It is Alive in the Lab

Improved Boomless Chameleon Add-in for Autodesk Design Review Available

If you have a computer and a web camera, you can navigate your designs without a multi-touch wall, Wii remote, or even a mouse. Using Autodesk Design Review SP1 (make sure you have SP1) and the Boomless Chameleon Navigation Add-in,... Read more →

Amanda Collins: AU in AUgust - Meet David Falck

Autodesk Labs Marketing Manager, Amanda Collins, filed this report. Like Christmas in July, this is an opportunity to get ready for AU with Autodesk Labs. First up: meet the Autodesk Labs team members who have signed up to teach classes.... Read more →

Project Freewheel 1.0.6 Now Available

Autodesk Labs is happy to announce the availability of Project Freewheel 1.0.6. One of our technical leads in Shanghai, Sydney Xu, pushed the new build to the server last night. Project Freewheel 1.0.6 includes: It's a new look. Four out... Read more →

What's New Pussycat? Whoa, whoa...

Okay maybe I am the only one old enough to remember that Tom Jones song. My mother loved it. I am more of Todd Rundgren kind of guy. For a while I have been maintaining a what's new on Autodesk... Read more →

Coming Soon: Autodesk Labs Consolidated Login

Way back in May 2007 I mentioned how having an Autodesk Labs login would be beneficial to using Project Freewheel. When Project Freewheel was first launched, you had no way to delete your designs. We added this capability; however, to... Read more →

What's playing on my iPod

I have only blogged a topic like this once before, but since I recently bought tickets to see Jackson Browne at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, I thought I would share a story. I have gone to concerts since I... Read more →

Consistency of application look and feel extends to SaaS

One of the goals we are striving for at Autodesk is common user experience. We want you to be able to learn to use one of our applications and then be able to easily use one of our other applications.... Read more →

Meet Gyorgy Ordody: Creating a Custom “Wiki” to Help Your Client Manage the Bid Process

Autodesk Labs will once again have a presence at AU this year. We are involved in several classes. Autodesk Labs Marketing Manager Amanda Collins Project Draw Software Developer David Falck Senior Strategic Designer Douglas Look Multi-touch/Wiimote/Boomless Chameleon Software Developer Eddy... Read more →

Using Project Draw and Project Freewheel together

A Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee, New Jersey wrote in: I am using Project Draw, and I love it. One question: Is there an option somewhere to share or collaborate on my diagrams that I might be missing, or... Read more →

CCNtv: Win an HP Workstation

Greg Smith of CCNTV let me know that It's Alive in the Lab readers might be interested in the following: CCNtv has just released information on how to win a New HP xw4600 workstation. This contest started on August 11th... Read more →

Using Advanced Simulation and Shrinkwrap Simultaneously

Autodesk Inventor users have been downloading the Advanced Simulation Technology Preview (ASTP) and the Shrinkwrap Add-in for Autodesk Inventor. A few of you have experienced a problem trying to get both of these technologies to cooperate on the same machine.... Read more →

Inventor Plastic Features Technology Preview Pictures

I rarely blog about press releases. This is a blog. As the name suggests, we have press for "press releases." Toni Cole sent me a press release about the Autodesk Inventor Plastic Features Technology Preview. The byline was Technology Dramatically... Read more →

Autodesk Inventor Plastic Features Technology Preview Now Available on Autodesk Labs

I am reminded of a scene from the popular movie, The Graduate. For the uninitiated, The Graduate tells the story of Ben Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman) who is a recent college graduate with no well-defined aim in life. In... Read more →

Autodesk Labs Home Page Redesign

We've the given the Autodesk Labs home page a makeover. Working with our web team, Autodesk Labs Marketing Manager, Amanda Collins, and Senior Strategic Designer, Doug Look, have revamped the page. What was once: is now: Our goal is to... Read more →

Is there demand for SaaS in the world of CAD?

Andreas Müller of WIN-Verlag GmbH & Co.KG recently asked me: Is there a demand for CAD-SaaS solutions by customers and enterprises using Autodesk solutions? What's your experience? It is important to think about the more than a million customers we... Read more →

non-YouTube Autodesk Labs videos available

My blog posting, YouTube: encouragement to view and rate, generated a few disappointed responses. Not everyone has access to YouTube from their offices. For this reason, most of the videos I share are also available from non-YouTube locations. YouTube non-YouTube... Read more →

Brian Pene's 3D Studio VIZ Conference Room

I had forgotten I had this DWF. Technical Evangelist, Brian Pene, gave it me long ago. Click on the link: The design is a conference room rendered by 3D Studio VIZ. It has transparent objects which sometimes present a... Read more →

Which kinds of users benefit most from Saas?

When I posted the article "What does SaaS mean to you?", Stefaan Boel made the comment: Would indeed be interesting for time to time users but I suggest also a maximum yearly payment. Imagine if you still use the license... Read more →

Autodesk Labs at Autodesk University

Autodesk Labs will once again have a presence at AU this year. We are involved in several classes. Autodesk Labs Marketing Manager Amanda Collins and Project Draw Software Developer David Falck Senior Strategic Designer Douglas Look and Multi-touch/Wiimote/Boomless Chameleon Software... Read more →

Project Freewheel 1.0.5 Now Available

On Friday when you weren't looking, we made a small update to Project Freewheel (release 1.0.5). I know it's only been two weeks since the last update (release 1.0.4) that was chock full of features, but this update primarily included... Read more →

Shrinkwrap Add-in for Inventor Now Available

There's a new tool in town. It's the Shrinkwrap Add-in for Autodesk Inventor. Inventor Product Manager, Pete Lord, provided this to me, and I was happy to add it to the Autodesk Labs site: http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/inventor_shrinkwrap The add-in lets you fill... Read more →

The NID - Autodesk Partnership

Asia Pacific Education Program Manager, Bhupesh Lall, filed this report on Autodesk's work with India on India's National Design Policy. On the 8th of February 2007 the Union Cabinet of India approved a National Design Policy. This policy is the... Read more →