It is Alive in the Lab

Autodesk Gallery Powers of Design Exhibit: 10**8 Jupiter

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the... Read more →

Rules for FIGHT CLUB, I mean PARTICIPATORY DESIGN COUNCIL

PREFACE As a member of the Autodesk Labs community, you probably enjoy getting an early look at and early input into what Autodesk is working on related to grading, terrain modeling, and interactive terrain shaping. So now is a great... Read more →

Check out Autodesk Education Cage Matches on Facebook

I'd like to have an argument. No you wouldn't. Yes I would. No you wouldn't. Yes I would. The Autodesk Education Cage Match has launched! This six-week online debate takes the excitement of the live Cage Match events we held... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery Powers of Design Exhibit: 10**7 Earth

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the... Read more →

Who has bragging rights?

Anyone can freely browse the Autodesk Labs site; however, when a user downloads a technology preview, he or she needs to log in first. We do this because the Labs site logs the email addresses of those who download technology... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery: Bay Lights Exhibit

IMAGINE At 1.8 miles wide and 500 feet high, Bay Lights is the world's largest LED light sculpture — featuring 25,000 white LED lights that are individually programmed to create a never-repeating, dazzling display across the western span of the... Read more →

Autodesk Research: Project Cyborg

Can human body parts be regenerated? Autodesk Research is dedicated to innovation and discovery. Their interests range from methods to help users learn powerful digital prototyping tools, to visualization and simulation techniques which enable designers to achieve new levels of... Read more →

Project Falcon: Make Sure Your Graphics Are Up To Snuff

Are your system graphics all messed up? Project Falcon is our free technology preview that simulates air flow around vehicles, buildings, outdoor equipment, consumer products, or other objects in a virtual wind tunnel. Results are available in almost real-time in... Read more →

Trying 3 iPad styluses in 3 days

I have been using an iPad with my finger for years now. Recently I thought "What about a stylus?" I had a $50 gift certificate to Best Buy, so I thought I would try a few of them. Best Buy... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery Powers of Design Exhibit: 10**6 The Moon

"Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like On a, Jupiter and Mars" — Frank Sinatra I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My... Read more →

BIM Coordinator for AutoCAD Civil 3D / Revit Now Available in Autodesk Subscription Center

Avoid juggling coordinate systems. Many of you recall the BIM Coordinator for AutoCAD Civil 3D / Revit when it was a technology preview on Autodesk Labs. The technology preview has since graduated. I am happy to report that Industry Manager,... Read more →

United States users with decent bandwidth can try online versions of Revit 2014 and Revit LT 2014

Here's an outgrowth of some work that we did in Autodesk Labs. Software Development Manager, Frederic Loranger, who also worked on Project Twitch and Project Blink, was happy to announce that Autodesk Revit 2014 and Autodesk Revit LT 2014 online... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery Powers of Design Exhibit: 10**5 Palm Islands

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the... Read more →

Book Review: The Infinite Resource by Ramez Naam

In an earlier blog article, I mentioned Autodesk's relationship with Ramez Naam through our work with Singularity University. Ramez was kind enough to send me a copy of his book, The Infinite Resource: the power of ideas on a finite... Read more →

Keeping Up To Date with Autodesk Discussion Forums

Since various divisions supply me with technologies to showcase on Autodesk Labs, I wrote this for my fellow teammates. I wrote and sent this to them on April 1. I decided to share this with It's Alive in the Lab... Read more →

Autodesk Labs Infographic

I was so inspired by the infographic that Shaan Hurley shared with me yesterday that I whipped one up for Autodesk Labs. Enlarge All of the cool kids are making infographics nowadays. To become part of the Autodesk Labs community,... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery Powers of Design Exhibit: 10**4 Masdar City

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the... Read more →

Autodesk Branding Infographic

Technologist for the Office of the CTO, Shaan Hurley, shared this with me. I thought it was cool, so I am sharing it with you. Enlarge History is alive in the lab. Read more →

Project Sci-Viz: You Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine

Researchers from the Olson Molecular Graphics Laboratory at the Scripps Research Institute and from the Johnson Lab at UCSF have made freely available a number of cutting edge scientific visualization tools such as the embedded Python Molecular Viewer (ePMV) and... Read more →

Scheduled Down Time for Freewheel in April

Shhhh! Our servers will be down for a bit. This is my once-a-month copy/paste blog posting to let you know when Freewheel will be unavailable. Actually here is a list of services that will be unavailable: BIM 360 Glue Buzzsaw... Read more →

Updated Project Chronicle Now Supports AutoCAD 2014 and Revit 2014

The Autodesk Research team provided me with an update of Project Chronicle today. Recall that Project Chronicle is a way to create training materials that leverage metadata (i.e., commands, dialog boxes, settings) to provide more than just screen shots with... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery Powers of Design Exhibit: 10**3 Bay Bridge

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the... Read more →

April issue of Autodesk Labs newsletter now available

There's another issue of Innovation Edge, the Autodesk Labs newsletter, available for your perusal. This brief publication highlights technologies and utilities available on Autodesk Labs. Something people don't always know is that technology previews are free. All we ask is... Read more →

Feature Recognition for Inventor Will Graduate To Autodesk Subscription Center

The technology preview of Feature Recognition for Invemtor converted neutral 3D CAD models, such as STEP, SAT, or IGES solids, into full-featured Inventor models. Feature mapping could be executed automatically or interactively as needed to maintain design intent. The technology... Read more →

Updated FABmep Import for Revit MEP Now Available

Don't uncork the champagne just yet. At the end of a technology preview, a team can: Make the technology available in Subscription Center with no time-bomb. Extend the technology preview to collect more feedback. An update is posted with a... Read more →

Design Night at the Autodesk Gallery on May 2: Making It!

Past 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... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery Powers of Design Exhibit: 10**2 Shanghai Tower

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the... Read more →

Book Ad: The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet

I work in the Corporate Strategy & Engagement team. My teammates include Bill O'Connor, Evan Atherton, Kerry Ann Levenhagen, Maurice Conti, Jonathan Knowles, Shaan Hurley, and Tom Wujec. Jon Pittman is VP of Corporate Strategy & Engagement. Jonathan Knowles manages... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery Powers of Design Exhibit: 10**1 Ma'erkang Housing Reconstruction

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the... Read more →

Putting the Augment in Augmented Reality

In the lab, reality is not always as it appears. With the technology preview of the Augmented Reality for Showcase Plug-in on Autodesk Labs, I have published a few related blog articles: Free technology preview of Augmented Reality for Showcase... Read more →

Between the Lines: The Coolest 3D Printed Speakers in the World

Technologist for the Office of the CTO, Shaan Hurley, has a nice writeup of some speaker cases imagined, designed, and created right here using the 3D printer located in the Autodesk Gallery at One Market. Check it out. Read Shaan's... Read more →

TED Preroll Music Created With Autodesk Software

Perhaps my memory on these is not so good, but I seem to recall: Musician, Brian Eno, composed the start-up sound for Windows 95, and the only requirement he was given was that the piece needed to be 3.25 seconds... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery Powers of Design Exhibit: 10**0 Biome Concept Car

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the... Read more →

Feature Recognition for Inventor and FABmep Import for Revit MEP: the jury is deliberating...

Right now there are 2 expired technology previews on the Autodesk Labs site. Feature Recognition for Inventor 2013 FABmep Import for Revit MEP The jury is still out on what to do next, so I have not retired them from... Read more →

POV Dispatch: Organizational Announcement: Welcome, Everybody, to CEO Staff

The Point-Of-View (POV) Dispatch is our internal newsletter where the Corporate Strategy & Engagement team covers the big ideas that are important to Autodesk and its customers. It is issued monthly. This story went out today as part of our... Read more →