CAD: January 29, 2012 Autodesk Week in Review ...

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Autodesk General:

• 2012 Predictions: Autodesk on GIS and Utilities from GISCafe 
• 2012 the Year of the Software Update from CAD-a-Blog 
• Applied Software Earns Autodesk MEP Specialization from PR Newswire 
• Autodesk ceases Windows Vista support for new products from What Revit Wants 
• Autodesk Ended Support for Microsoft Windows Vista, but not Windows XP for 2012 from CAD-a-Blog 
• Autodesk Evangelist, Lynn Allen, is Special Guest at “The Future of Design” Event from PRWeb 
• Autodesk Extends Invitation To Join Its Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial Results Conference Call Thursday, February 23, 2:00 P.m. Pacific Time from The Street 
• Autodesk Labs: bigger and bolder than FY12 from It’s Alive In the Lab 
• Autodesk Manufacturing Community Invited to Vote for 2011 Inventor of the Year from Market Watch 
• Autodesk to Give Prizes in 'Technology Makeover' Contest from TenLinks 
• Frequently asked questions about communicating with Autodesk
• Inventor of the Month - January 2012 from Inventor Topix 
• Goodbye Autodesk Resellers? from What Revit Wants 
• Liberty Drilling Equipment uses Autodesk / Symetri design software from Finding Petroleum 
• Media Development Authority of Singapore Selects Autodesk as Technology Partner for New Games Solution Centre from Market Watch 
• Microsoft Windows Vista Support FAQ from Revit Clinic 
• On This Day in 1982 – The Design Industry Changed from Between the Lines 
• PDC Consultants: Australia
• UK's Savoy Named as Autodesk AEC Industry Partner from TenLinks

Autodesk Sustainability and BIM:

• Ensuring electrical devices are "smart grid-ready" from Between the Poles 
• Ottawa's water and sewer rates to increase 74% over next decade from Between the Poles 
• Japan's aging population - 40% will be of retirement age by 2060 from Between the Poles

Autodesk University:

• Autodesk University 2011 from AEC Magazine

AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT:

• AutoCAD – Color Change – WHY? from CAD-a-Blog

AutoCAD and multiple products:

• Three Technology Previews Come to an End (for now) from It’s Alive in the Lab

AutoCAD Architecture:

• Localization (German) Hotfix for AutoCAD Architecture 2011 32bit and 64bit - AEC Manual Dimension

AutoCAD Civil 3D:

• Civil 3D, Cogo points, and PICKADD from CAD Panacea
• Create AutoCAD Civil 3D Parcels From Objects Video from Eric Colburn
• New free technology preview of Interactive Terrain Shaping for AutoCAD Civil 3D Now Available from It’s Alive in the Lab

AutoCAD WS:

• 5 Ways AutoCAD WS Helps Improve Your Productivity from the AutoCAD WS Blog

Autodesk 123D Products:

• Autodesk Octo-Copter Testing from Between the Lines
• Autodesk releases 123D Make Web App as a Technology Preview from CAD-a-Blog
• Autodesk wants you to know how to print your 123d models on your MakerBot! from MakerBot
• Octo-Copter - automatic 123D Catch photographer robot? from What Revit Wants

Autodesk 3ds Max:

• Free Webinar recording now live - Streamline your 3ds Max compositing workflow with After Effects from Jamie’s Jewels
• Friday Distraction - A look back at 3D Studio DOS from Jamie’s Jewels
• The Hurt Locker from Jamie’s Jewels
• Shw mae? Any 3ds Max users in South Wales? from Jamie’s Jewels

Autodesk Cloud:

• Autodesk Cloud from AEC Magazine

Autodesk ForceEffect:

• Autodesk ForceEffect Version 2.0 Now Available! from BIM and Beam

Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite:

• Using Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite for Transportation – Webinar from From the Ground Up

Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler:

• Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2012 from AEC Magazine
• Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler for transportation projects from GISCafe

Autodesk Inventor Products:

• Autodesk Announces Inventor Fusion for Mac from ModMyI
• Hotfix - iLogic BOM override is inconsistent
• Hotfix - LOD displays incorrectly in graphic window
• Hotfix - ScreenUpdating property changes to True when another window gets the focus & stabilty issues
• Turner's Cube - Designing in AutoDesk Inventor Pro 2012 from Instructables

Autodesk Maya:

• Autodesk Maya 2012 Service Pack 2
• Global Symbol Evaluation from Maya Station

Autodesk Pixlr Products:

• Autodesk’s Pixlr-o-matic App Has Some of The Most Amazing Photo Effects We’ve Seen [Daily Freebie] from Cult of Mac

Autodesk Revit Products:

• Adding Tertiary and additional contour lines to Revit topography from What Revit Wants
• Are you satisfied with Revit? from What Revit Wants
• Chain Select from Inside the Factory
• Formulas in Families: Setting Limits from Revit.King’s BIM Coordinator / Revit Blog
• New structural content for Revit Structure is available from BIM and Beam
• Revit Hardware from What Revit Wants
• Revit Schedules: A Love Hate relationship from Inside the Factory
• Updated Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Autodesk Revit Now Available from It’s Alive in the Lab
• You want to update a revision/issue title block label globally in multiple sheet views

Autodesk Smoke:

• Autodesk Smoke: Expressions - Ramping Animation from AREA
• Revisiting the RED workflow, Smoke 2012 style from ProVideo Coalition

Project Vasari:

• Open Source Dynamo plug-in for Vasari meets Autodesk Labs from What Revit Wants 
• Slingshot for Revit - connecting Revit to relational databases and Rhino from What Revit Wants

- KFD -

Image credits: Justin See and Djenan Kozic.