Use ZBrush to Cut 3D Printing Costs

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Yes, you heard that right. Lester Banks was gracious enough to expose methods of using the Dynamesh feature of ZBrush to save money on your 3D printing. He identifies how you can reduce the amount of materials you need to print by hollowing out the model using Dynamesh. The overall effect is a lighter 3d model that requires less material … Read More

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Improving Animation with Bone-Rigging & Smith Micro

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Are you a 2D Artist and thought there has to be a better way to make an animation than drawing 30 frames individually so that your characters can complete one action?  Well the folks over at Smith Micro thought the same when they added bone-rigging to their powerful animation solution Anime Studio Pro. Bone-Rigging and Animation Bone-rigging was pioneered in … Read More

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Cloud Computing with Autodesk 360: Changing the Way the World Works

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Cloud computing seems to be all the rage these days. Many software companies are beginning to develop their products so that you can do all of your work anywhere, anytime by keeping your work stored on the internet. Autodesk is no exception to this new workflow. They have created a cloud-based solution called Autodesk 360. Getting Started with Autodesk 360 … Read More

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Lumion Visualization Tool Improves Classroom Experience

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Architectural Visualizations with Lumion Recently, Dr. Ramzi Hassan of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences discussed his experience using Lumion 3D architectural visualization software.  For about 20 years, he has worked and taught 3D visualization for architecture and planning. The benefits of architectural visualizations are immense. “I was more than excited when I saw the first release of the visualization … Read More

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Unity 3.5 Public Beta

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This release also provides a hands-on preview of Unity’s upcoming Flash deployment add-on. Experience first-hand how Flash deployment in Unity opens up new publishing options, by enabling you to push your interactive 3D content to the web through Adobe Flash Player.

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Teachers: Get Free Certiport Autodesk, Adobe and MS Office Certifications! (Summer Promotion)

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Certiport has just announced a great promotion for our education community of teachers and instructors in North America. You can now request free practice tests and exam vouchers for a limited time only. Certification tests and exams are available for Autodesk AutoCAD Certified User and Inventor Certified User, as well as Adobe Certified Associate and Microsoft Office Specialist, among others.

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3D Mice and Revit

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Autodesk and 3DConnexion have teamed up to bring the technology of 3D Mice to the forefront of the BIM process. Revit Architecture 2012, Revit Structure 2012, Revit MEP 2012, and Navisworks 2012 have all added new functionality for 3D Mice.

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