It is Alive in the Lab

My Favorites of My Blog Posts of 2014

Between Beyond the Paper and It's Alive in the Lab, I have had a blog post every business day since February 14, 2006. I'm like the Cal Ripken of blogging. Normally I write about new, updated, retired, or graduated technology... Read more →

Christmas Gifts Printed on the Autodesk Ember 3D Printer

Autodesk recently shared 3 announcements at #AU2014 regarding 3D printing: Spark is an open 3D printing software platform that will make it easier for everyone to 3D print. Spark connects digital information to 3D printers in a new and streamlined... Read more →

New Exhibits coming to the Autodesk Gallery at One Market

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 →

Christmas Letter 2014

Our Christmas letter this year was short and sweet. I added the pictures to this blog post to make it more interesting. December 2014 Dear Family and Friends, It's that time of the year where I write our Christmas letter.... Read more →

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Autodesk Labs

For those who celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas. For those who observe other celebrations, best wishes for the day. Many of us will take advantage of what American Autodesk employees call "the week of rest." We will get back to responding... Read more →

Just in time for Christmas: Elf on the Shelf is Back at My House

My wife has decorated our home for Christmas. This includes an Elf on the Shelf. As the lore goes, the Elf magically moves about acting as Santa Claus' scout to determine who has been naughty and who has been nice.... Read more →

Updated Project EnergyPlus Cloud Available via Autodesk Labs

Autodesk has been pitching cloud computing. In fact we refer to it as infinite computing. We have the servers. You subscribe to A360 and our cloud-based solutions. We have a technology preview where the EnergyPlus software runs in the cloud... Read more →

Elf on the Shelf at the Autodesk Gallery (Elf has fun - you can too)

My wife has decorated our home for Christmas. This includes an Elf on the Shelf. As the lore goes, the Elf magically moves about acting as Santa Claus' scout to determine who has been naughty and who has been nice.... Read more →

Updated Revit Credit Manager for LEED Available via Autodesk Labs

The Revit Credit Manager for LEED allows you to automate calculations as well as streamline the submittals conveniently from inside Revit for the following LEED 2009 credits: Daylighting (IEQ 8.1 Option 1 and Option 2), Views (IEQ8.2), Water Use Reduction... Read more →

Autodesk Labs Site Down for One Hour Tomorrow Night (December 19, 2014, 7pm-8pm Pacific)

Our Feedback Community (Autodesk Labs and Autodesk Beta) vendor will be performing an upgrade tomorrow night (December 19, 2014), so the Autodesk Labs web site will be down from 7:00 pm Pacific time to 8:00 pm Pacific time. Though you... Read more →

Elf on the Shelf at the Autodesk Gallery (Embrace the Future and 3D Printed Objects)

My wife has decorated our home for Christmas. This includes an Elf on the Shelf. As the lore goes, the Elf magically moves about, acting as Santa Claus' scout, to determine who has been naughty and who has been nice.... Read more →

Sam Hobish California Academy of Sciences Project

I received this from Sam Hobish, one of Office of the CTO interns this past summer. Sam was one of interns who help put Fusion 360 through its paces while using A360 to collaborate with other interns. Enjoy. FUTURE OF... Read more →

Elf on the Shelf at the Autodesk Gallery (Parsons Brinckerhoff, Ferrari, and Mercedes Benz)

My wife has decorated our home for Christmas. This includes an Elf on the Shelf. As the lore goes, the Elf magically moves about, acting as Santa Claus' scout, to determine who has been naughty and who has been nice.... Read more →

List of Autodesk Labs Videos on YouTube

"Video Killed The Radio Star" was the first video played on MTV (Music Television) when it was first launched. Videos have always been popular. They provide information in a visual way, and as a bonus, they negate the need to... Read more →

Big Storm Caused Many Autodesk Employees to Work from Home Yesterday

Yesterday we had a big storm pass through the Bay Area. Due to heavy rains and high winds, ferry service from Alameda to San Francisco was canceled in the morning, so I worked from home. While at home, we did... Read more →

Project AutoCASE for Stormwater Management Now Available on Autodesk Labs for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015 Users

PIC 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 is now... Read more →

Elf on the Shelf at the Autodesk Gallery (Shanghai Tower Exhibit)

My wife has decorated our home for Christmas. This includes an Elf on the Shelf. As the lore goes, the Elf magically moves about, acting as Santa Claus' scout, to determine who has been naughty and who has been nice.... Read more →

Updated Project Memento Available via Autodesk Labs

Some technology previews are one-shot affairs. A team posts a build, gets some feedback, ends the technology preview, and decides what to do next based on the feedback. Others, like Project Memento, incrementally improve the technology based on the feedback.... Read more →

What does "moving away from perpetual licenses" mean?

I recently participated in an AUGI discussion thread (Autodesk Plans to Go Subscription-Only Over Next One to Two Years) regarding our announcement we made at an Investor Day. Since then I attended an internal Autodesk OnAir presentation where VP of... Read more →

Hotel Innovation at Hyatt Regency Hotels

Innovation Strategist, Bill O'Connor, and I sometimes work on what Bill has coined "The Innovation Genome." Bill has a set of 7 questions that help unlock what it takes to innovate. We have an Autodesk Labs project set up where... Read more →

Project Memento: All About That Space, All About that Space, No Problem

Project Memento Champion Tatjana Dzambazova Project Memento is our free Autodesk Labs 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 →

Project Energy Conservation Measure Finance (ECMFin) Update of November 26, 2014

Project ECMFin is our free technology preview that allows you to conduct financial analyses on desired energy conservation measures (or ECMs). Project ECMFin lets you compare scenarios across financial metrics such as Net Present value, payback period, internal rate of... Read more →

#AU2014: Summary of Carl Bass' Keynote Remarks

(See Part 1. This is Part 2 of 2.) Today is December 2, but I am actually writing this on November 20. I am preparing this future blog post today, because I have been in on the meetings where team... Read more →

#AU2014: Summary of Jeff Kowalski's Keynote Remarks

(Part 1 of 2) Today is December 2, but I am actually writing this on November 20. I am preparing this blog post today. I have been in on the meetings where team members like Maurice Conti, Bill O'Connor, Erin... Read more →

Share feedback about Suitability Maps for InfraWorks 360 via Autodesk Labs

It's a tale of two related technologies: InfraWorks is our desktop application that manages larger-scale infrastructure models created from existing data sources and generates proposals and early design concepts in the context of the built environment. Many of you may... Read more →