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Autodesk has released a recording from SIGGRAPH 2019 in which they discuss the how the company is working with leading animation studios to “ensure a consistent yet modifiable way to use USD within Maya, while remaining fully open-source and used as a baseline going forward”. Find out more on Autodesk’s website.

Yesterday in the Autodesk Portland office we celebrated the 20th anniversary of Autodesk Inventor and partied like it was 1999 when Autodesk Inventor was born in ours. A flashback to 1999 Autodesk Inventor R1 codename Rubicon We even got Inventor R1 running for people to try their old school Inventor modeling skills. It was amazing to have all the… Continue Reading Happy 20th Birthday Autodesk Inventor and Vault

Autodesk has released 3DS Max 2020.1 adding the ability to tear off viewports, a new hotkey editor, chamfer modifier improvements and more. Tear-off viewports, in particular, is an often-requested improvement for Max. The new feature allows the user to float up to 3 viewport windows across multiple monitors,  each of which is fully functional with its… Continue Reading 3ds Max 2020.1 out now with tear-off viewports and a new hotkey editor

Autodesk has released a new set of tutorials for Maya in which 5 experts demonstrate their techniques for creating 3D characters. Watch the playlist on YouTube.

Through these sessions, the viewer is going to learn how to properly use advanced modeling techniques needed for creating extra details to models( Modeling part ), how to set a UV mapping for texturing, how to texture models within Substance painter and create visually stunning models overall. Throughout the tutorial, the author shows a process… Continue Reading How to Design 3D Models for Medieval game in Autodesk Maya

Fire up your copy of Autodesk’s 3D animation software and try out one of these high-quality Maya tutorials. Autodesk Maya is one of the go-to packages for 3D artists. In this post, we’ve rounded up the best Maya tutorials to help you make the most of this powerful tool. With its advanced tools and high-end… Continue Reading 15 Mighty Maya Tutorials To Try Today

Autodesk has announced the newest version of Netfabb, their additive manufacturing, and design software. Netfabb provides a toolset for managing printers, setting up models, simulating prints, and generating lattices. Netfabb 2019.0 brings enhancements to simulation, latticing, cloud storage, machine workspaces, and more. To begin, Netfabb 2019 has overhauled the way users access their different machines,… Continue Reading Autodesk’s 3D Printing Toolset Gets 2019 Update

AI is not the stuff of the far-off future; it is already incorporated within the SOLIDWORKS portfolio to support a variety of design goals. Within the category of optimization, AI helps generate more intelligent designs that are lighter, stronger, and more economical, as is the case with Live Parts, which “grows” part models in a manner… Continue Reading Artificial Intelligence Helps CAD Users

Autodesk recently announced its latest releases: Autodesk InfraWorks and Autodesk Civil 3D 2019. The improvements are focused on providing opportunities for easier collaboration between users, better software interoperability and easier drawing of complex shapes. Some of the updates allow for better interoperability between the two programs specifically. Users can now automatically import InfraWorks roads into… Continue Reading Autodesk Releases InfraWorks and Civil 3D 2019

zSpace and Autodesk have teamed up to let students explore 3D objects in an immersive VR environment. Tinkercad is Autodesk’s free, browser-based 3D modeling environment that lets users build complex 3D objects by combining simple 3D shapes like cubes, spheres, cones and cylinders. Designs created in Tinkercad are used for everything from 3D printing to… Continue Reading zSpace, Autodesk Make Tinkercad Designs Immersive

3D designer Bartłomiej Gaczorek has produced a mask that filters out polluted air on a Sinterit Lisa SLS 3D printer. The essentials of a mask Protective cover for the mouth and nose is some of the time essential for kids, be it from air pollution or the fumes in play-paint. Surgical masks, while effective, can… Continue Reading 3D Printed Anti-Pollution Mask With The Help Of Autodesk

You can now create high-quality textured 3D mesh models and point clouds from photos for digital or physical use with Autodesk® ReCap™ Photo, an advanced professional-grade service. Capture and upload photos into this cloud service where you can automatically stitch them together to create an image-based model, as well as add survey points or known… Continue Reading Autodesk ReCap Photo – Photo Scan Software For Image-Based Modeling

The Box World effects template features a series of dynamic 3D cubes that can easily be customized to display your own content on the cubes’ sides. The scene is fully customizable so you can rotate and move the cubes around and adjust the camera angle, lighting, and textures in the scene. Visit AREA to download… Continue Reading Box World Effects Template Tutorial – ConnectFX Graphics Template For Autodesk Smoke