http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01543307ebfb970c-pi"> A New AutoCAD Apps marketplace including plug-ins, blocks, books, file translators and more is now available now on the Autodesk Exchange in http://www.autodesk.com/autocad - AutoCAD 2012, many FREE.  The http://www.autodesk.com - Autodesk Exchange's Apps Tab is a great place for all kinds of AutoCAD goodness, and growing.

Press Release: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/110613/20110613005343.html?.v=1 - Companion Apps Now Available in AutoCAD 2012

“Simply put, AutoCAD companion apps extend the power and flexibility of AutoCAD with the help of numerous plug-ins, from productivity tools to translators, together with other content, such as blocks and learning tools. AutoCAD users will have the ability to discover a range of apps in a single location. Coins Translate, for example, is a free app that enables designers to quickly and easily translate text in a drawing into a variety of languages, using the Google Translate web service.”

Searching Xref returns the results showing many plugins aka apps.
http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01543307ec98970c-pi">

Check out Brian Benton’s detailed blog posting on http://cadablog.blogspot.com/ - CAD a Blog :
http://cadablog.blogspot.com/2011/06/autodesk-launches-autocad-marketplace.html - Autodesk launches an AutoCAD Marketplace – the Apps Tab

http://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/5836171604/in/photostream"> Proof that cool Autodesk news does not wait for anyone, I am writing this blog post by campfire in the SE Utah desert while coyotes howl and something sounds like it is creeping up on me in the bushes. I am down here documenting many more amazing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Puebloan - Ancient Puebloan ruins with some archeologist as well other items using the free http://labs.autodesk.com/ - Autodesk Labs   http://labs.autodesk.com/technologies/photofly/ - Project Photofly to convert the digital photos to 3D automatically.

Some photos from the trip
http://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/5830804357/in/photostream">   http://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/5831009547/in/photostream">

http://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/5834721701/in/photostream">   http://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/5836169482/in/photostream">

And finally the king of all mushrooms I have seen, a monster fungi!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/5836171174/in/photostream">

Time to hit the trails again.

Cheers,
Shaan

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogs/btl?a=3TuT4ENIKg4:lKJc43jhXJs:yIl2AUoC8zA"> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogs/btl?a=3TuT4ENIKg4:lKJc43jhXJs:qj6IDK7rITs"> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogs/btl?a=3TuT4ENIKg4:lKJc43jhXJs:sHskjighKVI">

Go to the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogs/btl/~3/3TuT4ENIKg4/autocad-app-store-goes-live-with-the-apps-tab-in-autodesk-exchange.html - original post...