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Varjo, KIA, NVIDIA and Autodesk are merging digital and physical worlds for automotive design
We’re excited to announce the outcome of our collaboration with Varjo, Kia, Nvidia and Autodesk – the integration of Autodesk VRED and the VARJO XR-1 Developer Edition. This is a first step towards merging the best of the virtual and the real world by combining VRED’s rendering prowess with Varjo’s…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Secrets of Automotive Designer Elites: Vince Galante
Vince Galante, Head of User Experience, FCA Vince Galante is Head of User Experience at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), where he has worked for 14 years. Previously, Galante was a senior manager in the Jeep Exterior Design Studio. He graduated from the College for Creative Services (CCS) in 2005…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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Shotgun Behind the Wheel at Renault
Shotgun in Automotive Design Increasing business pressures.Disconnected communication.Globally dispersed studios.Lack of transparency.Challenges tracking data. These are the key problems plaguing all creative studios today. That’s why 2 years ago, we at Autodesk chose Shotgun software as a solution for design production management in the automotive design studio. To learn more…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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Secrets of the Automotive Designer Elites: Jordan Beckley
Jordan Beckley works with the Ford training team to create design-specific courses and training in digital software. He is an expert in Autodesk Alias, VRED, Speedform, Gravity Sketch, and Adobe CC applications, specializing in 3D design, modeling, and virtual reality creation and visualization tools. He is also an adjunct…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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904e – a masterclass in collaborative digital concept design
If you want to see industrial design, automotive concepts AND digital rendering all in one place, look no further than the portfolio of award-winning senior designer Mike Turner. I’ve enjoyed a 20 year+ professional relationship with Mike that comes with a high regard for the simplicity and clarity of…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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Autodesk Alias – CDN Webinar – Alias Class A and Class A migration paths
On Wednesday July 8, Phil Botley, Steve Cobert and I (Barry Kimball) hosted another Car Design News webinar, we shared a short class A roadmap, demonstrated some new tools as well as generic best practice advice. We also discuss our suite of training material, migration courses and packages for…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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A Creative Digital Pipeline with Alias, VRED & Shotgun
On Wednesday July 22, Phil Botley, Lukas Fäth and I (Brandon Tasker) hosted another Car Design News webinar, where we shared our vision of a digital pipeline using Autodesk tools. The three of us often talk about our tools independently—we know, and like to share, the individual strengths of…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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The Holy Grail: GPU Realtime Raytracing
Simon Nagel and I have made two Deep Dive videos on our new VRED GPU Ray Tracing technology that we’re really excited to share with you. But rather than just dropping the videos on YouTube, we wanted to give you the story about why we did it and how…
Essential SKILLS
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Solving Common Design Challenges with Shotgun
Autodesk’s Technical Specialist Daniel Wright, also known on YouTube as “Alias Guy,” created an overview video about how Shotgun can be used in automotive design, and how it can help solve common challenges for users in the studio. Key Focus This video covers the solutions to common problems key personas,…
Essential SKILLS
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Ford’s Realtime Design Review in Virtual Space
CarDesignNews.com is doing a series on their livestream broadcast about how various design studios are adapting to the global lockdown, finding new and creative solutions in adversity. Their May 21 broadcast showcased Ford’s live design review in virtual space. Ford’s designers have taken hardware and VR setups home (with permission!),…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Porsche Taycan Realtime GPU Raytracing with VRED 2021
Autodesk released Realtime GPU Raytracing in VRED 2021. This video shows the quality of Realtime GPU Raytracing in Full Global Illumination while maintaining the variations and complexity of the CAD dataset. Thanks to Porsche to provide us a great Dataset of the Taycan, that helped us to demonstrate the…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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Shotgun and the Design Studio – Virtual Launch
I wanted to share how easily Shotgun can solve major challenges for the automotive design studio and give interested customers the confidence to start using Shotgun today. Enjoy this 10 minute video from our Virtual Product Launch on April 22 2020.
PRODUCT NEWS
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Tobias France: Automotive Sketch to Render in SketchBook
Tobias France of Bias Design is back again with a time lapse of his sketch-to-render journey. In this video, Tobias demonstrates his process of turning a fun doodle into an elaborate rendering inspired by the GT40 Shelby Daytona Coupe. From cleaning up his sketch, to laying…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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Automotive Design in Shotgun
After many years of Shotgun being the trusted production management platform for Animation, VFX and Games, an increasing number of automotive & product design studios have begun adopting Shotgun for the problems it helps solve. At Autodesk, we hear from our customers the pain they experience every day. Design…
PRODUCT NEWS
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Next-Level Immersive Design Experience with VRED
User-centered interface design increasingly gains importance in modern mobility- and product designs to provide sophisticated experiences for the end customer. Looking at advanced display technologies and the growing possibilities for human-machine interaction, Autodesk wants to ensure that users are able to create a fully interactive product experience. Therefore, it is…
STORIES & INSPIRATION