3-D Printing Spurs a Manufacturing Revolution

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Alibre, Autodesk, and Google SketchUp software mentioned in this article on how lower-cost 3-D printing spurs innovation:

A wealth of design software programs, from free applications to the more sophisticated offerings of companies including Alibre and Autodesk, allows a person to concoct a product at home, then send the design to a […]

WSJ article on affordable 3-D for small businesses

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Wall Street Journal article mentions the use of more affordable 3-D tools for small business from SolidWorks, SketchUp and Autodesk:

Historically, small businesses that used 3-D technology were predominantly in the engineering, industrial design and architecture fields. But now, as software costs have dropped, more consumer-product companies like Mr. David’s are finding […]

Autodesk Education Suite for Entertainment Creation 2011 Student Perpetual License Now Shipping!

Autodesk Education Suite for Entertainment Creation 2011 Student Perpetual License Now Shipping! $359 (List Price: $17,000) Includes 3ds Max 2011 for Windows, Maya 2011 for Mac/Windows, Softimage 2011 for Windows, and more!

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Kick-Ass website created with Flash, Fireworks, Maya, 3ds Max, and ZBrush

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“Kick-Ass” Promo from Ralph from Ralph on Vimeo.

After inventing or auto-choosing a name, visitors see their superhero star in a customized trailer along with Kick Ass and other characters from the movie. Visitors are then encouraged to post the custom trailers to Facebook, invite their friends to visit the […]

Papercraft Halloween Head made with 3ds Max, Mudbox and Photoshop

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CreatureBox Full of Monsters, Spacemen and Storytelling

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The interview with Dave Guertin and Greg Baldwin mentions how they flesh out their creative ideas with Sketchbook:

The Area: In your creative process — how or where do you begin when creating a character?

Greg and Dave: We banter a lot; a real lot. Any time a design […]

Autodesk Expands Options for Mac Users with Parallels

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Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), a leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, and Parallels, a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software, announced that they have signed an agreement to make Parallels Desktop for Mac Autodesk’s preferred Mac virtualization software.

Autodesk will now support use of AutoCAD software, AutoCAD […]

Autodesk SketchBook Mobile for iPhone and iPod

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The Autodesk® SketchBook® Mobile painting and drawing application extends your digital sketchpad to your Apple® iPhone® or Apple iPod touch®. With the same paint engine as Autodesk® SketchBook® Pro software, SketchBook Mobile offers professional-grade painting and drawing tools in a streamlined and intuitive user interface. Use it to digitally capture your […]

Pretty Space Pictures with the free Photoshop FITS plug-in

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Once the images are on the ground, scientists can look at them in the FITS (“Flexible Image Transport System”) file format, a standard protocol used among astronomers. For analysis, most scientists use the data in this form—as grey-scale images representing light at different wavelengths.

To create an image suitable for public […]

Apple Boot Camp Support for Autodesk 3ds Max

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If you have an Apple Intel Mac, 3ds Max 2010 is now a officially supported application on Boot Camp:

Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2010 and Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design 2010 is supported running on a Windows partition of an Apple computer using Boot Camp to manage a dual OS configuration.

The Mac hardware […]