Free for all
Autodesk SketchBook makes premium features free for everyone
4
Autodesk SketchBook users can now access all of the app's features for free, opening up a whole set of previously-premium features for everyone.
Autodesk
3D Printing made fun
Tinkerplay will make 3D designing and printing fun
51
Tinkerplay, a new free app from Autodesk, hopes to make 3D printing and designing a little more fun. 3D printing is becoming more and more popular, and Russell Holly from Android Central has been having quite a good time with it, but designing and printing isn't for everyone. The folks at Autodesk have just released a new app for Android, iOS and even Windows Phone that they hope will...
Design on the phone
Autodesk trialling Windows Phone version of AutoCAD
87
Autodesk is testing a Windows Phone version of the company's AutoCAD 360 app, which is currently available on Windows 8.1. The Windows app was released last year, allowing users to view DWG, DWF, and DXF files. It's a feature-rich experience and we're pretty stoked to hear it's coming to mobile. The AutoCAD closed group of testers have received invitations from the company to try out...
Photo Editing
Perfect your photos with Autodesk Pixlr, now on Windows 8
40
Autodesk has released its Pixlr app for Windows, letting you get creative on your PC, laptop or tablet. The app itself enables you to turn photos into breath-taking works of art, utilizing crop, rotate and other editing tools at hand to change almost anything about the shot. It's a superbly crafted app and one worth downloading if you happen to take a few photos and require a quick...
SketchBook Pro
AutoDesk adds subscriptions with SketchBook Pro 7
26
AutoDesk has released SketchBook Pro 7, the latest version of their desktop drawing software for Windows. Additionally, AutoDesk is following the lead of Adobe and others in creating a subscription model for SketchBook. The app is free to download, but you'll need a paid membership to unlock more features. There are multip tiers of membership. Starter members can create basic...
Autodesk releases preview version of AutoCAD 360 for Windows 8.1
45
Autodesk, the well known middleware company that's released a number of Windows 8 and 8.1 apps in the past, has launched its newest software for the OS. It's called AutoCAD 360 and it allows users to view DWG, DWF, and DXF files, but not to create or edit them. Autodesk says that this first release of AutoCAD 360 is a preview version. In other words, don't expect a lot of features...
Autodesk releases Maya LT 3D modeling tool for mobile and indie game makers
36
Autodesk creates a wide range of products, from consumer-oriented Windows 8 apps like Sketchbook Express all the way to enterprise-level programs such as Maya 3D. The latter is used by movie makers, advertisers, and even gaming professionals to create 3D art and animations. But as mobile and indie game development has been on the rise, Maya 3D has sometimes proven too costly for smaller...
Sketchbook Express for Windows 8 really shows off what the Surface Pro can do
40
Earlier this week we brought you a hands-on look at Autodesk’s FBX Review app for Windows 8, which we shot at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco. While there I also took in a demonstration of Sketchbook Express, a much more consumer-oriented Windows 8 app. Like FBX Review, it’s completely free. Renée Busse, Autodesk’s Sketchbook Community Manager, used Sketchbook Express and a...
Hands on with FBX Review for Windows 8 at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco
11
You might know Autodesk for their 3D design tools like AutoCAD and Maya, or their game design middleware like Autodesk Scaleform. They also make a couple of Windows 8 apps for consumers: Sketchbook Express and FBX Review, which we discussed when it released back in July. During my recent trip to San Francisco for Casual Connect, I stopped by the Autodesk Gallery for a quick visit. From...
View 3D models and animations on Windows 8 with Autodesk FBX Review
14
This is a great week for Windows 8 game development. First the full version of Unity 4.2 arrived with Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 support. Now Autodesk, makers of Autodesk Scaleform and many more middleware solutions, has just released their latest development tool: Autodesk FBX Review. The application will allow developers to view 3D characters and animations from a variety of...