Using Autodesk BIM technology effectively, construction company Max Bögl produced the preliminary design for Bucharest’s new national stadium in only four weeks.
For organizer Autodesk, this year's BIM Conference was once again a complete success. Around 300 participants came to Berlin on September 22 to spend a day learning about Building Information Modeling (BIM). The event offered the entire construction industry a unique forum for open exchange about BIM – from architects, general planners, engineers, building-services engineers and structural engineers to construction companies and property operators.
At SIGGRAPH in New Orleans, Autodesk buried its Toxik software. DP Editor-in-Chief Matthias J. Lange comments on this decision in the following piece, Funeral Mass.
Autodesk integrates Face Robot into Softimage 2010. An optimised core architecture and improved ICE system enable fast facial animation for more 3D users.
The new 2010 release of the digital sculpting and painting software offers improved model quality, new presentation capabilities and easier integration into digital entertainment workflows
The real-time 3D character animation software offers faster performance, expanded animation workflows, extended physics capabilities and improved interoperability
Autodesk has been commissioned by the BMW Group to digitally prepare data models for the BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brands. The project will process vehicle design data to create photorealistic visualisations and animations. The finished virtual photo vehicles will then be used for commercials, websites, brochures and numerous other marketing purposes.
Autodesk is now offering a free download of its Inventor Fusion Technology Preview through Autodesk Labs. Autodesk Inventor Fusion combines the strengths of parametric, history-based modelling with the flexibility of direct modelling.
Free events for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max Design 2010 Autodesk and its partners are organising several open house days in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Until the end of June 2009, artists and architects as well as product and industrial designers can find out about the new functions of Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.
3ds Max Design 2010 offers options for simulating artificial and natural light sources
natural light sources. Designs can be realistically visualised long before construction begins.
Free events for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max Design 2010 Autodesk and its partners are organising several open house days in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Until the end of June 2009, artists and architects as well as product and industrial designers can find out about the new functions of Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.
3ds Max Design 2010 offers options for simulating artificial and natural light sources
natural light sources. Designs can be realistically visualised long before construction begins.
Since their official launch on April 7, Autodesk Alias Design 2010 and Autodesk SketchBook Pro 2010—parts of Autodesk’s Digital Prototyping solution—have received considerable recognition from product designers and other creative professionals in the Mac community. Release 2010 gives Alias Design native Mac OS X support for the first time.
Free events for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max Design 2010 Autodesk and its partners are organising several open house days in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Until the end of June 2009, artists and architects as well as product and industrial designers can find out about the new functions of Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.
3ds Max Design 2010 offers options for simulating artificial and natural light sources
natural light sources. Designs can be realistically visualised long before construction begins.
Free events for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max Design 2010 Autodesk and its partners are organising several open house days in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Until the end of June 2009, artists and architects as well as product and industrial designers can find out about the new functions of Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.
3ds Max Design 2010 offers options for simulating artificial and natural light sources
natural light sources. Designs can be realistically visualised long before construction begins.
Free events for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max Design 2010 Autodesk and its partners are organising several open house days in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Until the end of June 2009, artists and architects as well as product and industrial designers can find out about the new functions of Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.
3ds Max Design 2010 offers options for simulating artificial and natural light sources
natural light sources. Designs can be realistically visualised long before construction begins.
Free events for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max Design 2010 Autodesk and its partners are organising several open house days in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Until the end of June 2009, artists and architects as well as product and industrial designers can find out about the new functions of Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.
3ds Max Design 2010 offers options for simulating artificial and natural light sources
natural light sources. Designs can be realistically visualised long before construction begins.
Autodesk and its reseller Dreamwalks will exhibit at Digitale Cinematographie 2009, held June 25–26 at Munich’s Forum der Technik, presenting the latest Autodesk visual-effects, editing and digital-grading systems.
Free events for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max Design 2010 Autodesk and its partners are organising several open house days in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Until the end of June 2009, artists and architects as well as product and industrial designers can find out about the new functions of Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.
3ds Max Design 2010 offers options for simulating artificial and natural light sources
natural light sources. Designs can be realistically visualised long before construction begins.
Free events for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max Design 2010 Autodesk and its partners are organising several open house days in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Until the end of June 2009, artists and architects as well as product and industrial designers can find out about the new functions of Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.
3ds Max Design 2010 offers options for simulating artificial and natural light sources
natural light sources. Designs can be realistically visualised long before construction begins.
Free events for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max Design 2010 Autodesk and its partners are organising several open house days in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Until the end of June 2009, artists and architects as well as product and industrial designers can find out about the new functions of Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.
3ds Max Design 2010 offers options for simulating artificial and natural light sources
natural light sources. Designs can be realistically visualised long before construction begins.
Autodesk introduced a new version of AREA, its website for digital entertainment and visualisation. The release offers greater personalisation and faster content discovery and sharing.
Free events for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max Design 2010 Autodesk and its partners are organising several open house days in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Until the end of June 2009, artists and architects as well as product and industrial designers can find out about the new functions of Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.
3ds Max Design 2010 offers options for simulating artificial and natural light sources
natural light sources. Designs can be realistically visualised long before construction begins.
Free events for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max Design 2010 Autodesk and its partners are organising several open house days in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Until the end of June 2009, artists and architects as well as product and industrial designers can find out about the new functions of Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.
3ds Max Design 2010 offers options for simulating artificial and natural light sources
natural light sources. Designs can be realistically visualised long before construction begins.
Free events for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max Design 2010 Autodesk and its partners are organising several open house days in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Until the end of June 2009, artists and architects as well as product and industrial designers can find out about the new functions of Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.
3ds Max Design 2010 offers options for simulating artificial and natural light sources
natural light sources. Designs can be realistically visualised long before construction begins.
Free events for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max Design 2010 Autodesk and its partners are organising several open house days in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Until the end of June 2009, artists and architects as well as product and industrial designers can find out about the new functions of Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.
3ds Max Design 2010 offers options for simulating artificial and natural light sources
natural light sources. Designs can be realistically visualised long before construction begins.
Free events for 3ds Max 2010 and 3ds Max Design 2010 Autodesk and its partners are organising several open house days in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Until the end of June 2009, artists and architects as well as product and industrial designers can find out about the new functions of Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010.
3ds Max Design 2010 offers options for simulating artificial and natural light sources
natural light sources. Designs can be realistically visualised long before construction begins.
With improved functions and newly bundled software packages, manufacturing companies can develop better products in less time – from mobile phones to bulldozers.
Autodesk introduces its new digital prototyping technology, Inventor Fusion Technology, combining the advantages of parametric, history-based modeling with the ease of use of a direct, history-free modeling approach.
Munich – DIGITAL PRODUCTION, the specialist magazine for post-production and visualisation, has published six free workshops for Adobe After Effects CS3, Autodesk Combustion, Avid Media Composer, Autodesk 3ds Max and Final Cut Pro in cooperation with SAE Institute.
In the new Broadway hit Shrek the Musical, DreamWorks Animation SKG relies on Autodesk’s 3D character-animation technology. A special Autodesk MotionBuilder-based system generates a digital face in the magic mirror that speaks with Lord Farquaad in real time during every performance.
A free direct CATIA interface is now available on the Autodesk Labs website, Autodesk’s development platform. It allows Autodesk Inventor 2009 users to import CATIA V5 data directly. The interface is available as a Technology Preview for Autodesk Inventor 2009 and can be downloaded now.
Autodesk presents Berlin University of Applied Sciences with Inventor Professional 2009 licenses and celebrates the 100,000th Inventor download from the Autodesk Student Community.
Autodesk will hold free 40-minute online seminars at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on 27 and 29 January 2009, covering visualization with Autodesk Inventor Studio and Autodesk Showcase.
Autodesk has signed an agreement to acquire ALGOR, Inc., a leading provider of analysis and simulation software, for approximately US$34 million. Pittsburgh-based ALGOR's CAE software is used for calculation and simulation in the automotive, aerospace, medical, and consumer-goods industries.
This year's holiday-season blockbusters span very different genres and production techniques, highlighting the breadth of entertainment created with software from Autodesk, Inc.
With AutoCAD ecscad 2009, Autodesk provides designers with a new solution component for developing electrical circuit diagrams. AutoCAD ecscad 2009 includes all AutoCAD functionality.
According to the company, Autodesk is acquiring iLogic software and related technologies from Canada-based Logimetrix Inc. Financial details of the acquisition were not initially disclosed.
Autodesk, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of Softimage's assets for approximately US$35 million. Softimage develops 3D technologies for the film, television and games industries. On October 23, 2008, Autodesk announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Softimage from Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID).
ACHT FRANKFURT is now using three Sony BVM-L230 23-inch Full HD reference monitors as final review and mastering displays in three Autodesk production suites.
Autodesk has supported the animago AWARD since its inception. DP Editor-in-Chief Matthias J. Lange asked Autodesk Marketing Director Thomas Müller how Autodesk views the animago AWARD.
Autodesk reaches an agreement with Avid Technology to acquire Softimage. The acquisition is intended to advance Autodesk’s games strategy and complement its digital-entertainment and visual-communication offering while preserving artists’ freedom of choice.
Autodesk has completed the acquisition of substantially all assets of Elektro-CAE-Software GmbH, a leading provider of electrical-engineering CAD software, and the ECSCAD product line. Autodesk announced its intent to acquire them from Mensch und Maschine Deutschland GmbH on August 20, 2008. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Autodesk Digital Prototyping Forum took place in Fulda on October 15 and 16. Autodesk, a supplier of 2D and 3D design solutions for mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and industrial design, showed more than 900 participants how Digital Prototyping accelerates and improves product development.
In Urania, a location has been found that gives the architecture sector in particular more room to present itself. In addition to the DCC sector, two further Berlin partners, Fides and BLP, have been found who will also demonstrate Autodesk solutions from the areas of building services and mechanics.
Sharing knowledge at a very high level is a major concern of the organisers. For the first time, “Lichtblick 4D Expert Training” is therefore being launched. Andreas Krämer (Techvis), former Alias Maya AE, presents “Reality Based Visualisation” in a 90-minute presentation using a product example from the automotive industry. In parallel, there is of course also 3ds Max Expert Training: in his 90-minute training session, Julian Hermannsen (visual distractions Ltd.) demonstrates effective 3D sets, rendering and post-processing for animated films.
In Media & Entertainment, Lichtblick 4D has found two first-class partners: Dreamwalks demonstrates Toxik 2009 and offers a free workshop the day before. Pilgram presents Showcase, located beside the Lichtblick 4D workstations where Maya 2009, 3ds Max 2009, Motionbuilder 2009 and Mudbox 2009 can be seen.
Another innovation is the Recruiting Area. Following the numerous requests for new employees last year, we would like to establish a Recruiting Area in partnership with production companies.
As every year, the entire event will be free of charge apart from attendees' own food and drink. Many partners, exhibitors and sponsors are involved so that we can hold the event at all.