The best part is that Microsoft is offering existing SkyDrive users a limited time chance to upgrade their account to 25GB of free storage.You can add an additional 20GB of storage for $10/year, 50GB for $25/year or 100GB for $100/year. This is very competitively priced with similar cloud storage solutions.

The iPhone SkyDrive app is smart enough to be able to open DWF’s or DWG’s you have added to SkyDrive with AutoCAD WS. This is a very slick feature with being able to sync a local folder to AutoCAD WS in the cloud.

The desktop SkyDrive app also allows you to choose the folder you want to sync. So in reality, you can pick your dropbox folder and keep everything nicely synchronized across both cloud applications.

Here’s another great list of new features from Paul Munford (@CadSetterOut) at cadsetterout.com:

An Introduction to Autodesk Inventor 2013

1. A new workstation: I need something that was made this decade. I’m thinking a HP z800 or a Dell t5500. Definitely would like some SSD drives, the whir of a hard drive is something I can live without during the final moments before the lava melts it completely.
2. New iPad. I’ll need this to use the zombie tracker app.
3. A weekend trip to London to have tea with Al Dean, Editor-in-Chief of Develop 3D Magazine. I’m not sure why, but he seems like someone who would survive well into the 2nd half of the apocalypse.
4. A license of Keyshot. I need to render better bunker images, this will do it.
5. A trip to San Francisco to visit the Autodesk Gallery, but only if Shaan Hurley gives me a personal tour. I’m sure there is stuff I could use here.
6. I need a Mac Book. I do, I really do. I just don’t feel right bringing a PC laptop into the coffee shop anymore. I stick out like a sore thumb. I don’t want to draw attention to myself while making last minute preparations.
7. I always wanted an Alienware laptop, this may come in handy when they actually do come.
8. Some t-shirts from cadcrap.com. I think this will make me stick out more in the coffee shop with my PC laptop, but so what. When I turn into a zombie, I want to be wearing one of these.
9. A short jaunt to Sarasota to tour RND Automation before rapture. For sure, this will be the central hub where skynet builds more robots. Knowing the layout will be beneficial later.
10. The last one is my secret for now. I’ll post it just before total annihilation.

• Inventor 2013 – New Features (Autodesk)
• Inventor 2013 – What’s New (IMAGINiT @mflayler)
• AutoCAD 2013 – What’s New (Inventor Topix)
• Vault 2013 – Technical What’s New (Autodesk)
• Vault 2013 – What’s New in the Vault API (Doug Redmond @ Autodesk)
• Product Design Suite 2013 Lineup (Inventor Topix)
• Product Design Suite 2013 – What’s New (IMAGINiT @mflayler)
• Inventor 2013 – What’s New (You Tube):

Join us for this free Autodesk Virtual Event on March 29, 2012. See how the latest Autodesk software can help you lead the way in bringing your ideas to life and transforming your business.

Autodesk is launching its 2013 product lineup with a virtual event on March 29, 2012. Don’t forget to mark it on your calendar and register today.

http://experience.autodesk.com/all/

I’m also launching two new Twitter powered wishlist for both Autodesk PLM 360 and AutoCAD WS. You’ll be able to use the hashtag #PLM360FeatureRequest or #AutoCADWSFeatureRequest for your wish to appear on the cadtoolbox.com wishlist.

Please comment on anything you may see here or follow me on Twitter at @cadtoolbox.

cadtoolbox I'll be Tweeting my #AutodeskPLM360 experiences using the hashtag #PLM360DigIn -- Follow here: http://t.co/P2EwaBbs

On March 3, 2012 2:43 PM via web

cadtoolbox Step 1: Login -- #PLM360DigIn http://t.co/mqBWLYCm

On March 3, 2012 2:59 PM via web

cadtoolbox #PLM360DigIn - You can customize #AutodeskPLM360 with your own logos. You need to edit both at once or it doesn't take http://t.co/85khb5fT

On March 4, 2012 4:39 AM via web

cadtoolbox You also can run your entire business from your phone. #autodeskplm360 #plm360digin http://t.co/gTHm0ChU

On March 9, 2012 8:19 PM via instagram

cadtoolbox #PLM360DigIn - When in doubt, read the instructions first for #AutodeskPLM360. (http://t.co/iZSZGguD)

On March 4, 2012 4:42 AM via web

From what it looks like, pricing will start at $25/user per month for participants or $75/user per month for administrative access. This Tweet from @robcohee says that the first 3 users will be free… yes free!

Follow Autodesk PLM 360 on Facebook or on Twitter at @autodeskplm360

More to come soon…

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Here’s the simple steps to get going:

1. Download and Install the FLEXnet application.
2. Install. (You’ll need to make sure JAVA is installed on the server first)
3. Create a folder called ‘adskflex’ under the folder where FLEXnet is installed. “C:\Program Files\FLEXnet Publisher License Server Manager\adskflex“)
4. Copy the adskflex.exe vendor daemon file from the previous install of FlexLM into the new adskflex folder.
5. Create another ‘adskflx’ folder under the FLEXnet license sub-folder. “C:\Program Files\FLEXnet Publisher License Server Manager\licenses\adskflex’”
6. Copy your license file into the adskflx license folder.
7. Run the lmadmin.exe application from the FLEXnet folder.
8. Open your web browser and point it to: http://localhost:8080
9. Click the Administration tab and login. Default username and password is ‘admin’.
10. Click the ‘Vendor Daemon Configuration’ and browse for your license file to import.
11. Paste in the Vendor Daemon location on the next screen. “C:\Program Files\FLEXnet Publisher License Server Manager\adskflex\adskflex.exe”
12. Done!

I’m not sure why it showed in the logs. I’m assuming there is some sort of email, contacts or other integration I tagged into. Does this mean Autodesk is already up and running with it’s own brand new product for day to day operations at Autodesk? This would be a good question to ask. I’m going to say… yes.

If you remember, I discovered the Autodesk Cloud URL just before launch as well, here. I love doing stuff like this.

Look for more information and updates soon through my blog posts and on Twitter at @cadtoolbox.