It is Alive in the Lab

Autodesk Labs Team Members Volunteer at Habitat for Humanity

photo source: Julia J. On April 9 a group of Autodesk employees volunteered their time for Habitat for Humanity. Among them were Autodesk Labs own Frederic Loranger, Gyorgy Ordody, and John Schmier. You can see all of the pictures at:... Read more →

Get list of new Autodesk videos using RSS

Search Strategist, Lisa Wist, manages the Autodesk channel on YouTube. There are a handful of employees who add videos to the channel. I add the ones related to Autodesk Labs. In working with Lisa I discovered that the Autodesk channel... Read more →

Take the 5 question Autodesk Labs Quiz

I was playing You Don't Know Jack on my iPad the other day, and I thought, I should create an Autodesk Labs quiz. So I did. Test your knowledge about Autodesk Labs. There are only 5 questions, so it does... Read more →

Register for Autodesk Labs Newsletter

The Autodesk Labs newsletter is emailed every other month. If you would like to opt in to receive it, please set your profile accordingly. Navigate to the Labs home page: http://labs.autodesk.com/. Click on the Sign In link at the upper... Read more →

Updated FacetCurve for AutoCAD Now Available

As I have mentioned many times, the ADN Plugin of the Month exists to show would-be developers how easy it is to personally extend the functionality of our design applications. That’s why all of these plugins come with the source... Read more →

Autodesk Labs Shanghai Team Picks Strawberries

Autodesk Labs is a distributed team. We have team members in Nice/Sophia Antipolis, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Rafael, and Shanghai. Our mission is to discover, explore, and validate new approaches to design technology. Towards this end, we are... Read more →

Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD: How to extract 2011 components and load for AutoCAD 2012

The installer for the Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD supports: AutoCAD 2011 Family AutoCAD 2011 (32-bit and 64-bit) AutoCAD Architecture 2011 (32-bit and 64-bit) AutoCAD Map 3D 2011 (32-bit and 64-bit) AutoCAD 2007-2010 Family AutoCAD 2007-2010 (32-bit only) AutoCAD Architecture... Read more →

A Modest Proposal: Improvements based on My Home Energy Audit

In a previous blog posting, I covered my home energy audit and how Recurve worked with me to create a plan to remedy problems at a modest cost. Since then Recurve has joined forces with Advanced Home Energy (AHE) located... Read more →

Mesh Enabler for Inventor 2012 technology preview available until January 31, 2013

Response to my Upcoming Technology Preview Expiration Dates blog post was so overwhelming that Software Development Manager, Wayne Catalfano, provided me with a second installer that extends the team's ability to get feedback from Inventor 2012 users. Thanks to everyone... Read more →

Updated Plugin: Room / Door Renumbering for Revit Now Available

Come to think of it, caves do not have doors nor windows. The Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) sponsors a plugin of the month which provides useful functionality with source code to show would-be developers just how easy it is to... Read more →

Fun with Facebook TripAdvisor

I am testing the TripAdvisor capability on Facebook. Favorite places: Lahaina, HI, USA New Orleans, LA, USA When I was 6, my family went on a cruise to South America. My father worked for Delta Steamship Lines. When the company... Read more →

Upcoming Technology Preview Expiration Dates

Some technology previews are like shrimp salad. They are delicious when fresh but are inedible after the expiration date. When a technology preview expires, the technology preview no longer operates. A preview has a time bomb in it that makes... Read more →

Project Newport Graduates Into Autodesk Showcase

Thanks to everyone who expressed interest in Project Newport. Though we did not host a public technology preview on Autodesk Labs, the volume of those who signed up for the mailing list indicated that this technology was of interest to... Read more →

Project Snap Graduates into AutoCAD 2012

Finding your data is as easy as snapping your fingers. The vision for Project Snap is for you to be able to find all of your design content regardless of where it lies. As a step in this direction, the... Read more →

Project Galileo Media Day Overview Video

Technical Marketing Manager, Lynda Sharkey, provided me with the latest video on Project Galileo. Recall that Project Galileo is our infrastructure conceptual design technology preview for creating 3D city models from civil, geospatial and building data, and 3D models so... Read more →

Book Review: Why New Orleans Matters by Tom Piazza

My neighbor, Tom Linney, is a longtime fan of Jazz - in particular, Ragtime and Dixieland. Knowing I am from New Orleans, he recently loaned me a book, Why New Orleans Matters, that he had checked out of the Alameda... Read more →

April Fool's Day Prank Feedback

This year we had two April Fool's Day pranks. For those not familiar with this custom, on April 1, many people play tricks on each other. Last year we announced Autodesk Love Maker 2011. This year, in keeping with our... Read more →

3D/2D ShareNow available for Autodesk Design Review 2012

With the release of Autodesk Design Review 2012, I wanted you to know that the 2010 installer for the 3D/2D ShareNow add-on is compatible with the new Design Review 2012 (as well as 2011 and 2010). So if you are... Read more →

Our Google Earth Extension does support Google Earth 6

An Application Program Interface (API) is like a handshake. The Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD is our technology preview that allows you to publish your 3D models from AutoCAD-based products directly into the Google Earth application, import a Google Earth... Read more →

Updated Project Neon cloud-based rendering service Now Available

Senior Product Manager, Mark Fritts, let me know that the team updated the Project Neon servers on Friday. Project Neon is a technology preview of a rendering service that offers greater productivity and a faster turnaround of photorealistic renderings by... Read more →

Project ZP Technology Preview Now Available

Now that my previous blog posting has gotten the obligatory April Foolery out of the way, I am happy to announce a new technology preview on Autodesk Labs. Project ZP web-based compression and uncompression Our thinking was simple: Can we... Read more →

Autodesk Procreation Design Suite Now Available

Last year on April 1, we launched Autodesk Love Maker 2011. Due to its widespread popularity, we are happy to announce a set of expanded capabilities known as: Autodesk Procreation Design Suite Please give this a try and let us... Read more →