Category Technology

AutoCAD 360 Makes an Appearance at the Apple iPad Pro Event

Just a few minutes ago Autodesk’s own AutoCAD 360 was just shown on stage at the Apple event running on the new iPad Pro. Looks great on the new \larger and higher resolution iPad Pro and described as “buttery.”

Calling All Armchair Scientist and Paleontologists

My good friend Dr. Louise Leakey has launched a new site to allow you to join in the exploration of fossils and be part of the most important scientific discoveries. They have developed a site that crowd sources the review…

Pixar Animation Behind the Scenes

Have you ever wondered how the amazing animated movies such as Up, Cars, Finding Nemo, Toy Story and many more are created from beginning to end by Pixar? We at Autodesk are always amazed at what customers like Pixar do…

Autodesk Memento Beta New Build Posted

A new Autodesk Memento build 1.2.0.7  was just posted. A few tasty highlights: Smooth boundary tool – you can now select an edge loop to smooth it and not have any more the jiggered cuts Surface tool enhancements New push/pull…

Need to View a Design File for Free Without Installing Anything?

To view a design file such as a DWG, RVT, or IPT and over 50 other design file formats all you need to do is drag and drop to Autodesk cloud based A360 Viewer with nothing to install. After viewing…

Capturing Building Exteriors In 3D – Reality Computing Webinar Series

On May 7th, 2015 a small team of us descended on the city of Atlanta Georgia to perform some research comparing terrestrial laser scanning of the exterior of a building to the results of photogrammetry using UAV and  ReCap 360…

3D Artist Lukáš Hajka Crossing the Uncanny Valley and Freaking Me Out

Some of my Autodesk colleagues sent me into a daytime nightmare feeling simply with a URL to a web page in my email. On the web page in Google Chrome of browser with WebGL you see a 3D shaded head…

Future of Making Things Autodesk Roadshow

There will be half day in-person events featuring Autodesk leaders speaking on manufacturing trends in the Future of Making Things complete with free food and refreshments. The events will include strategies and solutions for taking advantage of trends to drive…

Flying Robots Back in Time

Over 30 years ago I was a young student attending 4th grade in Ammon Idaho. I remember the square non-descript elementary school well, especially the lunchroom and the playground where I spent a lot of time playing on the monkey…

Using UAVs in Searches for Missing Dog

So many times when you say the word “drone” people think of negative things or when you mention UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) or UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) people think of annoying flying toys and privacy issues, but they are so…