Month August 2020
Free Autodesk Software for Students and Educators
It is that time of the year when many are returning to school whether online or in–person, and several of those students and faculty will need or want Autodesk software. Good news, Autodesk provides our software to students and educators a free one-year educational access to Autodesk products…
Read MoreAutodesk Vision Series 2020
If you are in the film, tv, 3D animation, or the design visualization world using products like Maya and 3ds Max, then you should check out the free sessions and consider attending this online event in September. ”3 days of virtual presentations and panels on the future of…
Read MoreHappy 17th Birthday to Between the Lines Blog
17! Seventeen years ago I started this blog as a fun side project after a couple Autodesk employees Bill Johnson and Eric Wright approached me about this new thing called Blogs, and I have been throwing words and photos up here ever since. Next year the blog…
Read MoreZoom Backgrounds from Autodesk Construction
Are you one of the many out there living in Zoom meetings <Shaan raises hand>. why not spice up your Zoom backgrounds for some change, and some fun. The Autodesk Construction Cloud team posted some nice backgrounds including my favorite that I am missing currently of the view…
Read MoreInside The Factory With People that Make Revit – Performance Matters
I always enjoy seeing who are working hard behind the scenes of most anything I use or admire, and that goes for Autodesk product teams as well. In this first Inside the Factory episode posted to the Revit Blog Inside the Factory, it is of candid conversation that…
Read MoreSaturday Cooling Off
I got away on Saturday this past weekend escape my house, 104 degree weather in Portland (rare we get that hot) and go hiking on the Oregon Coast which was also unseasonably warm but was only 82 degrees and the water a chilly 55 degrees. It was an…
Read MoreThrowback Thursday – Mining Data from Old AutoCAD Floppies
If you read the word “Floppies” and scratched your head, you might be less than 30 years old and never seen what we had to work with to store data and install products back in the early days. There were 3.25, 5, and 10” floppies back in the…
Read MoreAutodesk Technology Centers Request for Proposal – Applications for Mixed Reality Using HoloLens 2
The Autodesk Technology Centers are working with the Microsoft Mixed Reality team to provide HoloLens 2 headsets for teams developing mixed reality (XR) solutions that impact the future of Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Manufacturing. Accepted teams from all over the world will have the opportunity to join our…
Read MoreCongratulations to AEC Hackathon Teams
Recently, over the course of two weeks there has been the AEC hackathon that for the first time after over AEC industry hackathon just had to resort to go in digital since we cant meet in person safely. There were many teams from around the world competing in…
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