It is Alive in the Lab

Updated Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Autodesk Revit Now Available

The Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Revit technology preview allows users to import point cloud data and convert it to Revit Building Information Model objects. // Download Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Autodesk Revit from Autodesk Labs Though many users... Read more →

iTunes Music: An App I Want

This is the part where I am hoping having a blog helps me out personally. I am attempting to use the power of crowd sourcing. I am hoping someone tells me that this app already exists. My music collection has... Read more →

Becoming my own Jessica Hagy

One of my favorite blogs is called indexed: http://indexed.blogspot.com/ Indexed author, Jessica Hagy, displays thought provoking ideas on index cards. One of the tenets of Autodesk Labs is visual thinking. So many of the Autodesk Labs developers also like the... Read more →

YouTube example: 123D Catch Beta to 3ds Max to MotionBuilder

This is just plain fun. 8 seconds of fun are alive in the lab. Read more →

Please Try Depends.exe to Help Us Fix the Problem

The Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Revit technology preview allows users to import point cloud data and convert it to Revit Building Information Model objects. // Learn more about Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Autodesk Revit on Autodesk Labs Though... Read more →

Two New Free Addins available for Project Vasari

On the heels of the update of the Parametric Sliders add-in for Project Vasari, the team has provided two additional add-ins: Automatically Update Export for Solar Radiation This WIP adds a check box to the Ecotect Solar Radiation tool to... Read more →

free technology preview of Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Autodesk Revit Now Available

When is a door not a door? When it's ajar. Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Revit is our free technology preview that allows you to work with point cloud more easily in Revit. This plug-in automatically extracts useful geometry features... Read more →

Season 2 of Project Vasari Talk

I will once again ask "Who remembers Coffee Talk with Paul Baldwin or Linda Richman (Mike Myers) on Saturday Night Live?" Well it's time for Vasari Talk. Project Vasari is our technology preview of an easy-to-use, expressive design tool for... Read more →

Updated Parametric Sliders for Project Vasari Now Available

No, not the sliders that are served at restaurants... Project Vasari is our free technology preview of an easy-to-use, expressive design tool for creating building concepts. Vasari includes integrated cloud-based analysis for energy and carbon. Project Vasari design data can... Read more →

Book Review: HOME TEAM: Coaching the Saints and New Orleans Back to Life by Sean Payton and Ellis Henison

"It's no great accomplishment to lead the stronger team to victory." page 32 I am from New Orleans. I have been a New Orleans Saints fan since September 17, 1967 when John Gilliam returned the franchise's opening kick-off for a... Read more →

Tutorials Videos for Project Silverstar for AutoCAD Civil 3D Available

Sometimes videos accompany the launch of a technology preview. Sometimes they come later. I place them on YouTube to help gain exposure for the technology preview. I also make them available for download from my Buzzsaw site for users who... Read more →

Updated free technology preview of Structure Generator for Revit Now Available

"Love all, but [truss] a few." - William Shakespeare Structure Generator for Revit is a free technology preview that provides a connection between "massing models and objects created during conceptual design" and "structural elements such as beams, column, walls, and... Read more →

Autodesk University Leadership Series

YouTube sends me a weekly email listing updates for channels to which I subscribe. Last week I was happy to see 3 new videos on strategy as a competitive separation. I particularly enjoyed our VP of Corporate Strategy, Jon Pittman's,... Read more →

Updated ScriptPro 2.0.2 ADN Plugin of the Month 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 the plugins of the month come... Read more →

Music in the Year 2011

Though I don't play any instrument, can't dance, nor carry a tune, I have an appreciation for music. My life unfolds to a soundtrack that plays in my head. Patterned after a Rolling Stone article, I once described: My Life... Read more →

Freewheel Down Time on January 14, 2012

As with last year, and again this year, several times during the year, new functionality is released into Autodesk’s Enterprise Information Systems to enhance the company’s services to partners / customers and help the organization run more efficiently. The next... Read more →

You can now sign up for Project Chronicle

"I heard the king was dying. I heard the king was dead, And with him died the chronicles that no one ever read." - Kansas Autodesk Research is dedicated to innovation and discovery in helping solve some of the world's... Read more →

A Modest Proposal: The Dollars and Cents of My Home Energy Audit

My wife, Sheryl, and I have a condo at Crown Harbor in Alameda: Crown Harbor In a series of blog posts, I outlined the process Sheryl and I followed to make some energy improvements to our home: Want to save... Read more →

free technology preview of Project Inspire for AutoCAD Map 3D Now Available

In May 2007 Europe adopted the INSPIRE Directive that established an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe to support Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment. INSPIRE is based on the infrastructures... Read more →

Have You Ever Played a Game Called Joker?

In fourth grade, I had an assignment to write a limerick. Here's what I came up with: There once was an ugly old joker Who played at a dumb game of poker He tried to be funny and lost all... Read more →

Big time, so much larger than life...

With apologies to Peter Gabriel for this blog post title, I can't help but feel excited about the links on the Autodesk site to Autodesk Labs. The sample above is the Autodesk Inventor page but there are other pages too,... Read more →

Business as Usual: 123D Catch Servers are up

I got a Tweet today inquiring about the status of the 123D Catch servers. I did a test project, and it worked for me. I even looked at our dashboard and all appears well. 123D Catch servers are alive in... Read more →

free Project Scandium Technology Preview 3 for Moldflow Insight Now Available

As they did last July, the Moldflow team started off the new year with a bang. They provided me with new installers for technology preview 3 of Project Scandium. I posted them for download and updated the site. Recall that... Read more →

free technology preview of Project Vasari Now Downloadable Again

Project Vasari is our free technology preview of an easy-to-use, expressive design tool for creating building concepts with cloud-based analysis for energy and carbon. Designs created with Project Vasari can be opened in Revit. // Learn more about Project Vasari... Read more →

Free January ADN Plugin of the Month, Solid Cut Surface for AutoCAD Civil 3D, Now Available

Each month a member of the Autodesk Developer Network, not-necessarily an Autodesk employee, brings you a plugin that includes the source code. You can use the plugin as provided or extend it to meet your needs by working with the... Read more →

Autodesk Labs: Back to work

After a nice holiday break, we are back to work. We can resume responding to your feedback. Thanks for your patience while we rested. http://labs.autodesk.com/ Business as usual is alive in the lab. Read more →

Happy New Year from Autodesk Labs

For those of you on the Mayan calendar, I guess the end is near. For those of you on the Gregorian calendar, happy new year. We look forward to sharing more technology previews with you in 2012 and getting your... Read more →