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AU CAVE: And now for something completely different...

Find out more. Introducing CAVE: the newest conference from Autodesk as a part of Autodesk University. On December 1, CAVE will bring together artists, storytellers, and designers for a day of keynote speeches, seminars, and networking at The Venetian Hotel... Read more →

Happy Halloween from Autodesk Labs

Just what you need for Halloween — a set of scary lights made from 3D printed pumpkins Happy Halloween. In honor of this day, one of our developers, Hans Kellner, made a 2 minute 48 second video that depicts his... Read more →

Scott Adams Blog: How To Build A Country

Some customers welcome the cloud. Others would only use it if we pry their desktop keyboards from their cold, dead hands. So our plan is to continue to sell desktop applications bundled in suites that are augmented with web-based services... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery: Bruce Beasley 3D Printed Sculpture Unveiling

When you walk into the Autodesk Gallery at One Market, the first exhibit you see is from Bruce Beasley. As an Autodesk Gallery Ambassador, this is a great exhibit to start a tour with because it's the opposite of what... Read more →

Subliminal Biomimicry at the Office?

On June 28, 2011, I had a visitor to my office window. I know the exact date because I posted on Facebook: "For some reason, I feel like I am being watched." In June of 2013, one of our summer... Read more →

The Autodesk Innovation Genome

Autodesk Labs is home to lots of technology previews. You download an add-on for one of our design applications or a stand-alone program, you try it, and you let us know if you like it or not. An alternative to... Read more →

On vacation in Mendocino today

At the fundraiser for the Alameda Boys and Girls Club where we dressed in support of the San Francsico Giants instead of the Oakland Athletics, I was the lucky bidder on a weekend stay in Mendocino. So I am on... Read more →

Autodesk Employee Design and Make Contest Progress

In September we launched the Autodesk 360 Design and Make Contest. We have 14 teams, from offices all over world, consisting of over 60 employees, competing in this contest. The main goal of this contest, besides having fun and encouraging... Read more →

Project Miller Users can share their feedback via our survey

Please speak out. We want to hear from you. Trying a technology preview, liking it, and not telling us, is the same as not trying it. So please don't keep your kale hole shut. Project Miller is our free technology... Read more →

Sample Autodesk Labs September feedback

People often email me to ask what type of feedback are we looking for with our technology previews. As these previews are early in their life cycles, we are interested in knowing if the concept itself is a good idea,... Read more →

Stephen Hooper: Autodesk Automotive Design and Visualization

As their names suggest, Alias Automotive and Alias Surfacing (// more) are two popular Autodesk products in the automotive industry. But so are programs like Sketchbook Pro (// more), Maya (// more), and Fusion 360 (// more). Recently Senior Product... Read more →

Media Planet: Clean Technology

Cooking Clean Exhibit Bobbie Casey is one of our Executive Assistants at Autodesk. She's also one of the leaders of our green team, so I should not have been surprised when she sent me this Read the article. I am... Read more →

Look for the Autodesk Research Booth at AU

For many years I had an Autodesk Labs booth at Autodesk University. Many of you may recall the Perceptive Pixel Multi-touch Wall or the Project Photofly Booth. Sometimes we even had multiple booths where we demoed various technology previews. This... Read more →

October 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 →

If the shoe fits...

I took this picture on my way to work on Friday morning. The day before I had just given an Autodesk Gallery tour to a group of Nike employees. The day before that, my colleague, Director of Applied Innovation, Maurice... Read more →

Project Miller Now Available on #AutodeskLabs

"I'm a picker. I'm a grinner. I'm a lover, and I'm a sinner — playin' my music in the sun." — Steve Miller, "The Joker," 1973. Hanno van Raalte is our Product Manager for Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Products. I have... Read more →

Attended the Bot & Dolly Viewing of the Gravity Movie

Who are those cool guys? Why that's Autodesk Labs Program Manager, Scott Sheppard, and Autodesk Chief Technology Officer, Jeff Kowalski. What's the only thing that could make them cooler? Why 3D glasses of course! Actually we were fortunate to attend... Read more →

Scheduled Downtime for Autodesk Freewheel on October 12

This is my once-a-month copy/paste blog posting to let you know when Autodesk Freewheel will be unavailable. Years ago Project Freewheel graduated from Autodesk Labs. Project Freewheel users are now using Autodesk Freewheel — the production version. With our focus... Read more →

It's nearly time to CAVE

Many of you have inquired about the upcoming CAVE event. CAVE originally stood for Creative Artist Vegas Event, but the team is considering holding the event in various locations, so now it's just being called CAVE -- no acronym, Chris... Read more →

Design Night at the Autodesk Gallery on November 3: Can You Hack It?

Past Design Night is open to the general public, It 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... Read more →

free technology preview of Cloud Sync for AutoCAD Architecture / MEP Now Available on Autodesk Labs

I am a Dropbox kind of guy. I keep all of my personal and work files on Dropbox. If I am at home and want to do some work, I can spring into action. If I am at work, and... Read more →

My Favorite Martyn

The title of this blog post is a play on an old American TV show. Martyn Day is a journalist whose credits include publisher, X3Dmedia (Develop3D), Consulting Editor, and AEC Magazine. Martyn is very familiar with Autodesk, having covered the... Read more →

Sometimes Off The Top is not The Cat's Meow

My blog post, Toilet Paper Should Be Loaded So It Rolls Off The Top, elicited the following response: After I had responded, later that day I saw this on funny.com: source: funny.com What are the odds? When systems are designed,... Read more →

It's an internal design contest

On September 3, we launched an internal worldwide contest here at Autodesk with the intention to get our employees to start eating our own dog food, a.k.a. use and test our latest cloud product. Actually "eating one's own dog food"... Read more →

Major League Baseball: San Francisco Giants versus Oakland A's

The Alameda Boys & Girls Club is located near where I live. The club is a place that provides activities and experiences that enrich the lives of young people in my own backyard. The quality of life we all enjoy... Read more →

What was your first Autodesk University?

If Autodesk University were a child, it would now be old enough to drink — for the United States that is. Yes that's right, this year's Autodesk University is the 21st one. Though it started in the United States, Autodesk... Read more →