support of other products like AutoCAD Map. The credit and kudos goes to the developer Thomas Inzinga. With this updated…