Between the Lines
Shaan
Hurley has worked for
Autodesk for over 9 years. Currently Shaan is a Technical
Marketing Manager for the Platform Technologies Division
which includes the world famous AutoCAD product. In addition
Shaan is the Worldwide MyFeedback Program Manager for all
Autodesk products and betas.
He is an avid Autodesk software user since 1989. He was previously a mechanical designer involved in
various large projects. Some of the design and construction
projects in his past are AISC major steel bridges,
hydroelectric, structural steel, process piping, large heat
exchangers and ASME pressure vessels.
02/04/2012 01:35 AM
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Import Rhino 3DM File Into AutoCAD |
Import Rhino 3DM files and many other formats into AutoCAD.
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02/04/2012 01:35 AM
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Still on Windows Vista and Using Autodesk software? |
Operating Systems does not age like a fine wine and instead have an expiration date just like milk where they smell and taste bad after time.
If you are still using Windows Vista and plan to upgrade Autodesk software this year, you may want to consider upgrading your old Operating System. As of January 1st 2012 upgrades or new releases and services will no longer be supported on Windows Vista.
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02/04/2012 01:35 AM
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Autodesk Octo-Copter Testing |
As I mentioned in a recent post (Aerial Capture of 3D Geometry), I was hoping to attend a test flight of the remote controlled Octo-Copter that captured photos that were then used to automatically generate a 3D model using Autodesk 123D Catch. Last Thursday the weather and my schedule aligned and I joined Autodesk employee Gonzalo Martinez Director of Strategic Research in San Rafael California for test flight of the 8 bladed aerial copter. The eight bladed craft can operate 100% autonomous based on a programmed GPS route and patterns or if you are skilled you can run in manual pilot mode.
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02/04/2012 01:35 AM
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On This Day in 1982 The Design Industry Changed |
Autodesk was created on this day January 30, 1982 and would bring Computer Aided Design (CAD) down from the expensive mainframe systems to the PC with a new product named AutoCAD. Since that time CAD has grown and branched out into other CAD specialty processes like Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Digital Prototyping. Autodesk also helped pioneer design visualization growing it from the DOS based 3D Studio in the early 80s to an entire business division of media and entertainment covering not only design visualization but gaming, movie special fx, and more.
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02/04/2012 01:35 AM
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This Week in Pictures |
I spent the last week in the San Francisco Bay area Autodesk offices. It is always great seeing colleagues of mine. Here is my quick visual story of this week captured with my mobile phone.
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02/04/2012 01:35 AM
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Hacker Spaces Come Meet Your Makers |
This week I had the opportunity to visit the Noisebridge Hacker Space in San Francisco with an Autodesk colleague Gregory Miller and Alex Peake.
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02/04/2012 01:35 AM
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Extract Features Shapes from Point Cloud Data in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Revit |
If you have or receive point cloud data I wanted to point out Autodesk Labs currently has some preview technologies to convert the point cloud data into geometry and features in some Autodesk products. These preview technologies hosted on Autodesk Labs are free to use with the only purpose and request for posting them is we want your feedback.
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02/04/2012 01:35 AM
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Create a 3D Model of Your Head |
I wanted to show how anyone can create a 3D model of themselves or a person they know using a digital camera, free Autodesk software, and a 3D printer.
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