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Dear Autodesk Area Blogs, grey on darker grey is hard to read!

The blog, this post on 3ds Max Design 2010 especially, but am I the only one who finds grey text on a grey background hard work to read? Normally I wouldn't care as read the feed but the Area Blogs on... Read more →

David's Design ReForm

David Fano’s Design ReForm is a blog with tutorials and explorations in parametric modeling using applications like 3ds Max, Revit, Maya, and Rhino. I hadn’t found it, until he emailed me, so I’m real... Read more →

The demise of Viz, comes at a price...

At the recent World Press Day Autodesk announced the demise of Autodesk Viz and their intention to “encourage” Viz customers to move to Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2009. It’s a subset of 3ds Max 2009 opti... Read more →

Time flies, it’s Autodesk 2009!

Autodesk have announced their “2009” product releases including AutoCAD, AutoCAD Architecture/MEP and Revit Architecture/MEP. While there is a lot to see in these products some of the announcements ma... Read more →

More bitten by the CAD blog bug...

Catching up, post AU, and I’ve found a few new blogs to follow: David Harrington’s ( CADDHELP – http://caddhelp.blogspot.com/ Dwayne Ellis’ A 3D Life – http://a3dlife.blogspot.com/ Trisha... Read more →

The Fiat Scratch, designed from scratch with AliasStudio

Cadalyst have an article about the Fiat Scratch , a concept car created with help from AliasStudio, Photoshop, AutoCAD 3ds Max. Much is made of it’s factory fresh “scratched weathered look” but Fia... Read more →

Comics, Powerpoint and Rendering?

Joel posted these for the intended audience, comic book artists, but I think many of the techniques for composition/lighting apply to both PowerPoint and rendering. Joel Johnson: Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work: Unlimited Edition Ask any working comic book artist who has been in the business for more than ten years about "Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work", and they know of it like it was the bible. Once shrouded in secrecy, Wally Wood would selectively give assistants and those close to him three 8×10 photocopies of comic panels that bore the absolute essence of drawing comic... Read more →

Ted Boardman's Visualization Blog

Viz/Max legend Ted Boardman has a new blog. I’ve attended a couple of his sessions at Autodesk University and totally recommend them. He has very practical approach to getting realistic results and wonderful presentation style, also apparent in his writing. If you are attending AU get in quick when registration opens as Ted’s sessions fill up very fast. For the rest of us there is the blog! Ted Boardman's Visualization Blog :: www.tbmax.net/blog The main goal of the blog is to emphasize the importance of fundamental concepts that provide a foundation on which it can build a successful visualization business,... Read more →

Autodesk New Zealand Design Masters Quiz

Last night I attended the Autodesk New Zealand Design Masters Quiz (2007 Launch event). It was a mix of serious, well mostly serious, software demonstrations and quiz show fun. “Pre-Quiz” Dealer and Customer presentations showcased the full product range with AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor and Map demo’s featuring in the quiz. A highlight was New Zealand Olympic Gold Medal Triathlete Hamish Carter. The tale of his journey to Olympic glory was great to hear. He also assisted TV’s Ric Salizzo run the quiz giving away loads of prizes, unfortunately not to Table 22! Photos below: Some of the crowd (approx 400),... Read more →

Autodesk New Zealand Design Masters Quiz (2007 Launch event)

Details for the New Zealand Autodesk 2007 Launch event are on-line. It changes every year, as the format is refined, but this post about the 2006 event shows it goes far beyond the average software launch. Register now at the Autodesk NZ site. Autodesk New Zealand Design Masters Quiz When: Tuesday May 9th 2006 Place: Aotea Center, Auckland, New Zealand What: Pre-Event In-depth Technical Presentations: 13:00 to 16:50 Design Masters Quiz: 17.30pm to 20.00. Compete and win in a team based quiz, hosted by well known television presenters. Highlights: In depth Technical Presentations. More Prizes! - More Food! - More... Read more →