Autodesk releases new free 3D Apps: 123D Make and 123D Catch

Autodesk just released two new free consumer applications under their Autodesk 123D product line. The new releases bring the number of apps in the 123D line to four, following the release of CAD package Autodesk 123D and iPad sculpting app 123D Sculpt earlier this year.

123D Catch

Autodesk 123D Catch: Take photos of your favorite people, places and things and let the power of the cloud magically transform them into detailed 3D models. 123D Catch is free beta software.

123D Catch will be immediately familiar to anyone who has used Project Photofly, the developer’s cloud-based photogrammetry system, released as a technology preview via Autodesk Labs earlier this year – simply because 123 Catch is Photofly, given a new name and wider release.


123D Make

Autodesk 123D Make: Take your 3D model and make it real in a new and amazing way. The Autodesk® 123D™ Make Technology Preview turns any 3D model into a pattern of flat parts that can be cut and assembled into an artful creation. The Autodesk® 123D™ Make Technology Preview is currently available only for Mac OS X. The preview software will expire on 2/28/12.

Nearly every few months new 123D apps are being pushed out for Windows, OSX and iOS devices.
The newest additions are interesting because of the wide distibution they will make, now after the first 123D products have been launched, a bigger userbase will get attention to the new products.

Autodesk AREA Mobile Applications are available!

Very nice to have access to Autodesk AREA on Android and iOS.

The Autodesk® AREA Mobile application is now available in the Apple App Store and in the Android Market.

AREA Mobile brings together support tools, news, forums and training into one place for your post production work in television and film.

Get learning resources to develop your creative skills and explore the new features and workflow possibilities that Autodesk® Smoke®, Autodesk Flame® and Autodesk Flame Premium software can provide.

Click here to download AREA Mobile for iOS
Click here to download AREA Mobile for Android
 
Check out the Application Help on the Settings page for a tour of the application UI and instructions on how to configure and use the RSS reader feature.

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First steps with Kinect and Motionbuilder

I got a Kinect for my Birthday, yesterday I set it and made some research stuff in Openframeworks, Cinder and Processing. Since it was a bit of trouble finding out which drivers and libraries to use on Windows I had to fresh up my brain and tried the Kinect with Motionbuilder.

I used Jasper Brekelmans fantastic Brekel Kinect as device in Motionbuilder. Of course I had other drivers installed (Freenect) that I had to get rid off first, after that everything went very straightforward. Here a quick'n dirty video I made after a half hour of dancing and playing around:

Autodesk Composite 2011 and 2012 Copy & Paste Bug

I have seen a strange behaviour of Autodesk Composite 2011 / 2012 while teaching my customers. On about 80% of their workstations a nasty bug happened and crashed Composite immediately. As soon as  a CTRL+C CTRL+V operation is performed Composite crashes. And you'll use Copy&Paste a lot...

The solution is simple but not really logical to me. Update the graphic card driver!

The problem occurs using both vendors ATI and NVIDIA. So in case you this bug, try updating your drivers. I hope this helps out someone ;)

Imaging the future symposium 2011 conference report

Yesterday I attended the imaging the future symposium 2011 that ran beside the NIFFF Festival (Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival). I had the chance to test my french speaking and undestanding again, most of the symposium was held in french, lucky that we had french in school :)

Theatre du Passage, where the symposium was held

Autodesk Suites FLEXLM Network licensing Tip

There is something I find really annoying with FLEXLM licensing, I really have to be lucky to get it running correctly at the first time after installation. Everytime I have another issue. After all the years of trouble and happyness I think soon I have all the solutions for different License Manager behavior sorted out.

Autodesk Suites new get delivered on a (Oversized) USB stick