http://www.123dapp.com
new version : 11 pages of news ;)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDED0C10D98114902 videos of news

If your using this stuff as a hobbyist and not for commercial work, you may as well sign up to Autodesk's educational program. Then you can get the full versions of all their software free. with no limitation apart from watermarks on Inventor and Revit's 2D technical drawing output (and a dire warning on start up about what will happen to you if you use the products for commercial work).

Fusion is included as part of the Inventor Pro package.

If you want to explore the ultimate in free form A-Class surface Nurbs modelling, try Alias Design. However the learning curve is almost vertical and the UI is worse than the original Blender. Trying Alias will probably convince you that MoI is better suited to what you want to do, unless you design car bodies for a living or need G3 continuity in everything. The Alias Design series is a good example of why Michael's approach to having simplified commands is important

However, for those looking for a free renderer for MoI, Max and Maya include Mental Ray and will import models from MoI.

http://www.123dnews.com/123dnews/beta7-is-here.html ;)
http://www.youtube.com/user/123d (4 videos about news)

Thanks Pilou...

Peace,
Rich_Art. ;-)

Just a quick comment on sketches. As far as I know, all parametric Cad modellers require you to create sketches on a 2D plane. This plane however can be aligned as you like. The reason is that they are parametric. You can go back and edit sketch 1 and the changes ripples through the model. Yes, Solidworks and Inventor have 3D sketches as well, but these are used for something different than creating basic shapes (they are for things like extrusion paths). The idea of sketch planes is something you have to get used to if you want to do any CAD modelling.

MoI has this facility, if you want to use it, in the form of workplanes, so you can draw curves and other objects "off axis". However, it is not parametric, so you can't go back and change it later.

new version Beta 9 of 20 March 2012 has a preview STL exporter , texture etc...
http://123dapp.com/123d
News of the beata 9: http://blog.123dapp.com/files/page/123d/WhatsNew123DBeta9.pdf

You must be loged for the STL Export!

video of news not yet released
so a recent

Thanks for the heads up.

Peace,
Rich_Art. ;-)

Congratulation for Autodesk. People now directly produce the rubbish and waste of plastic. I do not understand why is it useful to print useless toys at home after some months your child put in the bin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkpBcFDjk7Y&feature=related

That soapbox you just jumped on is more waste than a kids toy......

Autodesk products are just green only when you paint the objects on Green. :D

Wow... What can I say? Except the title of this thread now has a dual meaning for me!

At last the video of news beta 9

Looks cool.

Peace,
Rich_Art. ;-)

The mesh dialogue looks very familiar.

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