It is Alive in the Lab

Get Ready for AUv

Manager of AU Program Development, Joseph Wurcher, shared some information regarding virtual Autodesk University. Tomorrow AUv will launch at the same time as AU. The first session will be a live broadcast of the Keynote session with Carl Bass, Jeff... Read more →

Project Bluestreak In Full Swing

When Jon Lovitz was on Saturday Night Live, he had a skit called "Get to Know Me." I can't help but think of that when I think about Project Bluestreak. Project Bluestreak provides members of the architecture, engineering, and construction... Read more →

Happy Thanksgiving

On this day we give thanks for the many fortunate things in our lives - family, friends, health, and a great place to work. Enjoy the day. Read more →

Autodesk Labs at Autodesk University 2009

Autodesk Labs will have two exhibits at Autodesk University 2009. Representing our team this year will be: VP Brian Mathews, Software Architect Ben Cochran, and Software Developer Frederic Loranger. Technical Evangelist Brian Pene will also be lending us a hand.... Read more →

Project Dragonfly Eat Your Own Dog Food Winners

We don't really eat dog food. It's just an expression. Part of most software development projects is what we call a nightly build. Software developers toil during the day - busily coding their portion of the project. They test their... Read more →

Thanksgiving Week Furlough

Taking some vacation time in 2009 Autodesk is observing a company furlough this week. With the exception of staff dedicated to manning our critical systems, all United States employees will take the week off with our vacation time. So although... Read more →

I am making a list and checking it twice

Autodesk is getting more involved with social media. Project Bluestreak is a great example. To try to make some sense of our increased involvement, I updated our social media page on the Autodesk Labs site to list the various social... Read more →

Autodesk Labs Community Login unavailable due to system maintenance tomorrow

Sign In and Registration functionality will not be available for discussion groups due to systems maintenance tied to our Disaster Recovery testing of our Enterprise Applications. Saturday, Nov 21 from 12:00 AM – 3 PM PST Creating new threads or... Read more →

Product Support Subscription Advantage Pack Videos

BYOP - bring your own popcorn and leave the rest to us Social Media Manager, Brian Kling, shared this with me. Overview - Product Support has created "deeper dive" videos reviewing the 2010 Subscription Advantage Packs for: AutoCAD Civil 3D... Read more →

Project Bluestreak Now Available

Up, up, and away with Project Bluestreak At one time I was the Software Development Manager for Buzzsaw,so I find collaboration in the construction industry very exciting. So I am happy to report that a team in the Architecture, Engineering,... Read more →

Project Dragonfly Update Now Available

This blog posting is 2 hours late. Boy is my face red. The Project Dragonfly team has been busy. Today they unveiled an update. Try it now: Project Dragonfly Information on Autodesk Labs Site As a software as a service... Read more →

Autodesk University Extension - A Free Training Event

Senior Manager, Corporate and Channel PR, Angela Simoes, shared this with me. The Autodesk University (AU) conference held each year in Las Vegas is the world’s largest learning and networking event for Autodesk product users. But not everyone can travel... Read more →

AU: Register so as not to miss Advanced Design Integration for Radical Energy Efficiency by Amory Lovins

Brian Mathews, VP of Autodesk Labs, shared some cool information with me about Autodesk University. Autodesk has been very fortunate to sign up Amory Lovins to be the keynote speaker at AU. Autodesk Labs has been involved in his selection.... Read more →

Something new to blog about - Autodesk University Virtual

Sales Programs Contractor, Daniel Teeter, shared this with me. It’s official, customers from around the world can now attend Autodesk University "virtually"! While the flagship event (AU 2009 Las Vegas, Dec 1-3, 2009) remains a not-to-be-missed experience, many are not... Read more →

Join the Autodesk Seek team for a lively discussion about product content at AU, and earn CE credits along the way

Lively but maybe not this lively Autodesk Seek Marketing Manager, Jim Wilson, asked me to post this. I was happy to do so. You’ve heard of BIM. Maybe you’ve even worked with BIM. Now’s your chance to let building product... Read more →

My first week back

Well it's been my first week back. I would like to thank Amanda Collins, Ben Cochran, Brian Mathews, Douglas Look, and Frederic Loranger who looked after the blog during my sabbatical and guest authored articles. During my six weeks off,... Read more →

Bridge Modeler for AutoCAD Civil 3D Now Available

When Dave Simeone and Yoshihiko Fukuchi approached me about making a technology preview available on Autodesk Labs, I couldn't help but think about Led Zeppelin's "The Crunge." At the end of the song Robert Plant sings "I'm just trying to... Read more →

Piping Design Technology Preview Now Available

Product Manager, Ravi Akella, contacted me a while back about a new Piping Design Technology Preview he wanted to get feedback on from the Autodesk Labs community. Now that I am back from my sabbatical, I was happy to update... Read more →

Try AutoCAD, Inventor, and Revit on your Windows 7 system without installing them

Autodesk Labs just released an update of its Application Trials Service. Also known as Project Twitch, this technology preview lets you try our flagship products over the internet without the need to download or install them on your computer. Right... Read more →

Project Twitch Down for a small Maintenance Window Today

Project Twitch will be unavailable at 9:30 am Thursday, November 11, 2009 PT for an upgrade to the application service. Stay tuned for more details about the upgrade… Read more →

Updated Moldflow UI Technology Preview Now Available

AutoCAD has a ribbon interface. Inventor has a ribbon interface, etc. The ribbon interface has become standard for Autodesk design applications. To see how this would apply to the Moldflow product line, we have a technology preview of a ribbon... Read more →

Noble Studios: 2009 Silver Davey Award – Winner for Interactive Multimedia for Corporate Image

What's a Silver Davey? An award. What's a Greek urn? About $9/hour. [old joke as in "earn"] One of the partners we work with is Noble Studios. For example, they helped us with some of the Autodesk Labs site redesign... Read more →

November Plugin of the Month: Screenshot for AutoCAD Now Available

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - so share your beautiful designs as images. I was on sabbatical until yesterday, so I am a little bit tardy with the November plugin of the month. This month's Autodesk Developer... Read more →

2D to 3D Tool and Feature Recognition on Autodesk Labs Compatible with Autodesk Inventor LT 2010

Please pardon my omission Thanks to Autodesk Inventor Product Manager, Sam Antos, who did the research to let me know that 2D to 3D Tool for Inventor and Feature Recognition Tool for Inventor are compatible with Autodesk Inventor LT 2010.... Read more →

Back to Work on Monday

Ducks in a row outside our bedroom window Today is the last day of my sabbatical. I had better get all of my non-work "ducks in a row" as it is back to work on Monday. -- Scott Sheppard, Autodesk... Read more →

What You Can Do With Project Cooper

Using Project Cooper, Autodesk employees have created a host of precise drawings and plans. Every so often, we take a minute to sketch out other, more whimsical subjects. Take a look at what two team members shared with us today.... Read more →

Cloud Services You Need

[This is Ben Cochran again writing for Scott while he is on Sabbatical.] For years now, languages, tools and platforms have been making the creation of web-based services easier and more robust. Some of these are IIS, Apache, Tomcat, Java,... Read more →