It is Alive in the Lab

Words to Describe the AU 2014 Keynote Presentation

For some internal materials for employees, Event Manager, Danielle Aslaner, asked for a description of this year's #AU2014 keynote presentation. Since Director of Strategic Innovation, Maurice Conti, Innovation Strategist, Bill O'Connor, and Senior Principal Research Scientist, Erin Bradner, were busy... Read more →

Happy Thanksgiving from Autodesk Labs

Thanks to my friend, Arlene Capsimalis, for sharing this: "No matter how you and yours celebrate it, no matter where and with whom, the message is the same. It’s time to say thank you for all those things we take... Read more →

Project Kameleon Now Available on Autodesk Labs

I hate raccoons. I know you're thinking "Scott, why do you hate raccoons? They're so cute." Now don't go sicking PETA on me, but raccoons are really a problem in our homeowner association. They attack our pets and/or steal their... Read more →

List of Expiration Dates for Free Technology Previews on Autodesk Labs

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 →

Another Project Scorch Update Now Available on Autodesk Labs

Project Scorch helps users perform fire simulations within a structure by using the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) to understand fire behavior within a building, such as smoke development and propagation, sprinkler behavior, and more. Project Scorch is a more... Read more →

Thanks to you, there was a record number of new technology previews on #AutodeskLabs in Q3

The Autodesk fiscal year runs from February 1 through January 31. So our quarters are Feb-Mar-Apr, May-Jun-Jul, Aug-Sep-Oct, and Nov-Dec-Jan. On October 31 we ended Q3 of fiscal year 2015. In my role as Program Manger for Autodesk Labs, I... Read more →

November 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 →

Structural Analysis for Dynamo Package available for Dynamo Plug-in for Robot Structural Analysis technology preview on Autodesk Labs

source: wikipedia Who remembers this American TV commercial? You got chocolate in my peanut butter. You got peanut butter on my chocolate. It was for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups that are a combination of peanut butter and chocolate. Here we... Read more →

New Design Academy project on Autodesk Labs to collect feedback

"Don't you ever listen? Don't you ever learn? The hand may find you It's time to take a turn" — Todd Rundgren, "Don't You Ever Learn?," Todd, 1974. Sometimes Autodesk Labs projects allow you to download a new program and... Read more →

College Night in the Autodesk Gallery at One Market on November 20

GET YOUR TICKETS. College night is alive in the lab. Read more →

Updated Project Memento mesh fixer available via Autodesk Labs for free

Project Memento is our free technology preview available on Autodesk Labs that provides a state of the art toolset that visualizes huge meshes from laser scans, photos, or any modeling application. It also automatically analyzes meshes for errors and allows... Read more →

Autodesk Cloud Server Maintenance on November 15

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

Updated Project Scorch Now Available on Autodesk Labs

I have been using Spotify to listen to new music recently. Imagine the coincidence when an email request to post a new build came in and I had headphones on to a song about dwarves fighting fire-breathing dragons: "Now I... Read more →

Design Night on December 4 at One Market in San Francsisco is Toys go Tech

Design Night Toys go tech Thursday, December 4, 6-10 p.m. Autodesk Gallery, 1 Market Street, San Francisco You know that all-work-and-no-play thing? Well, that doesn't apply to Design Night! 'Tis the toy season, and what better way to celebrate than... Read more →

Updated Revit Credit Manager for LEED Available via Autodesk Labs

"Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?" — Lily Tomlin When the Revit Credit Manager for LEED project started, it was not a technology preview, so I didn't worry about its name. Then it converted... Read more →

Updated Project Dalton 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 →

Paris Pop-Up Gallery Draws 5,300 Visitors Over Two Weeks

I am one of Autodesk's ambassadors for the Gallery at One Market in San Francisco. When I found out that the gallery was temporarily being set up in Paris, I offered to make the sacrifice and travel to the event,... Read more →

Project Arro for Simulation Mechanical/CFD/Moldflow Graduates from Autodesk Labs

Project Arro was our technology preview designed to enable Autodesk Simulation Mechanical, Autodesk Simulation CFD, and Autodesk Simulation Moldflow users to rapidly simplify and prepare CAD for simulation. Project Arro read in native CAD geometry and neutral files, allowed users... Read more →

Sustainability Solutions Available on #AutodeskLabs

Our mission at Autodesk is to make sustainability easy, insightful, and cost-effective in our highest impact industries by delivering modeling, simulation, analysis, and process management solutions that streamline sustainable design practices. These solutions combine design, building information modeling and lifecycle... Read more →

Project AutoCASE Coming Soon to Autodesk Labs

Project AutoCASE from Autodesk and Impact Infrastructure is a solution for assessing the economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits of proposed infrastructure projects throughout the design process. The first release of Project AutoCASE for Stormwater Management will soon be... Read more →

Four DLS Technology Preview Changes on Autodesk Labs

It was to be an orchestrated event. Product Line Manager, Brian Frank, approached me about our Design, Lifecycle, and Simulation division updating one existing technology preview and launching three new free technology previews all on the same day. So here... Read more →