It’s free. It’s easy. It’s Autodesk Answer Day. Join us online May 18th, 2016 for the next big event. Have questions that you’ve always wanted to ask? We’ll be answering questions in the AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Revit, Inventor, Vault, Maya, and 3ds Max forums. What: Autodesk Answer…
Read MoreI have been honored to be working with an absolutely amazing group of high school students FIRST Robotics this year. Team 1540 Flaming Chickens is from Catlin Gabel here in Portland Oregon and they are competing this week in the FIRST Robotics world championships in St. Louis Missouri…
Read MoreWhen was 3D or Dimensioning added to AutoCAD? A great list from Autodesk founder John Walker of major features in AutoCAD and when they were added to AutoCAD up to 1992. AutoCAD Major Feature Release History
Read MoreIt is that time of the year where you can submit your class proposals for Autodesk University. The Call for Proposals is now open and runs through closing on May 27, 2016. Those who submit their proposals before 9 a.m. Pacific time on May 11 will be entered…
Read MoreAutodesk is celebrating Makers at SFMade Week. SFMade Week is a celebration of local manufacturers, their products and their people May 9th-15th. Attend the event for factory tours, pop-ups, demos and more. Come meet with a host of maker-entrepreneurs who use Autodesk® Fusion 360™ 3D design software and/or…
Read MoreA new beta build of the Autodesk Memento Windows version has been announced and available for download. Memento is an extremely versatile tool for 3D mesh model repair, 3D model creation, and 3D printing. Our Autodesk Memento Team posted build 1.8.0.22 which has several new enhancements. With this…
Read MoreIn 1997 I was an Autodesk customer working at Oregon Iron Works here in the Portland Oregon area. I gave an interview as an AutoCAD R14 early pre-release alpha tester on how much better AutoCAD R14 was than the previous AutoCAD R13 release. Rohit Arora found the AutoCAD…
Read MoreAwhile back I asked people to help re-create the 1970’s era drawing file Engineers Guide to Drinks in 3D. I first found this fun drawing years ago when it was a test DWG file for a plotter company. A couple years back Florian Römhild of http://engineers-drinks.blogspot.de/ re-drew the…
Read MoreDo you like to see visual fx? Autodesk has just released it’s customer video showreel for visual fx. I absolutely love the annual showreels Autodesk releases showing what our customers create using our software and technology like 3ds Max and Maya. Autodesk 2016 VFX Showreel If you want…
Read MoreThere is an Autodesk Fusion 360 blog named Design Differently that has great tips, tricks, and info like what is in the latest monthly Fusion update. If you are a Fusion 360 beginner or a seasoned Fusion user looking for advanced techniques and inspiration this might be the…
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