Categories Events

Bad Poetry Slam Winner

Just over a week ago I hosted a Bad Poetry Slam at Autodesk’s Lake Oswego Oregon office during the Fusion 360 Teams Beer Bust for some fun. We had several last minute entries and all bad bad bad. Several employees submitted poetry as well as one external submission…

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Categories Autodesk

Using Generative Design to Design a Bike Stem

There is an article published by SolidSmack explaining Autodesk’s Generative Design technology named Dreamcatcher developed by Autodesk Research. The article discusses Autodesk Pier 9 Artist in Residence Che-Wei Wang using Dreamcatcher to design an optimized 3D printed metal bike stem. In Dreamcatcher the user is not just a modeler…

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Categories Funny

Office Hangman

Over the Summer the Autodesk Lake Oswego Oregon (Portland) had some smart and fun high school interns developing the next version of BXD. BXD was developed to test FIRST Robotics robots complete with a physics engine. Many new features are coming to BXD from their work this summer,…

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Categories Autodesk

Throwback Thursday Ooga Chaka Ooga Chaka

Yes, back in the late 90s there was a creepy Dancing Baby “Baby Cha Cha” that seemed to be all the rage on the young growing Internet. Jon Bell a colleague here in the Autodesk Lake Oswego office has been involved with the Autodesk 3d Max /3D Studio…

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Categories AutoCAD

AutoCAD 2017 Service Pack

The  Service Pack Update for AutoCAD 2017 and AutoCAD 2017 based products and a hotfix for an Exchange App autoloader issue are available. You can choose to install using the Autodesk Desktop App or from the Autodesk Knowledge Network link below. Download AutoCAD 2017 Service Pack 1 Updated…

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Categories Events

Bad Poetry Slam – You Are invited

I am hosting another fun Autodesk Lake Oswego Oregon office event as a follow up to the fun PowerPoint Karaoke we held a couple months ago. This time it is a Bad Poetry Slam August 24th at our Autodesk Lake Oswego Beer Bust event hosted by the Fusion…

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Categories AutoCAD

Windows 10 Anniversary Update Breaks the F Keys in AutoCAD

With the recent Windows 10 Anniversary Update the F keys used for many important keyboard functions have been broken. Our teams have logged the issue with Microsoft for a resolution. Product Support will advise once the solution is provided. A possible workaround: Set the system variable TEMPOVERRIDES to…

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Categories Blogs

13 Years of Between the Lines

On this day 13 years ago, this Between the Lines blog was started as the first Autodesk employee blog and one of the first in the CAD industry. There have been thousands of posts and comments and millions of readers. Thank you so very much for reading and…

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Categories Uncategorized

FusionFriday – Fusion 360 Basics

If you have been wanting to learn Autodesk Fusion 360, there is no better time like the present and many resources. The Fusion team holds webinars all the time and many are posted to YouTube for you to watch and learn not only the basics of Fusion, but…

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Categories 3D Printing

Autodesk in Space

Autodesk Remake formerly known as Autodesk Memento is currently being used on the International Space Station that is currently orbiting around Earth. Autodesk Remake is being used by the NASA and  Made in Space “Additive Manufacturing Facility” (AMF) for 3D printing on the space station.  The latest printer…

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