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Autodesk Project Falcon - wind tunnel in Inventor 2013
Now you can test your 3D model (digital prototype) in a virtual wind tunnel, directly inside the CAD application Autodesk Inventor Professional. The add-on utility "Project Falcon" from Autodesk Labs, released in August 2011 for Autodesk Alias and in August 2012 as a standalone version fo…

Autodesk in biology - Project Sci-Viz
Autodesk is active also in areas which are apparently not related to their primary business - CAD, GIS and M&E. The newest activity confirming this is the "Project Sci-Viz" - a scientific visualization tool for biology. This is not their first activity in a similar area. Already in 19…

Artoo cleans up your GIS data
Artoo (probably from the R2-D2) is a useful tool for all of us who work with external GIS data connected (or imported) to AutoCAD Map 3D. Project Artoo is an add-on tool for Map 2013 and it is available as a "technology preview" from Autodesk Labs. For the data connected via FDO, Artoo…

Release the Kraken!
" Project Simulus " is a new 3D simulation tool from Autodesk Labs, developed under the codename "Kraken". Project Simulus offers integrated editing functionality thanks to the embedded Inventor Fusion and very intuitive tools for simplification of 3D models for simulation stu…

Project Geppetto - very alive pinocchios in 3ds Max
An interesting technology for 3ds Max was introduced on the Autodesk Labs website. Project Geppetto (after the carver who created the Pinocchio) is a generator of highly realistic walking characters and crowd scenes for animations in 3ds Max. The definition of pedestrian positions, movement res…

Autodesk Neon renders your Revit projects
The web-cloud rendering service Autodesk Project Neon now supports not only DWG scenes from AutoCAD but also Revit projects. Project Neon comes from Autodesk Labs and it was launched about 1 year ago. Revit projects cannot be uploaded directly as RVT files but you need to install a Revit 2012 …

Project Galileo - where CAD+BIM+GIS meets
The new "Project Galileo", a technology preview from Autodesk Labs is a tool for creating digital cities - models integrating mapping data, CAD, geospatial, building, utility networks and database data. It may resemble a combination of computer games Sims and Trainz Simulator , but on a …