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5 New, Must See Features Coming to Fusion 360
If you want to find out what Autodesk is up too, Autodesk University is the place to be each year.
This Insane Wood Chair Was Created Using Generative Design
While plenty of exciting developments are happening in the product design space, few are as revolutionary as advancements in generative design.
Variable Layer Slicing for The Ember 3D Printer: Good Idea or Not?
Autodesk has introduced something called āVariSliceā for their Ember desktop 3D printers.
And Where Did Netfabb Basic Go?
After our story regarding Netfabbās new release last week, an anonymous reader pointed out that Netfabbās āBasicā version appears to be missing.
Autodesk Releases Upgraded NetFabb
Autodesk released Autodesk Netfabb 2017, which includes numerous improvements.
Autodesk Announces Gift of $25,000 in Product Design Software for Every Fab Lab
When it comes to equipping tomorrowās designers and engineers with the tools they need to create compelling projects today, few companies have been as generous in offering access to software, tools and even fabrication facilities as Autodesk has.
Free 3D Software for the New School Year
Itās that time of year for many students about to enter another year of learning, hopefully many in 3D. Fortunately, there are many ways to access free 3D software.
Autodesk Announces Design Graph, Punches Shape Search in Solar Plexus
You know when you cried into that bucket of bolts because you couldnāt find the matching hardware? Those were sad, rough times.
Hands On With Autodeskās Sculpt+
Iāve finally had a chance to check out Autodeskās tablet-based Sculpt+ 3D creation app.
Autodesk Forges Critical New APIs for Forge
Autodeskās Forge cloud-based 3D initiative gained some new APIs this past week, and theyāll be of specific interest to 3D printing folks.
6 Steps to Understanding Integrated CAM in Fusion 360 (and Why It Matters)
The OāJays. Remember those guys? Probably not, but I guarantee youāve heard their most popular song, For the Love of Money.
Autodesk Remakes Autodesk Memento Into Autodesk ReMake
Autodesk continues shuffling their 3D products around, with the popular Memento system being renamed as āReMakeā.
5 Ways Fusion 360 Improves Team Collaboration
Well, well, well. We have quite a cocktail coming together here. Weāve poured in some Fusion 360 part modeling and assembly features, and squeezed in a little simulation.
RetroFab: 3D Printed Parasitic Interfaces For Ancient Appliances
A bizarre project from Autodesk Labs investigates whether one can generate new physical interfaces for old appliances: They Can!
Autodesk Axes Perpetual Licenses, Making Users Angry And Happy
Autodesk, one of the worldās largest suppliers of 3D software, announced theyāre completely phasing out standard software licenses and moving everything to the cloud.
Can You Use ReCap 360 On An iPad? Yes You Can!
Well, sort of. Autodesk has announced a technology preview of ReCap 360 Mobile that qualified persons can join.
3D Printer Goes into Beast Mode
Origin Laboratories promised to go into beast mode. They sold the idea that they could guarantee the authenticity of a line of Beast Mode footwear with an electronic tag, but now they had to produce it.
Speeding Up Any Resin 3D Printer With Autodeskās Ember Tuning
Autodesk has found a method to dramatically speed up certain types of 3D prints on their Ember resin-based 3D printer – and these adjustments might work on other resin 3D printers, too.
Autodeskās Project Escher Attempts To Combine 3D Printing With Other Manufacturing Processes
This could be a very big deal: Autodesk has taken up the challenge of opening up 3D printing to a much wider audience with Project Escher.
Does Autodeskās Recent Layoffs Portend Problems For 3D Printing?
3D software giant Autodesk suddenly announced layoffs for approximately 10% of their staff. Does this imply thereās troubles ahead for 3D printing?
If You Can Image It, You Can 3D Scan It
The ability to create detailed 3D scans of practically anything is in everyoneās hands and most people donāt realize it.
Apollo 11 Coming Soon To Your 3D Printer?
A team from The Smithsonian and Autodesk are performing an intricate 3D scan of the actual Apollo 11 capsule.
Autodesk Memento Now Available for OS X
If you havenāt tried Autodesk Memento for optical 3D processing, you might want to, especially now that itās available for both Windows and OS X.
Autodeskās Ember Becomes A Much More Colorful 3D Printer
Autodesk announced the development of colored resins for use in their Ember 3D printer reference platform.
Autodeskās Forge 3D Platform
When Autodesk does something, they donāt fool around. Now theyāve announced a new cloud-based 3D platform that could shake things up.
Design of the Week: Caress of the Gaze
This weekās selection is the astonishing āCaress of the Gazeā by artist Behnaz Farahi.
123D Design Upgraded to 1.7 And Adds Some Very Useful Features
The free 123D suite of apps from Autodesk just got a lot better with the release of 123D Design 1.7.
Autodesk Acquires netfabb!
3D software giant Autodesk signed a ādefinitive agreementā to acquire netfabb, a well-known producer of 3D model and printing software.
Want an Ember 3D Printer? Now You Can Build One Yourself!
Autodesk has released the firmware and electronics for their high resolution resin 3D printer, the Ember.
Another MeshMixer Update For You To Download
Autodesk has released another update to their increasingly useful (and free) MeshMixer 3D utility.
Voxel8 Raises USD$12M For Their Electrically Conductive 3D Printer Technology
Startup company Voxel8 announced theyāve raised a massive USD$12M in a series A funding round.
A Glimpse at Autodeskās Robotics Lab of the Future
A recent piece by FastCompany details the new direction that software giant Autodesk is moving at their Applied Research Lab at Pier 9 in San Francisco.
Autodeskās āWithinā Could Generate Industrial Change
Autodesk introduced a new product called, āWithinā that generates lattice structures within 3D models. It could change everything.
Autodesk Files Patent For Unusual 3D Printing Materials System
US Patent Application 20150093465 recently filed by Autodesk describes a very strange 3D printing approach.
Battle of the 3D CAD Systems
Autodesk jiggered the features on their subscription CAD service, Fusion 360. Why did they do so?
Meshmixer Version 2.9 Released
Autodesk Meshmixer is one of my favourite apps for 3D printing.
3MF Consortium Hopes to Standardize 3D Print Formats
Several key 3D print-related companies announced a new consortium focused on promoting a new, more powerful 3D model file format: 3MF.
A Review of Autodeskās Tinkerplay
Autodesk have been making a big push into the 3D printing software space, mostly with free software like the fantastic Meshmixer.
Autodesk Invests $10 Million Dollars in Carbon 3D
Autodesk, Inc. announced an investment of $10 million in Carbon3D from the Spark Investment Fund.
Autodeskās Ember 3D Printer Now On Sale
The Spark initiative by Autodesk has finally released their first 3D printer for public sale, the Ember.
A Profound MeshMixer Update
MeshMixer 2.8 has been released and it fills a very significant gap in the 123D suite of 3D applications.
See Autodeskās Ember 3D Printer In Action
A video of Autodeskās new high-resolution 3D printer has been released.
Rejoice! 123D Catch Now Available on Android
Autodesksās 123D Catch 3D scanning app, perhaps the most popular 3D scanner around, is now available on Android devices.
Autodesk and Local Motors Collaborate on First Spark 3D Platform Implementation
Earlier this year, Autodesk announced plans to introduce Spark, a new open platform for 3D printing, aimed at making it simpler and more reliable to print 3D models and easier to control how that model is printed.
Autodeskās Fusion 360 Can Be Yours
Looking for a more powerful 3D modeling tool to design things to print? Look no further than Autodeskās Fusion 360, which can be your at no charge.
Autodeskās Spark Initiative
Autodesk announced a new initiative they call āSparkā. Itās an āopen 3D printing platformā that could change many things in 3D printing.
Some Pretty Big Updates from 123D
Autodesk has delivered some pretty substantial updates to their 123D suite of 3D modeling tools.
Meshmixer Updates With Cool New Features
If you arenāt yet using Autodeskās free 3D model manipulation software Meshmixer, you should be. Two new features were announced that we think are pretty cool.
Project Shapeshifter Improves
Autodeskās 123D initiativeās subproject, Project Shapeshifter, recently received a very exciting upgrade.
Project Shapeshifter: How To Torture Objects
Autodesk certainly has delivered very interesting free 3D software available recently – and another that might join the suite might be “Project Shapeshifter”. It’s a web-based service that can be used to develop 3D models. The service is terribly easy to use: start with a template and simply shift the sliders (as seen in… Continue reading Project Shapeshifter: How To Torture Objects
123D Offers More 3D Content
One of the best introductory 3D toolsets you can use is Autodesk’s 123D Suite, particularly the 123D Design tool. But when you’re designing something, it’s often very helpful to begin your design with an existing model that you can modify. 123D does this by providing a library of thousands of starter models you can… Continue reading 123D Offers More 3D Content
Meshmixer Joins 123D
Autodesk announced that Meshmixer, a tool for easily manipulating 3D meshes, has been added to their 123D suite of 3D modeling applications. Meshmixer has been around for quite a while and is frequently used by hobbyists and others to fix and mix 3D models. It provides an easy ability to combine multiple meshes to… Continue reading Meshmixer Joins 123D
A Raspberry Pi 3D Print Challenge
Are you a designer looking for a challenge? The team of Raspberry Pi, Autodesk 123D and i.Materialise have opened up a contest to produce the most “original and fun” case for a Raspberry Pi in polyamide material. If you don’t know, a Raspberry Pi is an integrated single board microcomputer suitable for embedding into… Continue reading A Raspberry Pi 3D Print Challenge
123D Design Gets Better
For those of you using Autodesk’s free 3D modeling utility, 123D Design, there is very good news: a new version has been released. The new version includes some very key features that were lacking until now: The ability to import existing STL files, critical for handling 3D scans captured elsewhere Text! You can… Continue reading 123D Design Gets Better
Autodesk’s 3D Print Utility
Autodesk has released yet another 3D print-friendly free tool, the 3D Print Utility. Autodesk has been punching out many different free 3D tools in the past few years, but this one is perhaps closest to 3D printing. What does the 3D Printing Utility do? It accepts an STL format 3D model and then offers… Continue reading Autodesk’s 3D Print Utility
3D Model Captured With Google Glass
Google Glass is a set of glasses that include processing, networking and sensory elements. It’s an experimental platform upon which developers many now invent new kinds of applications. One such experiment is Todd Blatt’s 3D scanning project. The glasses themselves do not have the processing capability to generate a 3D model, nor do the… Continue reading 3D Model Captured With Google Glass
BioHacking Leads to 3D BioPrinting?
A report on TechCrunch describes the work of two bio companies, Genome Compiler and Cambrian Genomics. They are developing hardware and software to design and print (the DNA) of new life forms. The idea is to provide software (that’s Genome Compiler’s part) that allows a designer to combine different gene sequences together into a… Continue reading BioHacking Leads to 3D BioPrinting?
MakerBot – Autodesk Discount Available
If you happen to be interested in purchasing a MakerBot Replicator 2 personal 3D printer and a premium membership in Autodesk’s highly useful 123D apps, you’re in luck: there’s a discount available. If you upgrade from the free version of 123D to premium level, you’ll receive a USD$40 discount on purchase of a MakerBot… Continue reading MakerBot – Autodesk Discount Available
123D Offers Premium Memberships
We’ve seen Autodesk offer several incredibly (and totally free) useful web-based 3D tools, such as 123D Make, Catch and Design. Free tools are always welcome in a space where professional tools can cost many thousands of dollars. But you gotta wonder how Autodesk hopes to recover their investment in the 123D suite. How will… Continue reading 123D Offers Premium Memberships
Surprise! 123D Design Updated
We were very pleasantly surprised to see an update arrive yesterday for our copy of 123D Design, the free 3D design tool from Autodesk. What’s got us so excited? It can now export STL. The previous version of 123D Design permitted saves only in its own proprietary format, with a possible intent of… Continue reading Surprise! 123D Design Updated
3D Worms Infect The Net!
Do you use AutoCAD? If so you might be a victim of one of the most unusual cases of 3D theft we’ve seen yet. It seems that certain AutoCAD templates have been infected with malware that does something blatantly nefarious: it sends your AutoCAD drawings to email addresses in China! What a highly efficient… Continue reading 3D Worms Infect The Net!
Free Autodesk Inventor Fusion for OSX and Windows
Have no money and need fancy 3D modeling software? If that’s your situation, you’re in luck: Autodesk is now offering a free preview of their Inventor Fusion 3D modeling software. Inventor Fusion is Autodesk’s tool that unites both parametric and direct modeling approaches, hence its name, “Fusion”. The new version incorporates some very cool… Continue reading Free Autodesk Inventor Fusion for OSX and Windows
Autodesk’s Two New Things: Catch & Make
With the success of their first web-based design tool, 123D, Autodesk has launched (at least for preview) two new apps, Catch and Make. They’re both quite different, but readers will find them both useful. Make is a 3D slicer that converts a 3D model into layers suitable for manual assembly. This is probably best… Continue reading Autodesk’s Two New Things: Catch & Make
Free 123D T-Shirts!
Autodesk is running a promotion to raise interest in their new web-based 3D modeling tool, 123D, which we’ve written about before. You don’t get a t-shirt for nothing, though. You have to make an image of your original 3D Jack-o-lantern design and share it within their online gallery. This could be easier than you… Continue reading Free 123D T-Shirts!
Autodesk Acquires Instructables
3D software giant Autodesk, makers of Maya, Revit, 3DS Max and AutoCAD announced they’ve acquired Instructables. Instructables provides do-it-yourself instructions for a wide variety of projects, some of which involve 3D printing. Instructables chief Eric J. Wilhelm says: Autodesk gives us the scale and support to grow and improve Instructables, build some great apps, and… Continue reading Autodesk Acquires Instructables
Wujec on 3D Printing
Tom Wujec, Fellow at AutoDesk, spoke at the Thinking Digital event earlier this year. In a video of his fascinating talk, Tom speaks of the nature of emerging technologies, specifically tech evolution and tech possibilities. He describes a special moment in the evolution of technology where the previously “impossible”, suddenly becomes possible. This is… Continue reading Wujec on 3D Printing
Mudding with Autodesk
We’re always looking for ways to simplify the process of personal manufacturing, and Autodesk is pioneering a technology that we think might be able to break down some of the barriers. According to a great blog post at Robinz CAD Blog, we’re seeing the results of Autodesk’s 2007 acquisition of SkyMatter, as Autodesk recently… Continue reading Mudding with Autodesk