Categories Autodesk

REAL 2016 – The Premiere Reality Computing Event Twice the Size!

Last February, a REAL 2015 event was hosted, to showcase and underscore​ Reality Computing in a three-word declaration: Capture. Compute. Create.  There were dozens of great speakers covering a diverse array ofReality Computing topics.  For example, the REAL Talk stage came alive with the sinuous brass Coriolissculpture of…

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Categories Technology

UAV/UAS Registration in the United States

The deadline is approaching and on this Wednesday January 21, 2016 at midnight when the mandatory registration will no longer free and be $5 and they must be registered by February 19, 2016. We all knew that the FAA would at some point start addressing the fast increasing…

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Categories Autodesk

Dynamic Drawings on the Web with Project Draco

Bring you art to life using the Technology Preview of Project Draco developed by Autodesk Research.  Project Draco is different and much better and makes animation as easy as sketching. Project Draco aims to bring the power of intricate animation effects and interactive graphics to the creative hands…

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Categories Autodesk

Autodesk Releases Wet Lab Accelerator to Open-Source

The Autodesk Bio/Nano Research Team has released a new wet lab tool to open-source on GitHub at https://github.com/Autodesk/bionano-wetLabAccelerator. This tool is for researchers working in synthetic biology and virology to design robotic wet lab protocols using a visual UI without coding. https://wla.bionano.autodesk.com

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Categories Autodesk Products

Olympic Recurve Bow Created with Generative Design

Amazing example on how design software is pushing further the limits of design using generative design.  Project Dreamcatcher is a new design technology from Autodesk. Read more about Autodesk’s Project Dreamcatcher developed by Autodesk Research  – http://autodeskresearch.com/projects/dreamcatcher. “The Dreamcatcher system allows designers to input specific design objectives, including…

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Categories Autodesk

3D scanning Apollo 11 at the Smithsonian

  Smithsonian and Autodesk employees conduct a 3-D scan of the spacecraft. (Matt McFarland/The Washington Post) Some of my Autodesk colleagues and the Smithsonian laser cowboys are capturing the Apollo 11 lunar module in 3D this week. Current Reality Capture and Computing technologies allow us to preserve and…

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Categories 3D Printing

3D Print of the USS Arizona

Pete Kelsey of Autodesk provided some photos and a video of the 3D print of the USS Arizona that is currently being printed in sections. There are two 36” 3D prints being printed by Autodesk and the team at Whiteclouds. The 3D print is the culmination of a…

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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 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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