In CAD

Autodesk Fusion 360 Announced. The New Face of T-Splines

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Today, Autodesk continued the sizzle following their FormIt release at Autodesk University, announcing the “first and primary” application of T-Splines tech in the Autodesk product line, Autodesk Fusion 360. As you may gather, this new product is part of the cloud-based Autodesk 360 product line that includes Simluation, PLM and BIM. Design was the major component missing–Hark, no longer the case. Fusion 360 will be available for Mac and PC and best of all bridges the gap between the delight of NURBS and mesh modeling.

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In DESIGN

The Bandit Gun is the Rubberband Gun You've Always Wanted

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Speaking of laser cut toy creations, this Bandit gun Kickstarter project campaign just popped in our inbox. The Bandit gun is not only a rubberband gun–That would be lame and unnecessary with the skills you already have. This gun is a shotgun, with the deluxe ‘Sheriff’ version supporting three firing modes and, if ordered now, will arrive just in time to shoot the cat into/out of the Christmas tree.

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In CAD

Autodesk FormIt Launches. First Architectural Form Modeler App for iPad.

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For far too long, Architectural apps have been kept to 2D floorplan stabbing and inventive ways of measuring. You should have known Autodesk would have something to say about that. In the first day of activities at Autodesk University 2012, Autodesk FormIt for iPad was launched. FormIt is a building app sure to make the BIM peeps happy, but also make the manufacturing-minded turn their head.

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In CONTESTS

Winner of the 'Make Your Laser Cut Toy' Challenge!

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Why it seems like only 1 month and 18 days ago that we announced the ‘Make Your Laser Cut Toy’ challenge and, in fact, it was. All entrants stepped up to such a challenge with 196 laser cut creations! A big handclap and a few prematurely launched fireworks for all of you. We have ONE big winner for this challenge and five runners-up. Here they are with the additional honorable mentions from the judges.

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In DESIGN

Get Your Mind to da Choppa!

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Yes, it’s a helicopter controlled by your brain. Something I never thought possible in my lifetime, let alone commercialized, but there you have it. The Puzzlebox Orbit is a toy chopper, the sort you fought for at Target on Black Friday. And had you avoided the hangry crowds you could have supported the Orbit on Kickstarter. Well you still can (if they don’t get sued by DARPA or Boeing).

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