It is Alive in the Lab

POV Dispatch: Movie Review: Design Through Play by Behnaz Bouzanjani, Luke Byun, Marianne Khalil, and Samantha Chiu

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 →

Autodesk Labs Newsletter, Innovation Edge, for September 2014

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 →

I Love Science: Researchers Catch Octopus Cannibalism On Film

It's a Friday, so I try to avoid blog posts about the free technology previews on Autodesk Labs. Autodesk Labs is part of the Office of the Chief Technology Officer which we abbreviate as OCTO. We joke that we want... Read more →

PDF Magick for Paper Output

Tim Scully is the architect of the AutoCAD plotting pipeline. Back in the day, Tim reported to me when we worked on AutoCAD 2000. In the early days AutoCAD had its own AutoCAD Device Interface (ADI) for communicating with video... Read more →

Mickey McManus: Collaboration Is Hard (or Scarce Resources In A Time Of Technological Abundance)

Here's the setup. Author Mickey McManus is a visiting research fellow with Autodesk. He wrote an article for Autodesk's internal newsletter called the POV Dispatch. For more background, see POV Dispatch: Mickey McManus: There Be Dragons (Let's Go Over and... Read more →

Participate in Project Solon - Runsets for Revit via Autodesk Labs

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 to anything. When we unveiled Project... Read more →

A Successful AU South Africa is one of Many AU Events Around the World

Autodesk University is our conference where customers can take classes on how to use our software. It started out in the United States but has grown to be an international event. AU Russia, October 1-2 AU Brazil, October 7-8 AU... Read more →

How to Replace the Fireplace in your Bedroom in 17 Easy Steps

My wife and I live in a townhouse in a condominium complex called Crown Harbor. Constructed about 30 years ago, aptly named, and by the San Francisco Bay, the Crown Harbor units have a nautical feel. One design element is... Read more →

Autodesk Cloud Server Maintenance on September 20

Autodesk Cloud Operations will be performing the monthly Microsoft security maintenance to our windows server and virtualization infrastructure environments this week. This activity will require brief outages to the following applications: BIM 360 Glue // more Buzzsaw // more Constructware... Read more →

Updated Item Number Resequencing for AutoCAD Electrical Available on Autodesk Labs

Which sequence do you prefer? There's an Autodesk Labs technology preview that asks What if we looked at item number resequencing in AutoCAD Electrical in a new way? The current Item Resequence capability of AutoCAD Electrical assigns item numbers by... Read more →

Use Data to Combat Natural Human Biases

Maria Popova is a Bulgarian writer, blogger, and critic known for her blog BrainPickings.org which features her writing on culture, books, and eclectic subjects off and on the Internet. According to her article, "How Our Delusions Keep Us Sane: The... Read more →

Mickey McManus: Simulating the Unexpectable (or Lie to Me)

"Lie to me, you know that I know you too well So don't you lie to me, lie to me I watch you from afar, crying up your sleeve When they turn away, so they'll still believe You don't need... Read more →

Updated Revit Credit Manager for LEED Now Available on Autodesk Labs

Many of you might be saying "An updated Revit Credit Manager for LEED? Why am I hearing about this for the first time just now?" Not all technology previews are alike. That's why I have been maintaining and publishing this... Read more →

NotSoBad Design challenges you to rethink geometry with Kyube

I don't normally share press releases, but I received this from Sam Hobish, one of Office of the CTO interns this summer. Enjoy. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 09, 2014 Media Contact: Robert Hoover [email protected] NEW DESIGN FIRM LAUNCHES AND RELEASES... Read more →

Autodesk Remote Recently Updated for Maya 2015

I got this email: From: John Schmier Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 2:51 PM To: Scott Sheppard Cc: Mark Davis Subject: Blog Article for Remote Scott, We just released an update for Autodesk Remote. Would you be interested in posting... Read more →

Updated Project Arro for Simulation Mechanical/CFD/Moldflow Available via Autodesk Labs

Project Arro for Simulation Mechanical/CFD/Moldflow is an Invitation Only Technology Preview. This not our normal public technology preview because the simulation team is interested in working exclusively with existing Autodesk Simulation users. Project Arro is designed to enable Autodesk Simulation... Read more →

Mickey McManus: The Internet of Things (Or What Happens When Angry Dreamliners Come Home to Roost?)

Here's the setup. Author Mickey McManus is a visiting research fellow with Autodesk. He wrote an article for Autodesk's internal newsletter called the POV Dispatch. For more background, see POV Dispatch: Mickey McManus: There Be Dragons (Let's Go Over and... Read more →

Design Night: The Future of Cities on October 2 in the #AutodeskGallery

Get tickets while they last. I am guessing we didn't build this city on rock 'n' roll. Learning and liquor are alive in the lab. Read more →

POV Dispatch: Mickey McManus: There Be Dragons (Let's Go Over and Pet Them)

The Point Of View (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 and Engagement (CSE) team of which... Read more →

Sign, sign, nowhere a sign...

I take a ferry to and from work. On my way home other passengers and I board at Gate E in San Francisco next to the Ferry Building. There are two different ferries to Alameda: One ferry goes to Harbor... Read more →

Fusion 360 replaces old Inventor Fusion from Autodesk Labs

Autodesk Fusion 360 is our cloud-based tool that combines industrial and mechanical design, collaboration, and machining into a single, package. Because it is cloud-based, you can access your designs virtually anytime, anywhere from your Mac, PC, or mobile device. If... Read more →

Shanghai Tower: A Success Story in Both Form and Process

The Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco celebrates design — the process of taking a great idea and turning it into a reality. With more than 20 different exhibits regularly on display that showcase the innovative work of... Read more →

Autodesk Research to Connect San Francisco and Toronto with SMART Board

"There's a flame in the back of my mind And it's burnin' for you all the time 'Cause I just wanna touch you Now I know that you've heard this before But with me it could mean something more And... Read more →

Happy Labor Day from Autodesk Labs

Autodesk employees in the United States have the day off in honor of Labor Day. As noted on Wikipedia, Congress enacted the holiday in 1882 as "a day off for working citizens." The holiday signals the end of summer. Many... Read more →