Categories 3D Printing

Autodesk MeshMixer 2.1 Released – Still Free

The free Autodesk MeshMixer has been updated with tools for 3D printing. I love this software as it allows a great deal of creativity much like a lite version of Autodesk Mudbox. Where else could I take my 3D head captured with 123D Catch or Recap Photo and…

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Categories Misc.

Making Finned Friends

Last weekend I went down to Southern California to do some scuba diving in the Pacific Ocean unfortunately a huge storm hit while I was there cancelling some of the dive boats myself and my friend Will had arranged to dive for some spiny lobster. On Sunday early…

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Categories Announcements

Autodesk Foundation is Launched

The Autodesk Foundation (autodesk.org) has just launched! The Autodesk Foundation is focused on investing in design-driven organizations delivering scalable solutions with a measurable impact and in designer’s solving the epic challenges using the power of design. Using the power of design, Autodesk is helping people imagine, design, and…

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Categories Autodesk Labs

Autodesk Feedback Community Maintenance March 4, 2014

The Autodesk Beta and Autodesk Labs projects on the Autodesk Feedback Community will have short maintenance window coming on Tuesday March 4th. Start Time:                Mar. 4, 2014 at 18:00 PST (Tuesday at 6:00 pm) Estimated End Time:  Mar. 4, 2014 at 18:30 PST (Tuesday at 6:30 pm) Duration: …

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Categories Reality Computing

Capturing a Skatepark in 3D

This is a great YouTube video that shows combining a GoPro camera on a small DJI Phantom UAV to take photos then using cloud based Autodesk ReCap Photo to automatically create a textured 3D Model of the skatepark in San Francisco.

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Categories Misc.

Thank You for the Birthday Wishes

Yesterday was my birthday and I received literally hundreds of wishes in social networks and email. My Facebook timeline was so active with wishes I could hardly keep up and might have spent the entire day replying to each one and thanking them. So thank you everyone for…

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Categories 3D Printing

Freeform 3D Printing Metal Robot MX3D-Metal

"We can 3-D print myriad plastic goods, fabric for apparel, burritos, candy, and perhaps in the not-so-distant future, human organs. Metal–the material that forms the skeleton of any city, building, or car–has been less accessible. Now, a collaboration between Dutch designer Joris Laarman and software company Autodesk has yielded…

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Categories AutoCAD

Working with AutoCAD Xrefs and Autodesk Vault

This video tip comes recommended by Autodesk‘s Kevin Robinson and produced by training company Ascent. Some AutoCAD users get confused on how to properly work with AutoCAD XREFs and Autodesk Vault, but this video will help clear this confusion up. http://youtu.be/rstxXwn1NKg  Cheers, Shaan

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Categories Autodesk Products

Autodesk ReCap Photo & Coral Reef Preservation

Sly Lee is a Marine Ecologist and Toxicologist that has been exploring the use of technology to document coral and the marine ecosystem. Currently Sly is using photos of corals to generate 3D models using Autodesk Recap Photo to document coral and examine changes over time. Sly is…

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