Autodesk
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As Labor Day passes and the summer draws to a close, it's time to start thinking about Autodesk University. The AU team clearly knows this (they themselves have been thinking about the event since before AU 2012, so this is more for the rest of us π and so they've gone ahead and posted a preview of the class schedule for this year's event. Take a look at rows 2^8 and 2^8+1 (that's 256 and 257 for non-programmers π if you're interested in seeing information on the two classes I'm delivering, this year: one is on Leap Motion, the other…
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I'm sitting at Geneva airport, waiting to board a Swiss flight to the UK. I've been hacking away in Python β and now IronPython β for the last few days, which has been very interesting. Here's a quick update on thatβ¦ I'm now managing to save out PNGs of the de-skewed portions of perspective photographs with a high degree of quality, if not with exceptional speed. I'll post a little on the approaches I tried out β and settled on β when I get the chance. It's now time to get the code working inside AutoCAD: I have the basic…
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A picture is worth a thousand words, so whatever your feelings about infographics this must be worth at least a hundred. π Lots of people are participating in the previously announced Exchange Apps Portathon. You have 3 weeks until it starts, so it's a good time to consider joining the fun. Here's a note from Jim Quanci and Stephen Preston, describing the value of the event: At the risk of repeating what's already been said: curated online marketplaces are becoming the preferred way for software users to find add-on functionality. This is also true of Autodesk software, with a million…
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After taking a look at Project Memento, last week, using it to manipulate a mesh I'd previously created with ReCap Photo, I decided to try out the latest update to the latter of these two tools. The first thing to notice with this new, improved version of ReCap Photo is that it has its own portal showing your active projects: The tool itself works in the same way: you simply select multiple photos in Autodesk 360 and select "Create 3D model" from the action menu. In fact, all I had to do to try this new version was to resubmit…
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This morning I went back to look at Project Memento, with a view to using it to trim down a model I captured using ReCap Photo. I started with the model of the Morgan 3 Wheeler shown in this previous post. The first thing you'll notice when launching Project Memento is the modern, chrome-free user interface making copious use of marking menus. Navigation is fairly simple using a 3-button mouse. It was straightforward to select sections of the mesh and delete them: I repeated this β along with various zoom/pan/rotate operations to make different sections of the model visible for…
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Another bit of news from while I was out on vacation β so my apologies if this is old news for you, personally β the ADN team is running a Portathon on September 13-14, 2013 to encourage developers to get their apps posted on Autodesk Exchange. You do not have to be an ADN member to participate and neither do you need to pay in any way (other than with your time and effort). In fact there's even a financial incentive for participants: for the first 5 apps per developer that get accepted in the Exchange Store β and be…
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In case you missed it, last week Scott Sheppard announced the availability of a new version of DesignScript on Autodesk Labs. This release unveils DesignScript Studio which brings a visual programming environment to the DesignScript language. People who are familiar with Rhino Grasshopper or SoftImage's ICE will be aware of the benefits of working with a graphical tool for mapping associations and flows of data. I personally prefer working directly in code, myself, but there are certainly times when this kind of tool can help unravel complexity. The other primary feature is a new lightweight OpenGL-based script execution tool that…
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I've now finished my recent trio of long-haul trips: the San Francisco Bay Area in late April, Singapore in mid-May and Boston in early June. So I can take a breather for a few weeks (maybe even months), at least: I have no firm travel plans until AU, although no doubt something will come up before then. [For those of you who aren't familiar with it, the title of the post is a reference to a common British house name. In the UK people often name (or used to, anyway) their houses in this way to announce that they're "Done…
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This isn't new news β it was announced a few weeks ago at NetSuite's SuiteWorld 2013 event β but I thought I'd mention it here mainly because of a personal connection of mine. The announcement was regarding a broad strategic alliance between Autodesk and NetSuite, as well as a specific technology integration between PLM 360 and NetSuite ERP. Here's the on-stage announcement of the alliance which includes a pretty neat video (that I hadn't seen before) introducing Autodesk technology to the ERP-centric audience: Here's a demo of the technology integration between PLM 360 and NetSuite Manufacturing Edition. As an area,…
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The ADN team has announced a free webinar (and free to all, not just to ADN members) on "How developers can ride and profit from the adoption wave of Autodesk Exchange Apps", being held on June 13th, 2013. We've all seen how mobile-focused marketplaces such as Apple's App Store and Google Play have revolutionised the way we find and use apps on these platforms. Apple and Microsoft have provided stores for users of their desktop operating systems to find apps that work there, too. As a large application vendor with a vibrant development community, we see an opportunity to serve…