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  • For those of you that haven't noticed the current obsession in the CAD blogosphere of creating Simpsons avatars of oneself, check out this post from the Autodesk Labs blog for some background. Now, to enter the fray myself. I spent some time a week or so ago playing around with the avatar creation tool on […]

  • Well, would you believe it: Through the Interface was started exactly a year ago today. I hope you've found this blog helpful over the past 12 months; I've certainly enjoyed sharing my (and above all, my team's) knowledge with you, and look forward to doing so for a long time to come. But please keep […]

  • I've just started an extended break with my family, so it's time for me to sign off and wish you all a very Merry Christmas (or Happy Holidays for those of you that are non-denominational in your festive activities) and the very best for 2007. I'll be back online the week of January 8th (unless […]

  • Our second son, Zephyr Ewan Walmsley, was born today (Wednesday September 20th) at 6:55 am CET, weighing 3.15 kg and measuring 49 cm in length. I'll be on paternity leave for the next week or so, but will hopefully continue to post between nappy changes. 🙂

  • [ Warning: this post is largely frivolous and non-technical, so please don't read on if that is likely to bother you. 🙂 ] Yesterday was August 1st, the Swiss National Day. During the afternoon, we (my wife, our 2 year-old son and I) visited my wife's parents at their place in the hills just outside […]

  • Welcome to "Through the Interface", a blog dedicated to programmers working with Autodesk technologies. My team, Autodesk's Developer Technical Services (DevTech), provides technical services to members of the Autodesk Developer Network (ADN), including programming support, consulting, training and evangelism. I'll be using this blog to share technical information about the use of our various Application […]