Wow, when did Autodesk take over the world?

Was looking around their portfolio, mostly looking at Autocad 2008 and something hit me. They totally dominate the high-end visualization market. They have everything in that field, ranging from mechanical design to 3d rendering.

Not only that, but they have also bought the people who make plugins and renderers for their stuff. I'm totally impressed, that's the ultimate in capitalism. Aw man, if I could go back in time 10 years and pick up some of their stock I'd be a rich man now.

ddewbofh wrote:

... Aw man, if I could go back in time 10 years and pick up some of their stock I'd be a rich man now.

hmmm.... Time Machine

Adobe is moving** into this space with allot of 3d capabilities built into the Photoshop CS 3 (extended) and Acrobat 3d.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/03/08/adobe-to-announce-photoshop-cs3-extended-with-3d-and-motion-graphics

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat3d/


** != taking over or threatening.

Sourcecode wrote:



Adobe is moving** into this space with allot of 3d capabilities built into the Photoshop CS 3 (extended) and Acrobat 3d.

I wouldn't be overly surprised if Autodesk made an offer for Adobe or collaborated with them on the 3D part sometime in the future.

ddewbofh wrote:



Sourcecode wrote:  Adobe is moving** into this space with allot of 3d capabilities built into the Photoshop CS 3 (extended) and Acrobat 3d.

I wouldn't be overly surprised if Autodesk made an offer for Adobe or collaborated with them on the 3D part sometime in the future.

If you mean offer as in offer to purchase Adobe I don’t think Autodesk could afford it, and yes I think that could prove a good strategy for Autodesk and Adobe to seek collaboration.

Autodesk have allot of really good technology, and very smart people. Not to mention the dedicated user base.

Sourcecode wrote:

Autodesk have allot of really good technology, and very smart people. Not to mention the dedicated user base.

Not only really good technology, it's THE best out there. It's pretty much the industry standard. When it comes to designing/prototyping stuff it works great, for me at least. I've only done smaller things with it like designing and sending it out to a CNC and that was a breeze. They've got some pretty neat programs like Viz, Inventor, Electrical.

ddewbofh wrote:



Sourcecode wrote: Autodesk have allot of really good technology, and very smart people. Not to mention the dedicated user base.

Not only really good technology, it's THE best out there. It's pretty much the industry standard. When it comes to designing/prototyping stuff it works great, for me at least. I've only done smaller things with it like designing and sending it out to a CNC and that was a breeze. They've got some pretty neat programs like Viz, Inventor, Electrical.

Ok; your moving beyond my limited bounds of knowledge on the subject.

So I’ll take your word for it. Though I'd love to get into CNC, and I do follow some of the larger forums on the subject etc.. Just no time to get into it *yet*. However building a CNC router table is on the list of life activities to do.

Probably start by buying a kit from one of the other senior forum members. Seems you need a CNC router table to actually build a CNC router table (at least to me). I find I’m quite handy in the wood shop (basement), and building wooden models and toys (etc..) has always been something I’ve wanted to do.