TRON LEGACY: Light Cycle featurette
Last Updated on Thursday, 9 December 2010 09:37 Written by DCD Admin Thursday, 9 December 2010 09:35
Daniel Simon, designer behind Cosmic Motors in a Disney, behind the scenes video on the automotive design aspects of the new Tron film.
Don’t forget to drop by the Cosmic Motors Blog: http://cosmic-motors.blogspot.com/
Learn MoreAutodesk Inventor Software Used to Design First 3D Printed Car
Last Updated on Thursday, 9 December 2010 11:03 Written by DCD Admin Thursday, 9 December 2010 09:15
Autodesk has announced that KOR EcoLogic used Autodesk??s software solution for Digital Prototyping to design the first prototype car with a body created using a 3D printer. The KOR EcoLogic Urbee car gets up to 200 miles per gallon (MPG) and uses a hybrid electric/gasoline engine.
??KOR EcoLogic is a great example of the combined power of Digital Prototyping and sustainable design.??
The Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program ? which provides design and engineering software for emerging clean tech companies in North America and Europe ? enabled KOR EcoLogic to design and test the Urbee using Autodesk tools, including Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Showcase, and Autodesk Alias Design software.
??The Urbee was designed from the ground up to be as efficient as possible, and to run on renewable energy,?? said Jim Kor, president and chief technology officer of KOR EcoLogic. ??From concept through rendering, Autodesk software helped us not only build an efficient and sustainable car, but also communicate our designs to a broader audience, including potential investors.??
Using Autodesk partner Stratasys?? digital manufacturing service, Urbee is the first car to have its entire body 3D printed with an additive process.
Sustainability Central to Urbee??s Design
The KOR EcoLogic team began by developing a set of core principles and pinning them to their workshop wall. Among them, the Urbee was designed to use minimal energy and produce less pollution during its design, manufacturing, operation and recycling stages, while remaining affordable and visually appealing.
The Urbee can be charged through a standard home outlet, or through a home solar array, windmill or conventional energy source, running on as little as 1 cent of energy per mile travelled.
??Startup clean tech companies need technology enabling them to create professional, fully realized and tested designs, while benefiting from visually stunning imagery of their products,?? said Robert ??Buzz?? Kross, senior vice president, Autodesk Manufacturing Industry Group. ??KOR EcoLogic is a great example of the combined power of Digital Prototyping and sustainable design.??
The Urbee team used Autodesk Inventor software to design a 3D digital prototype of the car??s body and subject it to simulated road and wind conditions, test different body designs to minimize drag and reduce overall weight by eliminating excess parts. More than 80 percent of a product??s environmental impact can be determined during the design phase, making Inventor a critical component in establishing the Urbee??s high level of environmental responsibility. KOR EcoLogic used Autodesk Showcase 3D visualization software to create photorealistic renderings of the Urbee for marketing to potential investors, partners and the general public.
The Urbee was a contender for the 2010 Automotive X Prize, which challenges teams to design, build and race super-efficient, low-emission vehicles that can be manufactured for the mass market.
Learn MoreSketchBook Pro App for iPad Released
Last Updated on Thursday, 9 December 2010 09:09 Written by DCD Admin Monday, 5 April 2010 09:08
Autodesk Releases the SketchBook Pro App for iPad on the App Store Autodesk?announced the availability of the Autodesk SketchBook Pro App for iPad, a new professional-grade paint and drawing application designed exclusively for the iPad. The app is available on the App Store at?www.itunes.com/appstore.
??The SketchBook Pro App for iPad provides a fun drawing and painting environment that also applies widely to professional artists and designers from all industries.??
The Autodesk SketchBook Pro App for iPad combines high-quality digital pencils, pens, markers and airbrushes with a Multi-Touch gesture-based user interface, enabling users to create everything from quick sketches to high-quality artwork. Geared for both occasional doodlers and professional illustrators, SketchBook Pro transforms the iPad into the ultimate digital sketchbook. Using the same paint engine as its desktop and mobile counterparts, the new SketchBook Pro App for iPad delivers a complete set of sketching and painting tools through a streamlined and intuitive user interface.
??The launch of the iPad brings both creative professionals and consumers unparalleled sketching capabilities on a mobile device,?? said Samir Hanna, vice president of digital concept at Autodesk. ??The SketchBook Pro App for iPad provides a fun drawing and painting environment that also applies widely to professional artists and designers from all industries.??
Key new features in the Autodesk SketchBook Pro App for iPad include:
- Full-screen 1024 x 768 work space with support for any device orientation
- An innovative Multi-Touch interface that delivers an immersive and streamlined experience
- 75 brushes with customizable settings, including synthetic pressure sensitivity and brush modes for free sketching and creating straight lines, ellipses and rectangles
- Six full-resolution layers per sketch with complete control over layer order, visibility and opacity
- A built-in, live news page that alerts artists to upcoming events and highlights featured artists and their SketchBook creations
