Tag: VRED
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Learn from the experts: Real-time visualization (OpenGL) in VRED
This 4-part YouTube tutorial series focuses on real-time visualization (OpenGL) in VRED. Automotive designer Christian Woefel shares tips and tricks for setting up and optimizing your VRED scenes for better performance. The videos explain the necessary trade-offs to get the best possible render quality while maintaining smooth, real-time interaction with the scene in VRED. Watch…
Essential SKILLS
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Autodesk University 2022: Automotive and industrial design content on demand
Over the course of two weeks, more than 10,000 attendees took in sessions at Autodesk University 2022. If you joined us, we hope you had a fantastic experience. And if you didn’t, we hope you’ll consider it for next year. We know the value of time these days, so we wanted to share AU Automotive…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Behind the scenes with Mike Turner series 03, episode 03: The basics of raytraced interior rendering in VRED
In episode 02 of his third VRED series, Mike Turner takes us through interior rendering and VR set-up, offering some great tips for optimizing scenes to perform well with less than less-than-state-of-the-art hardware. In episode 03, Mike goes deeper into raytraced rendering and covers the basics as well as an overview of VRED options and…
Essential SKILLS
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VRED 2023.2 release
The VRED 2023.2 release is now available to all subscribers for download. Highlights of this release include: A newly decoupled camera editor Updates to the tree view to easily expand/split A new depth peeling feature for transparent objects Ability to use CPU for denoising New clearcoat settings in Open GL You can view the details…
PRODUCT NEWS
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Learn Alias and VRED at home: Autodesk releases Alias and VRED Learning Editions
What they are, how they work, who can access What kind of Learning Edition software is Autodesk releasing? Both Alias and VRED are releasing Learning Editions. They’re meant to increase access to our software. This provides users the time to really get to know the programs and finesse their skills. We’ve heard from a lot…
PRODUCT NEWS
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VRED 2023.1 release
The VRED 2023.1 release is now available for download to all subscribers. Highlights of this release include: A new clear coat option for plastic materials Support for LTC area lights, providing more realistic lighting effects in Open GL Support for render layers in Open GL Capability to add markers when using Varjo Augmented Reality headsets…
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Behind the scenes with Mike Turner series 02, episode 03: Digital shadow plots
In episode 02 of his second series, Senior Designer Mike Turner walked us through how he works with large data sets in VRED. Here in episode 03, Mike focuses on the business of developing shadow plots within VRED. Shadow plots are key for ISO sightline assessments, because good visibility characteristics deliver safer products. And safer…
Advanced SKILLS
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AIF 2022: The agile design studio keynote
Our first full AIF in two years took place in Munich, Germany. Hotel restrictions meant a reduction in our usual capacity, but we were pleased to host 250+ attendees from 20 countries. One of the Day 1 Highlights was our Design Studio Keynote presentation, featuring Autodesk’s Marek Trawny, Brandon Tasker, Phil Botley and Lukas Fäth.…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Behind the scenes with Mike Turner series 02, episode 02: Working with large data sets
In Episode 1 of his second VRED series, DGDesign Senior Designer Mike talks about his work on off-highway vehicles, including a small range of bulldozers, a battery electric vehicle concept, and a radical mid-cab dozer project. Episode 2 goes deeper on working with large data sets, including a walk-through of how you can use Alias…
Advanced SKILLS
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Think beyond: Automotive Innovation Forum 2022
With so much disruption in industries across the world, businesses are being challenged to Think Beyond. The 2022 Automotive Innovation Forum (AIF) aims to do just that. This limited, in-person event in Munich features industry leaders and in-demand guest speakers, including: Silverdraft PIXMOVING NIO Varjio BMW Autodesk’s Marek Trawny, Brandon Tasker, Phil Botley and Lukas…
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The Autodesk Aviera GD project
At Autodesk, we believe in developing the best solutions for our customers. Part of that process involves an understanding of customer challenges and supporting them through overcoming these challenges. With that in mind, we worked with our partner, Genesis Design, to create a next-generation mobility concept vehicle, leveraging the full breadth of our solutions, workflows,…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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A car in 15 minutes
Over the last few years, several technologies which massively speed up concept modeling have been added to Alias. These technologies include subdivision surfaces, Dynamo and Create VR. Inspired by this, some colleagues and I wanted to challenge ourselves: How detailed a car design could we create, when limited to a 15-minute time frame? We went…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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Behind the scenes with Mike Turner series 02 teaser: Taking vehicle design off highway
In 2021, we went behind the scenes with Senior Designer Mike Turner to hear about some of his work with VRED. These videos offer tips and processes for extending VRED’s value and experimenting with views and environments, the basics of data set-up and file import; artwork techniques to make your design pop; VRED environments, HDRIs…
Essential SKILLS
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VRED 2022.3 release
The 2022.3 release of VRED is now available for download to all subscribers. This point release focused on: Data handling with improvements to Decore Improvements in the touch sensors for VR hands Rendering directly from a VR scene, as well as improvements in isolation mode Control over viewable content in the streaming app You can…
PRODUCT NEWS
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Behind the scenes with Mike Turner series 01, episode 04: Backplates and other render approaches
In episode three of his VRED series, DGDesign’s Senior Designer Mike Turner talked about creating backplates that really make your car design pop. Mike picks up on the backplate conversation in episode four, sharing some other render approaches he’s exploring on his own. Like the “spot-lit” effect that you can create using VRED’s sky light…
STORIES & INSPIRATION