Categories Announcements

12 Year Blog Birthday

Yes, It seems like only yesterday but it has been millions of hits to thousands of pages of content and comments since this blog was started 12 years ago today. First blog post in August 2003:Getting the feel for this Blog I want to say a sincere thank…

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Categories Funny

I am Not an Alien with a UFO

OK the jury might still be out if I am an alien life form, or not. Last night I had a funny out of this world experience while practicing and testing flight control technologies with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at dusk in NW Portland’s Cathedral Park. The…

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Categories 3D Printing

Autodesk Memento Beta New Build Posted

A new Autodesk Memento build 1.2.0.7  was just posted.http://memento.autodesk.com 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 sculpt. We start to move towards real sculpting…

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Categories Photography

Friday Fun – Flying Over a Forest

Last evening myself and Autodesk colleague George Hudetz met up at a park while I flew a UAV/UAS to practice flying skills as well as capture some photos and video of the landscape from an aerial perspective. The location was just South of Portland Oregon and just to…

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Categories Announcements

Autodesk Gallery Pop-up Tokyo

Autodesk Gallery Pop-up Tokyo 23 Oct – 08 Nov 2015 Come experience the future of design and engineering at the Autodesk Gallery Pop-up in Tokyo. Explore workshops and exhibits on architecture, film, manufacturing, fashion, art, and more. Admission is free for all events and exhibits. Create objects with…

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Categories Autodesk University

Fun Giveaway of a Rare Tee-shirt

Last year at Autodesk University 2014 we had the MegaBots team modify their big paintball firing robot arm to fire tee-shirts out into the audience using compressed air. A couple of the shirts were a rare shirt with an image of Autodesk President, CEO, and our Chief Maker…

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Categories AutoCAD

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to AutoCAD Basics

If you are looking for a fun way to learn the basics of AutoCAD, then this free online document is perfect for you. Learning any professional CAD application can be challenging so Autodesk has created a great deal of learning resources including this guide developed in the past…

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