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Autodesk A360 mobile app - view any CAD file in the cloud
With the recently released (or rather "re-released", see below) mobile application Autodesk 360 you can interactively view and discuss virtually any 2D and 3D CAD format file on the screen of your iPad or iPhone. The "Autodesk 360" cloud service offers many useful CAD functio…

The Autodesk 360 cloud - what's next?
Designers and engineers increasingly collaborate in extended teams on complex projects involving different disciplines - so they need to access current project data anytime, anywhere, on any device. A key aspect is the need to keep track of all changes and activities around the project, in one pla…

Stereoscopic viewing of 3D models in Autodesk 360 cloud
If you use a graphics card nVidia Quadro (or other graphics card supporting stereoscopic display) in your computer, you can three-dimensionally view your 3D CAD models stored in the Autodesk 360 cloud. There is no need to pre-process the CAD models nor to install any special viewing software, a st…

New cloud apps - Autodesk Configurator 360, Mockup 360 and Sim 360
Autodesk introduced a trio of new "Autodesk 360" cloud CAD applications. Shortly after the recent launch of the cloud-based 3D CAD software Autodesk Fusion 360 , this family of new generation advanced design tools for design and manufacturing grows again. Autodesk Configurator 360 Th…

Autodesk Fusion 360 - desktop 3D CAD fuses with web-cloud
Autodesk 360 cloud services are being added and updated almost every week. But this new member of the Autodesk's cloud family is unique - it literally changes the CAD industry. Autodesk Fusion 360 is the first full-featured cloud CAD tool which offers a broad set of 3D functions, professional s…

New cloud service Autodesk ReCap Photo
Those who have tried the application Autodesk 123D Catch, formerly known as Photofly, will get it quickly. The new cloud tool "ReCap Photo", now included in the standard function set of the "Autodesk 360" cloud, uses similar technology. ReCap Photo can convert a series of photos…

Amaze your client with 360° panorama
Nothing is good enough when you need to present a project to your client. But there is a surprisingly simple method for interactive presentation of 3D CAD projects (models) which gives a quite clear vision even to non-professionals - panoramas. Interactive 360° panoramas allow to look around, up an…

Autodesk 360 Publisher - clear technical documentation
The newest member of the quickly spreading Autodesk 360 cloud family is the "Autodesk 360 Publisher Technology Preview". This cloud version of the well known desktop application Inventor Publisher can easily create visual instructions for assembling, installation, maintenance and repair …

New Autodesk software versions 2013
Most Autodesk products were (or will be in next couple of days) released in new versions "2013". These new applications emphasise integration, communication and web cloud services, now called "Autodesk 360". Many existing CAD users consider online functions as something unnece…