20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
20+ Years of Design, Technology & More
When we originally announced Autodesk FormIt for the iPad last December, the Android question came up. I responded telling people that this product was designed for a tablet so logically you would start on the largest tablet market device then move out from their based on customer feedback. The Android tablet request was one of the top (if not the top) request, and the team will satisfy that Android Tablet request as I mentioned they would.
This is a very common request and need. People receive a DWG file and do not have AutoCAD to open the file. There are more DWG viewers out there than ants at a picnic, but there are only a two that are actually 100% DWG from Autodesk and totally free.
Have you ever been unable to uninstall some software, and the only thing you were accomplishing was pulling your hair out? Sometimes things happen when trying the normal uninstall method and you run into errors, and just need a fast and easy tool to remove the software application. This great tip comes from an Autodesk Knowledge Base article and applies to other Windows applications not just Autodesk products. Knowledge Base articles are published by Autodesk Support regularly based on support calls or internal discussions and research.
Autodesk Fusion 360 went live today as an official Autodesk product after a great deal of evolution based on customer feedback and research. Autodesk Fusion 360 started in Autodesk Labs as a Technology Preview of a desktop product, then as a Cloud Assisted Desktop1 application for Mac and Windows on the Autodesk Feedback Community where betas are run. Now the Beta product sticker has been removed and it is ready for primetime production use by designers and engineers free for the first 90 days and around the small price of $25 a month. The powerful product combines industrial design sculpting of T-Splines to the power of a parametric 3D modeling tool along with cloud based collaboration, versioning, file translation and more. It is Cloud Assisted Desktop1 and not only powerful, but fun to use and design in as I have been using it personally for quite sometime now.
Autodesk’s free conceptual tool for the ipad, Autodesk FormIt was just updated as version 4. FormIt is the 1st Architectural Form Modeler for the iPad. In addition to new features, there is a web based version of FormIt coming so that you will be able to use it from many more platforms. Before the Android tablet users fire up my comments section asking where is the Android version, the team is looking towards an Android tablet version sometime in the future.
Longtime AutoCAD, Revit and Architecture veteran, writer, trainer, consultant, photographer,and friend David Cohn sent me a note that he has released some iBooks on AutoCAD 2014 for those of you with Apple devices. These iBooks are multimedia rich with text, images, and video. There are also Point Cloud and Revit Architecture 2014 titles available free in the iBook store by CADLearning™ by 4D Technologies.
So you like to have AutoCAD look and feel like previous classic release. This is one of the powerful traits of AutoCAD and that is it can be customized seven ways from Sunday.
The popular web, mobile, and Mac App known as AutoCAD WS has now been renamed as AutoCAD 360. AutoCAD WS now AutoCAD 360 has been downloaded over 12 million times in just 2 years and is still a free version plan with more functionality being added all the time. Adding AutoCAD WS as AutoCAD 360 to the Autodesk 360 platform family will provide a unified experience and allow for more powerful functionality, integration with other 360 applications and services, and collaboration and much more in the future.
In a continuing effort to improve customer experience and product quality, we released a Service Pack 2 for AutoCAD 2013. For detailed information on issues addressed in this service pack, installation, and notes on changes please make sure to review the ReadMe before installing.
Hey students and faculty, are you aware Autodesk pretty much gives all Autodesk products for free to you? Autodesk is is not only committed to our amazing current professional customers, but we are equally committed to helping build the future architects, engineers, and 3D fx and visualization professionals. All you need to have is a valid educational email, register at the link to the Autodesk Student Community, and you can download most any Autodesk product for free right now. There are also extra benefits such as some increased Autodesk 360 storage and some Autodesk product curriculum to assist you in learning the products.
So students, go get your free Autodesk software at the Student Community now and start using the best professional design and 3D software out there for 3 years. This will help you be the best skilled when you graduate and begin looking for that job. You will be able to demonstrate your mastering of the software as a distinct advantage to that dream employer.