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Can Autodesk Make Green Building Accessible to the Masses?
Autodesk's efforts on the democratization of Green Building technologies get featured on Fast Company magazine [...]
Autodesk Unveils Inventor Fusion Technology to Help Engineers Speed Time to Market
Autodesk Inventor Fusion is new Digital Prototyping technology that unites the power and control of parametric, history-based modeling with the speed and ease of use of direct, history-free modeling, enabling users to choose the modeling approach that is right for the task at hand. The technology preview is the first step in delivering the full vision of Inventor Fusion to engineers everywhere [...]
Posted in design, information technology, innovation, software Also tagged 3D software, Autodesk, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Labs, Buzz Kross, design, Digital Prototypes, Digital Prototyping, Digital Prototyping technology, Inventor Fusion, Manufacturing Industry, Manufacturing Solutions, Modeling, Robert "Buzz" Kross Leave a comment
Autodesk Announces New Infrastructure Modeling Software for Utilities, Telecommunications and Governments
Autodesk announced new Infrastructure Modeling software products, which help users in utilities, telecommunications organizations and government agencies improve the design and management of their infrastructure. Autodesk’s portfolio of products — including AutoCAD Map 3D 2010, AutoCAD Raster Design 2010, Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise 2010, and Autodesk Topobase 2010 — provides users with an intelligent and comprehensive [...]
Posted in design, information technology, software Also tagged 3D modeling systems, AEC Solutions, AutoCAD Map 3D, Autodesk, Autodesk Mapguide, Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise, Autodesk Topobase, CAD, Civil Engineering, Data Access, designer, Digital Model, energy, enterprise applications, Feature Data, geospatial software, Government Agencies, Imagery, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Design, Infrastructure Modeling, Jay Bhatt, microsoft, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows, Modeling, Product Designer, Raster, Report, Software Tool, software tools, Spatial Data, telecommunications 1 Comment
“Built For Conversation: The Interaction Design of Social Media”, Will Evans’ talk at NYC IxDA Face-to-Face meeting
Social Media Networks, because they are built on the collective participation of individuals, can only be effectively guided by means of a researched and learned examination of social psychology. In this presentation, Will Evans discuss design patterns in social media site architecture and their impact on human behavior, and why interaction designers engaged in building social networking ecosystems must leverage sociology, social network analysis, and behavioral economics to ensure their social media site is Built for Conversation.
Posted in design Also tagged architect, architecture, behavior, designer, Human-computer interaction, IBM, Information Visualization, Interaction Design, Interaction Design Association, Interaction Designer, internet, IxDA, Modeling, social network, social networking, telecommunications, Vimeo, Will Evans Leave a comment
Experience it before it’s real: Rapid Prototyping
Modeling software lets designers create everything from Michelangelo's David to shock absorbers. 3D printers deliver a rapid prototype to test designs before they go into production. Jason Medal-Katz, Senior Manager of Autodesk's Customer Briefing Center Program, talks to Wired magazine about how 3D printing lets designers send a file to a machine that prints it out using materials like plastic, rubber or metals, and it can make both static items and ones with moving parts...
Posted in design, innovation Also tagged Autodesk, Customer Briefing Center, designer, Digital Prototyping, Digital Prototyping technology, Modeling, Wired 1 Comment
Autodesk to buy Softimage|XSI
Autodesk has signed a definitive agreement with Avid to acquire substantially all of the assets of Avid’s Softimage business unit for around US$35 million. This will mean that Autodesk will own three of the main 3D suites: 3ds Max, Maya and Softimage|XSI. Autodesk plans to acquire and continue developing the core Softimage|XSI suite, the Softimage|Face Robot facial animation software, the Softimage|Cat character animation plug-in for 3ds Max and the Softimage|Crosswalk 'interoperability solution' – which will be integrated with Autodesk's own sharing technology...
Posted in design, information technology, software Also tagged 3D software, 3D tools, animation, Autodesk, Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk ImageModeler, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Media & Entertainment, Autodesk Mudbox, Autodesk Stitcher, canada, design software, entertainment, Game, japan, London, Marc Petit, Media & Entertainment, Modeling, New York, Softimage, software engineering, software solutions, Ubisoft Leave a comment
Super Bowl XLII: Digital Artists Tackle Commercials With Autodesk Solutions
More than 30 Super Bowl XLII TV commercials for Bridgestone, Budweiser, Coca-Cola, FedEx and other advertisers were created using Autodesk, Inc. technology. Autodesk's visual effects, editing/ finishing and 3D modeling, animation and rendering software were used to deliver computer-generated imagery, including digital animals and environments. 'With a viewership of over 97 million people, this year's Super Bowl commercials have exceeded expectations and delivered the inspired entertainment we look forward to year after year,' said Karim Salabi, Autodesk Media & Entertainment vice president of marketing...
Posted in information technology, innovation, software Also tagged animation, artist, Autodesk, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Media & Entertainment, Autodesk Mudbox, Autodesk Smoke, Bridgestone, Coca Cola, entertainment, Imagery, London, Media & Entertainment, Modeling, New York, Super Bowl, TV Commercials Leave a comment

Autodesk 3ds Max wins Game Developer Award for “Best Art Tool” of 2009