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Autodesk Names Renewable Energy Company as April Inventor of the Month for Design of Electricity-Generating Devices
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autodesk has named Green Ocean Energy Ltd. (Green Ocean), a renewable energy company headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, as the Autodesk Inventor of the Month for April 2009. Green Ocean successfully used Autodesk Inventor software in the development of the Ocean Treader and Wave Treader, floating devices that convert the motion of the ocean into clean, renewable energy.
The Ocean Treader is much like a buoy with a pair of arms, and is meant to be moored one to two miles offshore in open water. The Wave Treader shares a similar design but is intended to be mounted on the base of a static offshore
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structure, such as a wind turbine or tidal turbine. Both devices work on the same principle: as the ocean causes the floating arms to rise and fall, the motion is harvested by hydraulic cylinders that generate electricity, which can then be exported back to shore via cable.
The Inventor of the Month program recognizes the most innovative design and engineering advancements made by the extensive community using Autodesk Inventor software - the foundation of the Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping. A digital prototype is a 3D digital model of the entire end product, used to virtually explore and validate a product before it is built to reduce the necessity of constructing physical prototypes.
Autodesk Ecotect Analysis 2010 Software and the Online Guide to Sustainable Design Help AEC Professionals Design and Retrofit Greener Buildings
SAN FRANCISCO, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AIA National Convention and Expo -- Autodesk, Inc.,
announced the availability of Autodesk Ecotect Analysis 2010 software, a whole-building performance analysis tool, and the Autodesk Guide to Sustainable Design, a new free online resource for designers that illustrates sustainable design principles, decisions and technologies for every phase of the building project lifecycle. This new product and online resource provide architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) firms with tools that help simplify and enable sustainable design decisions.
"Accelerating climate change and decreasing energy security are driving a growing number of voluntary and regulatory initiatives to improve new and existing building performance and
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reduce carbon emissions," said Phil Bernstein, FAIA, Autodesk vice president of AEC industry strategy and relations. "Our Green Index Survey consistently reflects these new initiatives and finds that owners are demanding green buildings at a steadily increasing rate. Autodesk's goal is to make sustainable design easier so architects can meet this growing demand, and we're doing so today by offering new sustainable design analysis software and a free online guide to building sustainably."
Intelligent Non-player Characters Will Enhance Game Play in the New Title
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autodesk, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Army has licensed Autodesk Kynapse artificial intelligence (AI) middleware for the America's Army 3 computer game. Kynapse will help to enhance game play in the new title by providing AI to various classes of non-player characters (NPCs). NPCs are characters that are not controlled by the individual playing the computer game. America's Army 3 will be released in 2009.
"Autodesk Kynapse will allow us to enhance game play for America's Army 3 in several ways," explained Michael Barnett, chief engineer for the America's Army titles. "First, interactions with indigenous NPCs will be paramount to the successful completion of mission objectives. Second, NPCs on opposing forces will function as individuals, as well as part of a squad, using squad-based counter-tactics for future cooperative game play modes. Third, the game's vast environments will be populated with a large number of NPC civilians that move, behave and react to players realistically."
"America's Army is more than just a computer game; it is also used to develop simulations for U.S. government agencies," said Marc Stevens, vice president of Autodesk's Games Technology Group. "These simulations require characters with realistic behavior patterns. We are very pleased that the U.S. Army has chosen Autodesk Kynapse to help meet this need."
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Autodesk Inventor Professional helps automate key aspects of
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Core and cavity design is time consuming with traditional
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mold design process.
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