Categories Announcements

Autodesk Investment in UAV Technology from Skycatch

Autodesk has made an investment in Skycatch – a UAV manufacturer and construction technology firm.  Read Skycatch’s blog announcement: Autodesk Invests in Skycatch To Evolve Construction Technology – http://blog.skycatch.com/2015/11/10/autodesk-invests-in-skycatch-to-evolve-construction-technology/ “UAV technology is rapidly transforming the way people gather information and Skycatch has proven to be among the most…

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Categories Photography

Diary of a Drone Pilot

A little piece just went live today about some of my work researching reality capture using UAV/UAS. The sky is no limit in Reality Capture and Computing where the cloud takes on two important and powerful meanings. Diary of a drone pilot I just returned 3 days ago…

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Categories 3D Printing

Replicate a Keepsake in 3D Using Autodesk Memento

Recently I replicated a silver necklace pendant of a very sentimental pinecone using Autodesk Memento which converted standard photos into a 3D model.  I then 3D printed the model on an Autodesk Ember 3D printer and plan to then cast in pewter or silver an exact replicae.  The…

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Categories Design

Reality Capture Technologies for Architecture

Read more in Cadalyst Magazine about how Autodesk reality capture and design tools were used in a big project using Laser scanners and UAS/UAV. “Laser scanners and point cloud–processing software help the United States Air Force Academy to better understand its Cadet Chapel and make a plan for…

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Categories Announcements

Share 3D in the New Autodesk Memento Gallery

In the past 24 hours Autodesk has launched a new Memento Gallery where you can publish your Autodesk Memento 3D models for others to view or even download. I published models up there to test it and it works very well. How to publish tot the gallery: Create…

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Categories Announcements

Tatjana Dzambazova – Recreating Reality

Learn about reality capture in this great short story by my friend and Autodesk colleague Tatjana Dzambazova. You may know Tatjana as the passionate powerhouse behind Autodesk Memento. See our AR/VR exhibit and Tatjana at the Future of StoryTelling conference next month Oct 7 & 8th in New…

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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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