Vince Johnson's News – January 2012 Archive (14)

Happy 30th Birthday to AutoDesk!!!

Happy 30th Birthday to AutoDesk! On January 30th, 1982 a small company started up called AutoDesk and launched a new product no one had heard of, AutoCAD.

Here's to 30 years!…

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Added by Vince Johnson on January 30, 2012 at 11:26am — No Comments

Autodesk Inventor Fusion for Mac Coming

Autodesk was at Macworld showing off a new product for the Mac called Autodesk Inventor Fusion. Autodesk Inventor Fusion is an existing 3D mechanical design software on Windows, but will soon become available for…

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Added by Vince Johnson on January 30, 2012 at 11:19am — No Comments

Lattice Technology and Tetra 4D Announce Partnership

Lattice Technology Inc. and Tetra 4D, the exclusive provider of 3D PDF technology for Adobe Acrobat, announced a deal between the two to integrate Lattice's digital manufacturing power (DMU) and technical illustration solutions with…

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Added by Vince Johnson on January 30, 2012 at 10:59am — No Comments

Join the Autodesk Team for a Summer Internship

Autodesk will be offering a Summer Work Experience program this summer at their Lake Oswego divisional headquarters. See below for requirements and the…

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Added by Vince Johnson on January 26, 2012 at 12:23pm — No Comments

Software Behind Academy Award Nominees

Once again, all 5 nominees for the 'Best Visual Effects' category at the Academy Awards used some of the various tools from AutoDesk.…

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Added by Vince Johnson on January 25, 2012 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Enter to Win $25,000 in Prizes and a Trip to AU 2012!

AutoDesk and HP are sponsoring an inaugural competition to showcase excellence in…

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Added by Vince Johnson on January 23, 2012 at 11:53am — No Comments

Convert Inventor Files to AutoCAD Files

Great tip over at Cadalyst.com. David Gaskill breaks down how to convert AutoDesk Inventor files into AutoCAD…

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Added by Vince Johnson on January 23, 2012 at 11:35am — No Comments

AutoCAD for Mac Launch Issues

There is a new technical solution available that addresses a problem where AutoCAD for Mac or AutoCAD LT for Mac may not launch following a crash on Mac OS X 10.7.x:…

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Added by Vince Johnson on January 23, 2012 at 11:24am — No Comments

An AutoCAD Hip Tip on a Secret Dimensioning Command

AutoCAD guru Lynn Allen has a new blog post in which she breaks down the secret AutoCAD dimensioning command.…

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Added by Vince Johnson on January 17, 2012 at 11:52am — No Comments

Lattice Technology Releases XVL Studio 10.1b

Lattice Technology, Inc. has released XVL Studio Version 10.1b, an update to the industry leading software for creating manufacturing, service and maintenance date for use downstream.…

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Added by Vince Johnson on January 11, 2012 at 12:06pm — No Comments

Ultimate Igloos and Cool Engineering

Great new post from the SolidWorks blog. In it they talk about how SolidWorks can design a safe igloo that won't collapse on you while you huddle for warmth.…

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Added by Vince Johnson on January 11, 2012 at 11:58am — No Comments

Autodesk Starts Testing Android Design Review Mobile App

Over at DesignNews there is an interesting blog post from Beth Stackpole. In it she covers AutoDesk's meticulous…

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Added by Vince Johnson on January 5, 2012 at 10:47am — No Comments

Why Revit is NOT AutoCAD and Vice Versa

Over at The Revit Convert, a relatively new blog dedicated to all things Revit, there is a great post that covers some of the finer intricacies between …

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Added by Vince Johnson on January 5, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

2012 – The Year of the Sports Car Comeback?

Over at the SolidWorks blog there is a great post about the potential for old school sports cars to make a return to the forefront after a year or "Green" vehicles. …