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Autodesk AutoCAD 2014 - first impressions
Today, Autodesk has released the new version of its flagship product - " Autodesk AutoCAD 2014 " (note the newly extended name), together with other new products of the large "2014" family. The product graphics reflects the new Autodesk visual identity, with the new blue-green …

World polygon maps - countries and continents
The Humanitarian Information Unit (HIU) of the U.S. Department of State publishes and updates vector data of international boundaries, coastlines and islands, including their sovereignty. This data is called "Large Scale International Boundaries" ( LSIB ). The latest March 2013 update …

Autodesk Project Pinocchio - wood carver in the cloud
Demanding, power hungry 3D applications can easily move to mobile devices and plain PCs today, thanks to web cloud. The proof is also in the newest multimedia application by Autodesk - Project Pinocchio. On the web site projectpinocchio.autodesk.com you can use your internet browser for detailed c…

As time goes by the Autodesk logo
With the recently unveiled new face of the Autodesk logo and brand, we searched the depths of our archives and reminisce nostalgically about the older shapes of this logo, as it accompanied us through the common history with CAD Studio. In the very beginnings of CAD Studio and its ccoperation wit…

Autodesk Project Cyborg - CAD for molecular biology
Activities of the Autodesk Research division lately cover not only "hardcore" CAD technologies but also biotechnology and molecular biology. There are already several interesting Autodesk products in this area - see e.g. Sci-Viz , 3D printing living tissues , etc. According to a blog …

Company-branded background in Inventor
One of the today's questions in Czech discussions on our portal CADforum.cz was about branding of the Inventor environment for recording pictures and videos (like in our YouTube videos ). The easiest way of branding is to setup a customized picture for the background of your Inventor editi…

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…

CAD Studio upholds its Autodesk Platinum partnership
CAD Studio, an Autodesk value-added reseller since 1991 based in the Czech Republic, upholds its top "Platinum" partnership level for the next year 2013. In the last year, 2012, CAD Studio has reported a 13.5% revenue growth and 53% growth in CAD and GIS services (see details ). Also th…

Trick AutoCAD or Inventor to install in Windows 8
MS Windows 8 will be officially supported only in new versions of Autodesk CAD applications - in the 2014-family. But with a special, unofficial procedure you can install also AutoCAD 2013 or 2012, AutoCAD LT or Inventor 2013 in the new Microsoft Windows 8 operating system (both 32-bit and 64-bit)…

Join us on a journey through 30 years of AutoCAD history
AutoCAD celebrates 30 years of its existence. Come with us on a journey through its rich history in the attached infographic. From humble beginnings in a version that worked in a whopping 128kB of memory(!), through Rel.10 - the first version that supported 3D, and through the launch of "indus…

CAD Studio gives out CAD tools for Christmas
Get CAD applications given out by CAD Studio as traditional Christmas presents - this year for the tenth time already. Presents are available for all AutoCAD and Inventor users. Play Minesweeper in Inventor, become a maker of an interesting mathematical 3D model, get a set of add-on tools, or pic…

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…