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Tag Archives: Modeling
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 Software, Robert "Buzz" Kross Leave a comment
Autodesk Announces Vancouver as Third City of its Digital Cities Initiative
Autodesk announced that it has designated Vancouver as the third pilot city of its Digital Cities initiative. A Digital City provides a way for the public, city government, construction and business communities to combine mapping, building, civil engineering, and utility information into an accurate city model that can be used to simulate the future impact of decisions at a city-wide scale [...]
Posted in design Also tagged Austria, Autodesk, BIM, CAD, Civil Engineering, Digital Cities, engineering and construction, geospatial technology, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Data, Infrastructure Design, Infrastructure Modeling, korea, Pilot City, Realistic Visualization, Salzburg, simulation, Simulation Tools, sustainability, sustainable, Vancouver 1 Comment
AutoCAD 2010 Available for Free for Student Engineering and Design Community
Autodesk has announced that AutoCAD 2010 software will be available for free to members of the worldwide Student Engineering and Design Community. The Student Community was created three years ago to help architecture, engineering and digital entertainment students gain access to educational resources and technical expertise. The Student Community now has more than 570,000 members representing more than 19,000 schools in 139 countries [...]
Posted in design, software Also tagged architect, architecture, Autodesk, BIM, design software, design tools, Digital Prototypes, Digital Prototyping, Digital Prototyping technology, Engineering & Construction, entertainment, free software, Joe Astroth, Learning and Education, learning tools, sustainable 1 Comment
Autodesk Assistance Program for Unemployed Designers, Engineers, and Architects in All Industries
Autodesk has announced the Autodesk Assistance Program which will offer free student software term licenses, free online training, reduced cost classroom training, and a path to certification for unemployed designers, engineers, and architects in all industries [...]
Posted in design, software Also tagged 3D software, American Institute of Architects, architect, architecture, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Autodesk, Autodesk Assistance Program, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Revit, BIM, Boston, Building Information Modeling, designer, Financial Crisis, free software, internet, Internet Access, Massachusetts, North America, online portal, online training, Waltham 1 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 Software, Product Designer, Raster, Report, Software Tool, software tools, Spatial Data, telecommunications 1 Comment
Oscar Winner for Best Visual Effects “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Shaped with Autodesk Technology
For the 14th consecutive year, every film nominated for the Best Visual Effects Academy Award was shaped with Autodesk, Inc. digital filmmaking tools. Autodesk congratulates Matte World Digital for its Oscar-winning visual effects work on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. 'This year's Academy Award nominees continued to push digital imagery to new heights -- from intricate and complex computer-generated characters to pyrotechnical marvels to invisible effects so realistic they deceive the eye,' said Marc Petit, senior vice president, Autodesk Media & Entertainment [...]
Posted in design, innovation, software Also tagged Academy Awards, animation, artist, Autodesk, Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Media & Entertainment, Benjamin Button, Digital Environments, digital filmmaking tools, digital technology, entertainment, Europe, Imagery, Marc Petit, Media & Entertainment, Oscar, Paris, SABRE, simulation, Smoke, software applications, technologist, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, visual effects 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 Software, 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 Software, Wired 1 Comment
Autodesk University 2008: An Interview with Doug Eberhard, Autodesk Industry Evangelist for Digital Cities
Listen as Doug Eberhard, Autodesk Industry Evangelist for Digital Cities, and Pete Southwood, Geospatial Solutions Evangelist at Autodesk, discuss infrastructure modeling, its application, and examples of cities that are using these models to better plan design and deliver proposed infrastructure and urban development projects. Doug will be presenting “Digital Cities—A Model of the Future,” the Geospatial keynote at AU 2008...
Posted in design Also tagged 3D Visualization, Autodesk, Autodesk University, BIM, City Planners, Data Visualization, Digital Cities, Digital Model, Doug Eberhard, Evangelist, Geospatial Solutions, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Data, Infrastructure Modeling, Keynote, Pete Southwood, Podcast, simulation, Urban Development Projects, Urban Planning, Visualizations 2 Comments
Image Models Provide New View of Architectural Icons