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Autodesk: Moving to the cloud...at some point in the future...

From one of our fellow bloggers, Kean Walmsley, and a very interesting article on the 'cloud':

This is a topic I’ve been meaning to cover for some time. It concerns a transition we’re seeing overall in the software industry, and is certainly one that the ADN team broached in depth during the last two DevDays tours.

I don’t think anyone is in real doubt, at this stage, that software is increasingly being delivered “as a service”, rather than via locally-installed desktop applications. Some readers may understandably be skeptical about the near-term likelihood of powerful design tools working in the cloud… I personally believe it’s an inevitable shift (whether we’re talking about a timeframe of 2 years or 10 is the real the question, in my mind), but I won’t try to convince anyone of the correctness of these opinions....

http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2012/03/moving-to-the-cloud.html

Autodesk Suites: Using Environments tab (Optimization) in Inventor Professional (PDS) will request activation

You have installed Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate and  you have successfully activated the product.

When run Autodesk Inventor Professional and you click on the "Environments tab", it will try to re-activate your software.

 

NOTE:  The Activation request will be for Autodesk Product Design Suite Premium.

 

To resolve this issue, you will need to:

1.  Set following registry key : 

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\Inventor\Current Version\OptimizationUpdateNotified to 1

2.  Download Inventor Optimization manually from Subscription Center.

• Install Optimization first THEN go to the Environment tab to run Optimization.
• When you open Optimization from Inventor, you will be prompted for your Subscription center username and password.

Thanks to Bob Vander Donck, the Inventor Team and Byron Morales for this workaround.

Epilogue

This issue should be solved in Inventor 2012 SP1.

If you are a PrDS user, the Optimization patch will be downloaded automatically once you launch Inventor, the downloading location is in the folder " %Temp%", the time of the downloading depends on your network speed, when the downloading is finished a automatic prompt message dialog will be shown in Inventor, and Optimization patch is named "centaurupdate.exe" will be in folder " %Temp%".

 

 

Autodesk Cloud: Rendering Hotfix

For more details, please check out this post:

http://feedback.autodesk.com/cloudservices/topics/cloud_rendering_hotfix1_released_11_15_2011

Autodesk Cloud: Some More Info...

Autodesk Cloud Support Information

http://withoutanet.typepad.com/without_a_net/2011/09/new-autodesk-cloud-support-center.html

Revit 2012 UR2 and "Rendering in the Cloud"

http://revitclinic.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/09/2012-ur2-and-autodesk-cloud-.html

Autodesk Cloud: Open for Business

A new Subscription benefit, Autodesk Cloud please go here for details:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=17662508&siteID=123112

For support, please check out this post:

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2011/09/forums-get-satisfaction.html

Forums: Get [more] Satisfaction...

I just stumbled on another option for support for these Autodesk products.

Sketchbook Pro Family

http://getsatisfaction.com/sketchbook/products/sketchbook_sketchbook_pro

AutoCAD LT for the Mac

http://getsatisfaction.com/autocadltformac

Autodesk Cloud Services

http://feedback.autodesk.com/cloudservices

General Systems: What is the Cloud?

So, what exactly is the Cloud?  I googled for the definition and it's most basic definition is here*:

  

  *http://www.novell.com/cloud/faq.html

Here are some posts on Autodesk Cloud Computing:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=17136545

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Vault/Autodesk-and-the-Cloud/td-p/2877090

Some products that already do this, include:  Autodesk Buzzsaw & AutoCAD WS.