It is Alive in the Lab

Project Artoo for AutoCAD Map 3D Retires from Autodesk Labs

Project Artoo for AutoCAD Map 3D 2013 was our technology preview that helped you perform geometry cleanup operations on geospatial data stores to improve the quality and accuracy of your geospatial data. The cleanup tools in Project Artoo helped you... Read more →

POV Dispatch: high-tech, high-touch customer service

The POV Dispatch is our monthly internal newsletter where we discuss the big ideas that are important to Autodesk and our customers. The upcoming February issue is related to branding, and how a brand is more than just a logo... Read more →

Mesh Enabler for Inventor 2012 (only) Graduates from Autodesk Labs

The Mesh Enabler for Inventor is our technology preview that enables Inventor users to work with imported Mesh data. As shipped Inventor 2012 can import mesh data from Catia files. In addition to Catia files, Inventor 2013 can import mesh... Read more →

Book Review: high-tech, high-touch customer service by Micah Solomon

Micah Solomon is regarded as one of the new gurus of customer service excellence. After my review of Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit by Leonardo Inghilleri and Micah Solomon, Micah contacted me and was gracious enough to send me a care... Read more →

2012 Update: The Dollars and Cents of My Home Energy Audit

Last January, I shared information about my home energy project: A Modest Proposal: The Dollars and Cents of My Home Energy Audit Recently I updated this posting to include data from our 2012 electric and gas bills. I am happy... Read more →

3ds Max Design Hero Competition Winners Announced!

Marketing Manager for Cross Industry Design Visualization, Chrysoulla Srabian, shared some news with me. Congratulations to the winners of the Autodesk 3ds Max Design Heroes contest. This stunning image by Tianyi Zhu won best overall image. Congratulations also to the... Read more →

Be there at Design Night: Mother Nature: Celebrity Designer

Design Night is an events program at the Autodesk Gallery. At each event, guests explore a different theme – such as biomimicry, light, or robotics – that challenges the conventionally narrow definition of design. The theme is reflected in all... Read more →

It's all about connectivity

As everything is moving to the cloud, I have become a DropBox user. I maintain the web site for my homeowners association. Sometimes I would be at work, and the site would need a small change -- something that would... Read more →

Book Review from POV: Consumption Economics by J.B. Wood, Todd Hewin, and Thomas Lah

Reviewed by Jon Pittman Think about how packaged software companies (like Autodesk, Adobe, Microsoft, or Intuit) or enterprise software companies (like SAP or Oracle) deliver capability to customers and are compensated for doing so. In both cases, the companies deliver... Read more →

Venn and the Art of Autodesk Communities: An Inquiry into Values

Enlarge Today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The words in this YouTube video about Autodesk employees using a Raspberry Pi computer to read to the blind may sound familiar. I have the day off. Let's have some fun.... Read more →

Book Review: The Nature and Art of Workmanship by David Pye

As I mentioned in my review of A Whack on the Side of the Head, I am a methodical person. Since that book is designed to incite creativity, I figured that's why my boss, VP of Corporate Strategy & Engagement,... Read more →

Updated Project Grapevine Now Available

Project Grapevine is our free technology preview of a new approach to forums, built on the idea that you can tap into your community to solve design and engineering problems using visual tools. Project Grapevine builds your network to become... Read more →

Project Geppetto for 3ds Max / 3ds Max Design Graduates from Autodesk Labs

Project Geppetto was a research project that explored making it easy, fast, and fun to add crowds to 3ds Max scenes. Project Geppetto was a data-driven animation system that offered high level control of plausible human animation. Architects, engineers, and... Read more →

My Review of adidas Golden State Warriors On-Court Long Sleeve Shooting Shirt

Originally submitted at NBA You'll be able to imitate your iconic hoops hero in this adidas® On-Court long-sleeve shooting shirt. Featuring contrast-colored details and breathable mesh insert panels, this sporty shirt's NBA team graphics will have you showing your spirit.... Read more →

Updated Project Chronicle Now Available

You've got an extension. Though the Project Chronicle technology preview has no specific end-date at this time, the executable you use to create the chronicles does indeed have a time-bomb. For existing users. the time-bomb is set for today. Fear... Read more →

POV Dispatch: Imagining A Better World in 2050

The POV Dispatch is our Autodesk internal newsletter, published monthly, where we discuss the big ideas that are important to us and our customers. It is published by our Corporate Strategy & Engagement (CS&E) team of which Autodesk Labs is... Read more →

6 Technology Trends at Autodesk

"In the future, our job is going to be to dream..." — Brian Mathews Hear VP of Reality Capture, Brian Mathews, talk about 6 technology trends we see at Autodesk. Reality capture (laser scanning, photogrammetry) Cloud-based access (everyone access data... Read more →

Ten Most Read It's Alive in the Lab Blog Articles for 2012

It's that time of the year when people create those top 10 lists. So I used Google Analytics to identify the top 10 most read blog articles published last year: Issues of the Autodesk Labs newsletter, Innovation Edge, were the... Read more →

BIM Coordinator for AutoCAD Civil 3D / Revit to graduate from Autodesk Labs

They grow up so fast. Before you know it, they'll be off to Subscription Center. The BIM Coordinator for AutoCAD Civil 3D and Revit was our free technology preview that assists project team members with building and site grids. The... Read more →

Project Scandium Graduates to Autodesk Simulation Beta

Project Scandium for Autodesk Simulation Moldflow 2013 was our technology preview that extended simulation capabilities by offering new capabilities to try out and provide feedback. These new capabilities and extensions included: New capability to analyze molds with conformal cooling channels... Read more →

Heraclitus: A Whack on the Side of the Head by Roger van Oech

source: www.livius.org As I mentioned in part 1 of this book review, my boss, VP of Corporate Strategy & Engagement, Jon Pittman, gave me a copy of A Whack on the Side of the Head for Christmas. The book recommends... Read more →

Book Review: A Whack on the Side of the Head by Roger van Oech

I am a very methodical person — to the extreme. Even something as simple as getting dressed is a process. Each morning I simply grab the shirt in my closet on the end. I then pick pants to go with... Read more →

Project Falcon: Would "always on" be a good idea?

Project Falcon started out as an add-on for Alias software, and was then made available as a stand-alone program. It was then rolled out as add-ons for AutoCAD, Inventor, and Revit. The same can be said for the videos associated... Read more →

Spotify totally changes one's listening habits

For as far back as I can remember I have enjoyed listening to music. In my youth I would buy vinyl albums. In my 20's I would buy CDs. Later in life I dispensed with physical media and became an... Read more →

Thanks to River Analysis Extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 / Map 3D 2012 Participants

The River Analysis Extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D and AutoCAD Map 3D was our technology preview of a sophisticated river modeling software package that supported HEC-RAS within the AutoCAD environment. This technology preview made it easier than ever before to... Read more →

Book Review: Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit by Leonardo Inghilleri and Micah Solomon

Autodesk has two really big events each year: Autodesk University (AU) where our customers gather to learn about how to use our products and services, and One Team Conference (OTC) where our dealers and resellers gather to learn about how... Read more →

Happy New Year from Autodesk Labs

Happy New Year. If the above is 2013, in what year will bio-nano technology be able to create this? We look forward to sharing more technology previews with you in 2013 and getting your feedback. Annual renewal is alive in... Read more →