At this year’s Autodesk University, Autodesk is running a series of Innovation Forums. There was one scheduled for Tuesday November 29 at 10:00 (Las Vegas time) called The Promise of the Cloud – The Implications of Virtually Infinite Computing for Your Industry. That’s about 12 hours ago as I type this. I was hoping [...]
 30 November 2011, 1:53 pm |  One comment | Tags: AU2011, Innovation Forum | Category: Autodesk, Autodesk University, Cloud, Web Stuff The observant among you may have noticed that for many years, Autodesk’s free patches, service packs and updates haven’t added any new functionality. Bugs may get fixed, severe performance issues may be addressed, but design errors generally have to wait for the next release (at the earliest), and new features definitely don’t get added. The [...] 12 September 2011, 1:06 pm |  5 comments | Tags: Accounting, Autodesk, FASB, SEC, Service Pack, SOP 97-2, Update, VSOE | Category: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2012, Autodesk, Autodesk University, ClassicArray, Customer Service, Navel Gazing, Nostalgia, Other Products, Thoughts Phil Read has, according to him, been re-admitted as an Autodesk University 2009 speaker. Yay! Is this a victory for people power? A victory for the blogosphere? I rather think it’s just a victory for common sense. 19 June 2009, 6:32 pm | One comment | Tags: Autodesk University, Phil Read, Revit | Category: AU2009, Autodesk, Autodesk University, Other Autodesk Products, Other Blogs For the next few hours, you can get a free registered version of the screen capture software Snagit from TechSmith. It’s a couple of versions old and not supported on Vista, but nevertheless is well worthwhile. No, the Print Scrn key isn’t the same thing at all; Snagit is much, much more useful than [...] 5 June 2009, 2:32 pm | One comment | Tags: Free Stuff, Freebies, Other Products, Snagit, TechSmith | Category: AU2006, Autodesk University, Other Products, Tip It’s time to examine how Autodesk has reacted to the widespread criticism of Revit 2010. Is Autodesk listening? To be more specific, is Autodesk’s Revit team listening? The Good It has been good to see extensive public participation by Autodesk people in various discussions in different places. The Revit team isn’t hiding. It is [...] 26 May 2009, 1:33 pm | 11 comments | Tags: 12-Month Release Cycle, AUGI Forums, Autodesk, Listening, Other Blogs, Other Products, Revit, Revit 2010, User Reaction | Category: AU2009, Autodesk, Autodesk University, Customer Service, Fail, Other Autodesk Products, Other Blogs, Rant, Thoughts The first person to identify the pixellated personage below will win a virtual doughnut. Bonus sprinkles will be provided if anyone can identify the other people, the event, the location and the year.
Picture courtesy of Donnia Tabor-Hanson (CADMama), from this thread in the AUGI Coffee Without CAD forum. I encourage [...] 19 May 2009, 2:07 pm | 15 comments | Tags: AU1998, AUGI, Fun, Pictures | Category: AUGI, Autodesk University, Fun, Pictures I am an unashamed Autodesk University enthusiast. I’m not at AU this year, but if I was I’d be blogging about it like mad. I had all sorts of plans for posting reports, photos, videos, interviews and so on, but circumstances conspired against me and it’s not going to happen this time round. These [...] 2 December 2008, 1:40 pm | One comment | Tags: AU2006, AU2008, Autodesk University | Category: AU2006, AU2008, Autodesk University, Navel Gazing, Other Blogs, Video A while back, I received an email from IMSI, makers of TurboCAD. The information I gained from that email is now public knowledge thanks to an advertisement in AUGI World and other exposure, so I guess I can let you all in on it. Here it is: Everyone knows AutoCAD is a fixture in [...] 24 November 2008, 2:58 pm | 5 comments | Tags: AU2008, Autodesk, Autodesk University, IMSI, Marketing | Category: Advertising, AU2008, Autodesk, Autodesk University, Bentley, Other Blogs, Other Products There can never be such a thing as too many Autodesk University buddy offer posts, right?* So here’s another one. This time, I won’t mention the year so I can’t get it wrong. AU Program Development Manager Joseph Wurcher has pointed out that existing registrants can also take advantage of the buddy offer. So [...] 30 October 2008, 9:23 am | Leave a comment | Tags: AU2008, Autodesk University | Category: AU2008, Autodesk University, Other Blogs Although Autodesk University registrations passed 7000 a while ago, the financial crisis is likely to have slowed registrations considerably, so it’s not a huge shock to see Autodesk trying to ramp things up with a special offer. If you’re one of the first hundred registrants on November 5, you can register somebody else for [...] 29 October 2008, 11:59 am | 2 comments | Tags: AU2008, Autodesk University | Category: AU2008, Autodesk University, Other Blogs If you’re a major company and your various web-based services have evolved over time, you may have a proliferation of user IDs and some other issues to tidy up. You may be tempted to have a major overhaul. If you think your reputation among your customers isn’t low enough and you desperately want this update [...] 1 October 2008, 3:44 pm | 4 comments | Tags: Autodesk, Bug, Cluelessness, Customer Service, Feedback, Newsgroups, Ouch, Rant, Sarcasm, Web Stuff | Category: Autodesk, Autodesk University, Bug, Customer Service, Performance, Rant, Tip, Web Stuff Right now, the Autodesk Subscription site is back up, although some people are experiencing problems. As an Aussie, I approve of the new Subscription slogan that starts with “No Worries”, even if it’s not yet accurate. Product Activation is requesting a logon, but I haven’t gone any further than that, so it may or [...] 23 September 2008, 11:57 am | Leave a comment | Tags: Autodesk, Autodesk University, Customer Service, Web Stuff | Category: Autodesk, Autodesk University, Customer Service, Web Stuff Autodesk is in the middle of a big site overhaul at the moment, with many services unavailable. For example, attempting to log into Subscription Support gives me this: The Subscription Center is currently undergoing maintenance. You will not be able to access the Subscription Center during this time. Support Request is also undergoing maintenance. [...] 22 September 2008, 12:38 pm | 5 comments | Tags: Autodesk, Autodesk University, Customer Service, Web Stuff | Category: Autodesk, Autodesk University, Customer Service, Web Stuff I mentioned earlier that Autodesk University might be moving in time and/or space. It appears that it’s not moving in time at all, and is moving only slightly in space. Here is the AU 2009 date and location from the horse’s mouth. Time: 1 – 5 December 2009 Place: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas 1 September 2008, 4:03 pm | Leave a comment | Tags: AU2009, Autodesk University | Category: AU2009, Autodesk University No, I don’t mean it’s a deeply emotional experience, however true that may be for certain CAD geeks (who will remain nameless to protect the dorky). What I mean is that it’s moving in the fourth dimension, and possibly the other three too. This will be no news for several hundred of you, but [...] 12 May 2008, 12:17 pm | 9 comments | Tags: AU2008, AU2009, Autodesk University | Category: AU2008, AU2009, Autodesk University, Other Blogs This year, the Autodesk University people are allowing you to vote on the various sessions (classes). Here’s the link: AU 2008: Help Us Select the Sessions If I can sort out a few practical details, I am hoping to attend this year as a speaker. I have submitted four session proposals. These are: Customization [...] 29 April 2008, 12:47 pm | Leave a comment | Tags: AU2008, Autodesk University, Blogging, DCL, LISP | Category: AU2008, AutoCAD, Autodesk University, DCL, LISP A belated thank you to Kiwi Robin Capper for his welcome to the CAD blog world. Here’s a snap I took of Robin at Autodesk University 2006: Similarly, thanks to Lynn Allen for linking to my post about her famous Cell Phone Story. Here she is, also at AU 2006, presenting me with [...] 1 March 2008, 8:51 pm | Leave a comment | Tags: AU2006, AutoCAD, Autodesk University, Lynn Allen, Pictures, Robin Capper, Shaan Hurley | Category: AU2006, AutoCAD, Autodesk University, Fun, Navel Gazing, Other Blogs, Pictures My last customer service story was about McDonald’s. This one is about Donald Mc., but there the similarity ends. After I returned from Autodesk University 2006, I decided to buy a DVD from the comedian that Autodesk put on before the Blue Man Group, Don McMillan. As you’re reading a CAD blog, you are [...] 28 February 2008, 12:56 pm | One comment | Tags: AU2006, AutoCAD, Autodesk University, CD, Comedy, Customer Service, Don McMillan, DVD, Video | Category: AU2006, Autodesk University, Customer Service, Fun Part of an excellent show put on by Autodesk at the end of Autodesk University 2006 was The Blue Man Group. I was so impressed by the show that I later bought a DVD and CD. The men in blue had a special guest… YouTube Link Artist site: Blue Man Group [...] 25 February 2008, 9:28 pm | Leave a comment | Tags: AU2006, AutoCAD, Autodesk University, Shaan Hurley, Video | Category: AU2006, AutoCAD, Autodesk University, Fun, Music, Video I’d like to thank Mistress of the Dorkness Melanie Perry for her kind welcome to the CAD blog world. I appreciate the flattering photo (from Autodesk University 2006) and felt compelled to return the favour. 21 February 2008, 11:46 am | 3 comments | Tags: AU2006, AutoCAD, Autodesk University, Melanie Perry, Photo | Category: AU2006, AutoCAD, Autodesk University, Fun, Other Blogs, Pictures |
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