It is Alive in the Lab

3DRV Tour in full swing: The Future of How Things are Designed and Made

"On the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again..." — Willie Nelson They say you can bring Mohammed to the mountain or you can bring the mountain to Mohammed. In the IMAGINE, DESIGN, CREATE scenario, I... Read more →

Following photo instructions in San Francisco

I take the ferry each morning to work. The final part of my commute is a short walk across the street from the San Francisco Ferry Building to our offices at One Market. As I walked the one morning, I... Read more →

Drainage Design / Watershed Analysis for InfraWorks 360 graduates from Autodesk Labs

The technology preview of Drainage Design / Watershed Analysis for InfraWorks 360 has ended. As a cloud solution, this technology preview was a little different in that it was activated from within InfraWorks 360 rather than having to download or... Read more →

To Patent or Not To Patent: That is the Question

Patents are not our CEO Call Bass' favorite subject. He's not so fond of them. Check out his retweet: So I did not find it surprising when I got the following email from Senior Public Relations Manager, Rama Dunayevich. I... Read more →

Updated Project Memento available via Autodesk Labs

Tatjana Dzambazova lectures on Building Information Modeling. Project Memento is our free technology preview of an end-to-end solution for converting any reality capture input (photos, scans) into high quality 3D mesh that can be cleaned up, fixed, and optimized for... Read more →

Autodesk Bill O'Connor: Real Innovation - What it is and how to do it

An innovation is something that changes society in a useful way. An invention can lead to innovation only if it enjoys widespread adoption. Corporate strategy is often about innovation because innovative ideas lead to competitive separation. But what does it... Read more →

Artist Brent Bourgeois uses Kickfinisher to distribute new Don't Look Back album

Sites like Kickstarter help businesses get their start. People who want to start businesses share their ideas with would-be investors who make donations to see the ideas come to fruition. The first time I ever used it was to contribute... Read more →

The towers that Andy built...

TED is devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading that started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. As a Design software company, we have a relationship with TED. I first blogged about Autodesk Fellow, Tom... Read more →

YouTube: Project Cassidy Composite Manhole Cover Design

Project Cassidy is our free technology preview of a composite plate bending simulation tool that allows designers and engineers to optimize composite layups for complex-geometry plates under bending loads. Cassidy lets you import your own 3D part geometry for composite... Read more →

Onus is On Us

Here is an oversimplified view of a computer. If you've ever owned a personal computer, as part of your purchasing decision you probably considered: Graphics card A faster graphics card allows you to orbit and rotate larger models more quickly.... Read more →

Project Arro - an invitation-only technology preview for existing Autodesk Simulation users

Enlarge. In a previous blog post I mentioned that there are differences between Autodesk Labs and the Autodesk Beta program, and that there are different types of technology previews. Project Arro for Simulation Mechanical/CFD/Moldflow is an Invitation Only Technology Preview.... Read more →

Autodesk Labs Welcomes 3 Summer Interns

Our group welcomed 3 new summer interns on Monday. They will working with Fusion 360. Sam Hobish Sam is an industrial designer completing his first year in the Master of Fine Arts Design Program at California College of the Arts... Read more →

Autodesk and TEDx Tokyo

TED is devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading that started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. With two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Vancouver,... Read more →

POV Dispatch: 36 Months in Hell: One Man's Desperate Struggle for Survival Out on the Frozen Existential Tundra of Innovation

Check out the genome. 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... Read more →

Participate in the Project Solon - Dashboards for Revit Autodesk Labs Project

And now for something completely different... Normally Autodesk Labs projects are called technology previews because they involve unveiling some new technology that is in a pre-beta, even pre-alpha stage. It's brand new. There's no guarantee the technology will ever amount... Read more →

Various forms of Subscription available

Lighting Analysis Extension for Revit with Daylighting for LEED started out as a free technology preview. It is in the process of graduating from Autodesk Labs to a hosted service based on cloud credits. This has brought up the topic... Read more →

Consistency of User Interfaces

Though I pride myself on being technologically forward-looking, back in the day, I never owned a TiVo. I didn't want the hassle of having two channel guides — one that came with my cable box and a second one for... Read more →

May 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 →

List of Expiration Dates for free Autodesk Labs technology previews

I blog about this every once in a while. Most technology previews are like milk cartons. They have expiration dates on them. When a technology preview expires, the technology preview no longer operates. A preview has a time bomb in... Read more →

Check out the Autodesk 360 Integrated 3D Viewer

I have been a participant in the Autodesk discussion forums for 21 years now. Wow, my participation is old enough to drink. As part of that participation I have mentioned: The Design Web Format (DWF) is not dead. Autodesk will... Read more →

Autodesk Research's Project Chronicle graduates from Autodesk Labs to Autodesk Screencast

Project Chronicle was our technology preview from Autodesk Research that made it easy for users to capture, share, and learn from software workflows. Project Chronicle consisted of a recording utility to capture recordings, and a website that displayed the recordings... Read more →