Project Neon Makes Rendering in the Cloud a Breeze for Small, Medium-Sized Design Firms

What’s the News: Autodesk, Inc., a leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announces the availability of Project Neon, a free technology preview of a web service that delivers high quality rendering off of the desktop using the cloud.

What is Project Neon: The Autodesk Project Neon technology preview enables small and medium-sized architectural, design and manufacturing firms to create photo-realistic renderings of their projects without the need for dedicated rendering hardware. Rendering multiple files can take many days, adding time and money to projects, and with Project Neon, Autodesk enables firms to leverage the power of cloud computing to render multiple views of a project simultaneously in a fraction of the time.

“The ability for anybody to tap into infinite computing power of the cloud is real - it’s exciting and it provides unlimited potential for people who rely on super computers to perform their everyday tasks,” said Brian Mathews, vice president of Autodesk Labs. “With Project Neon, Autodesk is providing a preview of how we can offer companies the ability to simultaneously generate multiple high-quality, photo-realistic renderings in a matter of hours instead of days, saving valuable time and money.”

Where and When: Project Neon is now available at: http://labs.autodesk.com/technologies/neon/





Autodesk, Inc., is a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art software to help customers experience their ideas digitally before they are built. Fortune 100 companies -- as well as the last 15 Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects -- use Autodesk software tools to design, visualize and simulate their ideas to save time and money, enhance quality and foster innovation for competitive advantage. For additional information about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com.

*Free products and services are subject to the terms of use that accompany them.

Autodesk and AutoCAD are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. Academy Award is a registered trademark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.

© 2010 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.



Easily Create 3D Models from Photographs with Autodesk’s Project PhotoFly

Project Photofly Brings Automatic Calibration to Image-Based Modeling



What’s the News: Autodesk, Inc., a leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announces the availability of Project Photofly, a technology preview of a web service that allows users to easily create 3D models from photographs using the cloud. Project Photofly is currently available for free* on Autodesk Labs.



What Are the Benefits: The Autodesk Project Photofly technology preview enables architecture, design, media & entertainment and manufacturing firms to easily create 3D models from a series of photographs.

Photofly breaks the barrier to entry to image-based modeling because of its automatic calibration process. The manual calibration of photographs enabled by other technologies is complex and requires a strong expertise to get a good result. Project Photofly utilizes an automatic calibration engine, called “Camera Factory”, which is made available as a web service through a Windows-based client called “Photo Scene Editor”. Customers connect to the Camera Factory through the Photo Scene Editor, and then use their favorite Autodesk 3D modeling software (AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, etc.) to consume the data in DWG format and use Camera Factory to model on top of the images.

“Project Photofly brings the possibility of reality capture to designers, creative artists and engineers who didn’t have the resources or expertise for image-based modeling, and expedites the process for those who are used to spending endless hours manually stitching together images to create a 3D model,” said Brian Mathews, vice president of Autodesk Labs. “Reality capture gives designers and engineers the ability to better measure, analyze, document and plan for projects.”



When: Project Photofly is available immediately to try at: http://labs.autodesk.com/technologies/photofly



Where is it Available: Available as a free technology preview on Autodesk Labs.



Autodesk, Inc., is a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art software to help customers experience their ideas digitally before they are built. Fortune 100 companies -- as well as the last 15 Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects -- use Autodesk software tools to design, visualize and simulate their ideas to save time and money, enhance quality and foster innovation for competitive advantage. For additional information about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com.

*Free products and services are subject to the terms of use that accompany them.

Autodesk and AutoCAD are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. Academy Award is a registered trademark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.

© 2010 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.