"I am not CAD professional. I just start studying and make a plan. I was a graphic designer before, so I have knowledge of 2D design. My parents ran a bicycle shop and I want to make the lightest bike (ex.made of plastic ) and bike accessories." (sic) - Mio Tanaka
Frog Prince - by Amanda Jackson
See the Instructable here. 
My wife and I recently took our honeymoon to Thailand and Cambodia (which seems to be a common thing these days...), and she was extremely patient with my constant stopping to 'Capture' some of the carved sculptures and architecture in Bangkok and Siem Reap.
Fortunately, I got some really good ones and processed them when we had a wi-fi connection. I nearly lost them all when I ran out of room on the server (I took a lot!) - the app froze and I kept getting an error message to let the processing finish, but a quick upgrade to Premium membership and some iOS file manipulation sorted it out. (If you've run into this issue before, post below for the solution)
Buddha Feet printed at about 60% scale.
One of the better Catches came from video, oddly enough. I took a ~20 second video and later played it full screen, hitting Cmd+Shift+3 screen captures every second or so. Then I took those images and loaded them into the web and desktop 123D Catch app. I think the softer focus of the video stills creates a more seamless model. Maybe someone else has had some experience with Catching from video?
First print of the Temple Lion
We’re excited to announce the launch of Autodesk 123D Creature, a new app on iPad specifically designed for creating 3D creatures and characters!
Watch the launch video to see what 123D Creature is all about.
You can order a full color 3D print of your creature from Sculpteo directly from inside the app, or you can export an OBJ including textures via email or iTunes. You can also bring your creature into the Render room where you can adjust the lights, background, and filter effects to generate amazing scenes and images.
What’s new in 123D Design 1.1? Many of you have asked for some specific features with a new release of 123D Design. We heard you and have integrated many of them in this release! Let’s see some of these features:
Export STL Files
You now have the option to directly export an STL file from within 123D Design, without having to go back to 123Dapp.com to download it.
Now you can export right from the drop-down menu.
Insert
123D Design 1.0 only allowed inserting parts through the Parts Bin. Now you can not only insert parts but also merge complete models by using the Insert function. We also made it so that you can insert from your local drive, not just files stored in the cloud!
Insert objects from a local drive!
Sketching Enhancements
123D Design 1.1 introduces several new features that many of you requested in the last month. You can now Trim and Extend objects while you sketch. We have also introduced Arc, and also added an option for doing Fillet on two different entities within the sketch.
We've also enhanced dimensioning of sketches, and introduced the ability to mirror a sketch. We think these new tools will increase the power of sketching with your design.
More sketching functions!
Dimensions
If you ever wondered how to make sure what’s the distance between two elements, or an angle within a sketch or different edges in your model, now there’s a simple solution.
123D Design 1.1 introduces the Dimension tool. It allows you to select two elements (can be bodies, faces, edges, lines) and display the resulting dimensions.
New dimensioning and measurement capabilities!
Send to CNC Utility
123D Design 1.0 introduced options for directly sending the model to 123D Make, and also allowed you order a 3D print based on your current model. Now we have introduced an option to send the model to a CNC utility, which will lead you through all the steps for preparing your model for fabrication with a CNC device.
Send your model to your CNC device!
Today you may have noticed the addition of "go premium" in the upper corner of the 123D site. We've just started offering a new level of membership intended for those of you who have been asking for more stuff to help support the things you are making.
Right now, premium membership includes two key benefits; a free 3D print, and an Instructables Pro membership. An Instructables Pro account gives you access to eBooks, downloadable pdfs of projects, private Instructables, and more, so you can take better advantage of the projects you want to make and those you want to share. And if you've been interested in ordering a print of one of your models – or you're modeling something specific to print – as part of your premium membership you'll be able to get a free 3D print up to 4"x4"x4", made on one of our sweet Objet 3D printers.
This is just the beginning for premium membership, we've already got updates in the works. You'll see premium models appearing in the Gallery – for a short time you can download those free from inside one of the 123D apps, so check them out. We'll shortly be publishing hundreds of them and premium members will have exclusive access to download and make them. We'll also be offering premium members extended private storage, for the special projects or product designs you want to keep under wraps. We have also heard requests for certain types of file translation or output. Those and other services may show up in premium down the road.
Free membership is not going away, you'll always be able to access our apps, share your projects and download other people's shared projects, and we'll continue to update and upgrade the 123D apps on desktop, web, and mobile. But if these premium benefits are just what you've been waiting for that's great! If you have more ideas for premium membership, please do let us know (you can email us at 123D@autodesk.com).
3D models in the 123D Gallery now have an embed option! To embed, check the upper right hand corner of a
model and look for the embed button as shown in the photo above.
Once clicked, the embed option will then allow you to choose a size and
give you a code to embed the 3D viewer on your blog or website.
It'll look something like this:
The title is a teeny bit of a fib this time since we didn't have this post last week. But it is back! Catches are becoming the most common thing in the gallery as of late and they're getting better and better.
church door by Cody Walker
Frogner Oslo Park Norway by Wayne Trout
Lion by Jeffrey Lv
Falla Lo Rat Penat 2012 by Jaime Almonacid
Weston Super Mare - Sand Sculpture by Andrew Moore
