daVinci:Visual Diary
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Tutorial: Modeler vs. Designer
Posted January 28, 2009 7:44 am by , Michal Jelinek
There is well known communication gap between modelers and designers, which is pretty easy to bridge it ... if both modeler and designer use same application in their process. It`s well known that one can sketch as good as sculpt surfaces in AliasStudio. But what if designer doesn't have any access to AliasStudio? It`s pretty weird, but I can still see designers printing out screens on paper and use ball pen to make their comments. Let`s skip this case and let`s talk about the situation, when designer already entered this century and behaves digitally. Though, he (she) prefers to use SketchbookPro (Or simply any 2d painting system.) Now, the question is how do we deal with these images without loosing the 3d reference ... OK, here is one ...
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Master of SID - Christopher Benjamin
Posted December 8, 2008 2:56 am by , Michal Jelinek
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Hands on Mubox
Posted November 10, 2008 2:44 am by , Michal Jelinek
Now, this time really ... hands on. Actually, does everyone here knows about Autodesk Labs? No? Just check Scott's blog here: labs.blogs.com/its_alive_in_the_lab/.
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Past end present events
Posted November 10, 2008 2:29 am by , Michal Jelinek
It`s been a hectic week in Munich and another one busy one is already on the way. For those who hadn't chance to join us, here is really nice story at CarDesignNews: www.cardesignnews.com/site/home/display/store4/item139414/. Really big thank you ...
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Yet another example
Posted October 9, 2008 1:27 am by , Michal Jelinek
It`s been a while since I talked about design convergencies and uncommon usage of software tools. Here we go again! 1) Read about stone scupltures here: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=11915567 2) From a game on ...
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The proof of concept
Posted September 26, 2008 1:37 am by , Michal Jelinek
There are certainly stars in concept design we all admire. Let`s name a few: Dylan Cole, Feng Zhu, Nicolas Bouvier, David Levy ... especially last two are my heroes. Well, it`s not difficult to understand how honored I feel, when my work is listed ...
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Automotive days
Posted September 19, 2008 9:55 am by , Michal Jelinek
You might have seen an invitation for the "Automotive days" in Munich and you might got mistaken that there is not much about your favorite discipline. Yeah, Autodesk is certainly a lot about manufacturing, AutoCAD and Revit ...
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the car of tommorow
Posted September 2, 2008 1:15 am by , Michal Jelinek
Let`s have a look what is prepared for the next autoshow. .. [Source: YouTube]
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Sketching car in 10 steps
Posted August 21, 2008 3:24 am by , Michal Jelinek
I feel I just repeat myself again and everyone has seen everything already, but now I`ve learn how I am mistaken. There is always growing demand for tutorials so here is one for AliasStudio. Enjoy!
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Master of SID - Kyle Runciman
Posted July 25, 2008 2:45 am by , Michal Jelinek
Kyle Runciman is a 24 year old, design contractor at Autodesk Canada, with the Alias Design Team. He relied heavily on his traditional sketching skills to attain a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design at Carleton University. Making ...

