It is Alive in the Lab

Have a Safe Night and a Safe 2014

As we prepare to celebrate the new year tonight, I can't help but think of lyrics to Todd Rundgren's "Party Liquor" song: There is this party, they say I should come by I'm bad with strangers, but I may give... Read more →

Thanks for attending AU in-person and virtually

As part of the closing general session of Autodesk University 2013, VP of Information Modeling & Platform Products, Amar Hanspal, shared some of the stats: ~9,400 attendees by the time all was said and done 74 countries represented Over 700... Read more →

#au2013 engagement: How did we do?

As I mentioned in earlier blogs posts, we recognize that one of the reasons that customers attend Autodesk University (AU) in-person is to interact with Autodesk employees: AU 2013: The Year of Overt Employee Engagement #AU2013 Fun Facts for Autodesk... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery Design Nights to continue in February

Design Night is an events program at the Autodesk Gallery that is open to the public. The event is held on the first Thursday of every month. At each event, guests explore a different theme — such as biomimicry, light,... Read more →

Merry Christmas from Autodesk Labs

For those who celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas. For those who observe other celebrations, best wishes for the day. Visit our new Labs home for Christmas. Like last year at this time, merriment is alive in the lab. Read more →

Christmas Letter 2013

December 2013 Dear Family and Friends, It has indeed been a year of change for our family. After 10 years at Brighton, Sheryl has returned to teaching. Her plan was to substitute three days a week by walking to a... Read more →

Getting Started with Autodesk Labs on the Autodesk Feedback Community

Because both the Labs process and the Beta process rely on feedback, we are moving the Autodesk Labs site to the Autodesk Feedback Community rather continue to maintain a separate web site. This will provide a consistent experience for users... Read more →

Updated Project Memento Now Available

Project Memento allows you to fix very large meshes. Today the team provided me with an update. It is available for download on the new home for Autodesk Labs — the Autodesk Feedback Community. Based on your feedback, this new... Read more →

Daylighting Analysis for Revit Now Available Worldwide

The Daylighting Analysis for Revit is now available worldwide (subject to applicable legal and regulatory restrictions). You can download the technology preview from Autodesk Labs' new home on the Autodesk Feedback Community. In addition to expanding to additional geographies, based... Read more →

Autodesk Labs Technology Previews Transitioning to the Autodesk Feedback Community Site

The home for Autodesk Labs is moving. Since both Autodesk Labs and the beta programs rely on user feedback, we have decided to combine our efforts. We are transitioning the Autodesk Labs site to the Feedback Community site which is... Read more →

Project Octopus Now Available via Autodesk Labs process on Autodesk Feedback Community Site

Project Octopus is our free technology preview that allows designers and engineers using Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis to seamlessly access data and results with Microsoft Office Excel. Overview Project Octopus helps designers to easily develop "user defined" calculations that complement... Read more →

YouTube: Burning Man Community Sculpture

As CTO Jeff Kowalski mentioned as part of the keynote address at AU: "One great reason to go outside for insight is that it helps us to discover our blindspots. Blindspots, by definition, always exist outside the range of what... Read more →

Updated Project Khan Now Available

Project Khan is our free technology preview where we partnered with Donya Labs AB to get your feedback on a new experimental plug-in for Maya that allows you to generate optimized versions of your 3D model assets on the Autodesk... Read more →

Updated Installer for 2D to 3D Tool for Inventor Now Supports Inventor 2014 Directly

On Friday I updated the 2D to 3D Tool for Inventor. This free technology preview allows you to quickly create 3D models of 2D-designed parts with an add-in utility for Inventor software. Activated as part of file import, the 2D... Read more →

Scheduled Downtime for Autodesk Freewheel on December 14

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 →

POV Dispatch: How I Spent My Summer Vacation

When children return to grade school, often their first assignment is to write an essay entitled "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." Heather Kerrick is one of our Autodesk interns from Stanford. Though Stanford is no grade school, and it... Read more →

Orphanage Guitar Safely in the Hands of our CEO

Mission Accomplished The Orphanage Guitars guitar is safely in the hands of our CEO, Carl Bass. Senior Principal User Experience Designer, Erin Bradner, Product Marketing Manager, Liz Freuler, and I had the pleasure of working with Orphanage Guitars to feature... Read more →

#au2013 closing general session: Let's get this party started.

We've always had an opening general session at Autodesk University (AU) that featured the keynote presentation. We've almost always had a party. This year was the first time we had a closing general session prior to the party. I think... Read more →

POV Dispatch: Storytelling: Our Secret Weapon in an Age of Complexity

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 team of which Autodesk Labs is a... Read more →

Watch yesterday's recording of the #au2013 closing session

Who's that right next to Penn of Penn & Teller? I must just know where to sit? Actually I had no idea our own Kerry Ann Levenhagen would get picked from the audience. And trust me, neither did she. It... Read more →

Autodesk Wins 2013 North Bay Leadership Award for Innovative/Entrepreneurial Spirit

Autodesk is proud to accept the 2013 Innovative/Entrepreneurial Spirit award from the North Bay Leadership Council. This video tells a portion of the Autodesk story. Watch the video. I like how this video mentions our founder, John Walker, The Autodesk... Read more →

#au2013: What was that music?

Opening General Session As you entered the keynote presentation, a.k.a. the cattle drive, you were treated to some tasty music. At lunch afterwards, some of you asked me what it was. Well Director of Strategic Innovation, Maurice Conti, was our... Read more →

Give me an A. Give me a U. What's that stand for? What's that look like?

As part of our typical activities, I had always seen the Autodesk University (AU) logo from the front. As one would expect, it resembles an "A": But after seeing it rotating in the exhibit hall, I notice that from an... Read more →

Watch yesterday's recording of the #au2013 keynote address

At 37:40 into the keynote presentation, who is that behind Matt and Jonathon Harris of Orphanage Guitars? You can watch the whole keynote at: http://au.autodesk.com/au-online/live-stream/keynote-address 4 seconds of fame are alive in the lab. Read more →

Students Will Experience Hour of Code during December 9-15

Since there's an abundance of students at AU this week, this is so appropriate. Recently the Hour of Code was announced to the world. Now backed by Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon, LinkedIn, Mark Zuckerberg, the College Board, Boys & Girls... Read more →

#au2013 keynote: customers who have looked outside

Autodesk CTO, Jeff Kowalski, provided the opening part of the #au2013 keynote presentation by declaring that "The answer is outside." Autodesk CEO, Carl Bass, continued the conversation by sharing examples of customers who have looked outside and lived to tell... Read more →

#au2013 keynote: The answer is outside

Autodesk CTO, Jeff Kowalski, provided the opening part of the #au2013 keynote presentation by declaring that "The answer is outside." QUOTE "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot... Read more →

Updated Project Chronicle Now Available

Share your knowledge around the world with new language support. Just in time for AU. Project Chronicle consists of a recording utility to capture recordings, and a website that displays the recordings as Chronicles, interactive video tutorials. In essence, Project... Read more →

Updated Project Dalton Now Available via Autodesk Labs

Project Dalton is our free technology preview of a 1D flow analysis tool that allows you to develop and analyze your complex piping systems and distribution networks. Project Dalton helps you understand how your systems will perform when subjected to... Read more →

Autodesk Research booth at #au2013

It doesn't look like much now. But once it's set up, this will be the place to be when the Exhibit Hall is open at Autodesk University. You can learn about Project Chronicle and Autodesk Remote directly from the team... Read more →