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An online event with an opportunity to receive up to US $100 per app published and win one of eight iPad minis!

We are excited to announce the 2014 Autodesk® Exchange Apps Hackathon. While similar in concept to the Portathon that we held in 2013, this event is bigger, better, has new competitions and great prizes. Anyone can participate from anywhere in the world and at any time both before the event and during the Hackathon days. We’ve assembled a great line up of speakers to give presentations and demos on hot topics that will help your overall app development and technical... Read more →

Announcing the Autodesk Exchange Apps Portathon – and an opportunity to receive US$100 per app published!

We are excited to announce the inaugural Autodesk® Exchange Apps Portathon – a 48 hour virtual web based coding “festival”. The Exchange Apps Portathon is a community event where you’ll have the opportunity to work closely with Autodesk engineers in real time and meet hundreds of other Autodesk software partners from around the world. It is all designed to help you get your apps ready and published on Autodesk Exchange Apps. The Portathon will run for 48 hours, starting from... Read more →

Exchange App Webinar

Register and mark your calendars now for this upcoming webcast on making the most of the Autodesk Exchange Apps store ... "How developers can ride and profit from the adoption wave of Autodesk Exchange Apps" The Autodesk Exchange Apps stores (currently there are 15 stores) are a huge opportunity for developers to gain direct access to the growing number of Autodesk customers using Exchange Apps. In just one year there’s been over one million visits and over 250,000 downloads. With... Read more →

Distributing plug-ins/files on Maya (and 3ds Max)

You probably remember this article where I described in details how to work with Maya Modules and integrate your files and plug-ins in Maya. This time, I am going to explain what changes were made in Maya to support the Autodesk Exchange Store. To submit an application / content package on Autodesk Exchange Store, you need to follow few but important rules. The application should be self-contained and easy to install for example. Self-contained means that all files should go... Read more →