Scott brings us a solution to the color override bug, with some some code he wrangled from the folks at Autodesk. Check it out. ...Read the rest of this article...
Martyn Day Wins the 2011 CAD Society Joe Greco Community Award
The CAD Society presented the 2011 Joe Greco Community Award to Martyn Day at this years Conference on the Future of Engineering Software (COFES). He has been involved in the design industry for over 20 years, and is one of the most knowledgeable individuals regarding the industry at large. ...Read the rest of this article...
Meet the Autodesk Sim Squad
Meet the Autodesk Sim Squad. Check out this new team put together by Autodesk to help users get the most out of Digital Prototying. ...Read the rest of this article...
Fusion TP4 and Autodesk Vault conflict
Is Autodesk Inventor Fusion Crashing after the splash screen? Do you have Vault installed? This may be the solution to your problem. ...Read the rest of this article...
Point Clouds | No Longer Just a Bunch of Dots
Which direction will Autodesk take with Point Cloud and Reality Capture Technology? Gonzalo Martinez, Nick Zeeben, and Kyle Berhart talk about what is going on in development. ...Read the rest of this article...
InventorCAM | Possible Conflict With Autodesk Vault
InventorCAM failed to install it's Aladdin Hasp Security properly on a system configured with Autodesk Vault Professional. Here's the backend install solution. ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor | Technicom results evaluated
Technicom evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of Autodesk Inventor 2011 and Solidworks Premium last year. The results of said test have been under some debate as to their authenticity since Autodesk paid for the results. I didn’t feel that was too big of a concern, since as I said at the time, everything you read about is paid for by someone, in some manner. I felt that it was a reasonably fair evaluation, and was [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Civil 3D | Sharing Point Data with the Survey Database
One of the things that I manage is the flow of data between engineering projects and the field. Once the overall control points are established, there is not a lot of survey network information coming back in. Construction crew and RTK point data is delivered simply as a delimited ascii file. So what good does the Autodesk Civil 3D Survey Database do for me if all I have is raw coordinates? Shared, controlled data. You [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
In Design | Gear Design Research and More
I've been busy with a Bevel Gear Generator, and have a lot of goodness for upcoming articles on Bevel Gear Geometry, Autodesk Inventor, Multi-Body design, Surfaces, NVIDIA Quadro, and some interviews with a few individuals at Autodesk. ...Read the rest of this article...
Labs | Civil 3D Point Cloud Feature Extraction Tech Preview
Today, February 1st, 2011, they released another technology test bed for the area I have been insisting needed a lot of love: Point Cloud Feature Extraction. ...Read the rest of this article...