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Autodesk Inc. (San Rafael, CA) has made downloadable upgrades available from its website designed as improvements to its Autodesk DirectConnect family of translators and Autodesk ImageStudio.
Autodesk DirectConnect is a family of data translators that enables users to import CAD data into other Autodesk software applications, including Autodesk AliasStudio, Autodesk Showcase, and Autodesk ImageStudio software. In addition to various technology improvements to the software, the following new translators are available: Autodesk DirectConnect for CATIA V5, so that Autodesk Showcase users can import CATIA V5 product and part files; and Autodesk DirectConnect for DWG/DXF, where users of Autodesk AliasStudio 13.0.2 can import Autodesk AutoCAD drawing files (DWG) and Drawing interchange format (DXF) files.
ImageStudio is a rendering tool used to create images of 3D files created in Autodesk AliasStudio or complementary CAD applications. This update features improvements to Quicktime movie rendering, improved image-based lighting environments, and enhanced importing of AliasStudio wire files with embedded images.
The update to Autodesk DirectConnect software is available at autodesk.com/directconnect. The update to Autodesk ImageStudio 3.0 is at autodesk.com/imagestudio.
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