It is Alive in the Lab

Project Gaudi for Rhino retires from Autodesk Labs

Project Gaudi for Rhino was our technology preview that provided a structural geometry generator and analysis engine for use as a Rhino plug-in for conceptual design workflows. With this technology preview, a user was able to take a conceptual form... Read more →

FABmep Import for Revit MEP graduates from Autodesk Labs

FABmep Import for Revit MEP was our technology preview that enabled users to import Autodesk Fabrication FABmep models into Autodesk Revit MEP, providing round-tripping capabilities for as-built/record drawing purposes. For existing users, the technology preview will operate through tomorrow (March... Read more →

Wired: "What If We Could Design Wearables Right on Our Skin?" featuring Autodesk's Madeline Gannon

I just got this from, Raymond Deplazes, Autodesk Public Relations Strategist. "What If We Could Design Wearables Right on Our Skin?" was published today by Wired, highlighting the work of Autodesk Research intern Madeline Gannon. Read the Wired article. "When... Read more →

Autodesk Labs technology previews are like Goldilocks and chairs: the size has to be just right

source: villains.wikia.com Some technology previews are big. Others are small. The number of desired participants on a technology preview is determined by the team providing the technology. This is based on their desire to get a representative sample of customers... Read more →

Free Project Harmony for Simulation Moldflow Now Available via Autodesk Labs

Project Harmony for Simulation Moldflow is our free technology preview of a fully automatic Simulation Moldflow 3D mesher that can mesh a possibly invalid CAD model, i.e., has overlapping surfaces or small gaps between surfaces, and can automatically size the... Read more →

Project Rosenfeld for Rapid Energy Analysis is Looking for Members

Some technology previews are big with lots of participants. Others are small. Project Rosenfeld is an iPad application that lets you create energy analyses from photos, as well as conduct on-site audits and financial analyses. The Apple iTunes store is... Read more →

Humor: Find the Differences

It's a slow news day at Autodesk Labs, so let's have some silly fun. In the tradition of those find the differences puzzles in children's Highlights magazines, find the one difference in the two sets of pictures that follow. Here... Read more →

Mobile Devices are the Way of the World

Using just a text editor for HTML, publicly available JavaScript, and some inexpensive images from Fotolia, I created and maintain the website for my homeowner association. I have always known that the Crown Harbor site was not mobile device friendly.... Read more →

Updated Dynamo Plug-in for Robot Structural Analysis Available via Autodesk Labs

We have a technology preview that is a combination of Dynamo and Robot Structural Analysis on Autodesk Labs. I can run an analysis on my generated design. I can generate a design for my analysis software. Dynamo Plug-in for Robot... Read more →

Happy Pi Day

Enjoy the day. This is posting at 3:14 am on 03/14/15. I know pi is 3.141592... but TypePad doesn't let me specify when I post to the second. :-) Check out the PiCycle from PiMobility. PiMobility is part of the... Read more →

How to be an active Autodesk Labs community member

Autodesk Labs is a process. The various divisions of the company, that have technologies they wish to preview, make use of the process to collect feedback. Technology previews help them decide to advance the technology to the next step, retire... Read more →

Autodesk Research Scores Big at the CHI 2015 Conference

Each year the Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) Conference attracts the world's leading researchers and practitioners in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) from businesses and universities to share ground-breaking research and innovations related to how humans interact with digital technologies.... Read more →

Proud to work for Autodesk in San Francisco

When I lived in Phoenix, Arizona and worked for Océ Reprographic Technologies, I had a personal license plate for my car. While still in Arizona, I returned to working for Autodesk as a remote employee, so I got a new... Read more →

National History Day: Here comes the judge, here comes the judge...

NHD Judges Photo courtesy of Joni Reynolds, Bay Farm 6th Grade Teacher National History Day (NHD) makes history come alive for students by engaging them in the discovery of the historical, cultural, and social experiences of the past. NHD is... Read more →

Updated technology preview: The solar analyses for Revit continue

Solar Analysis for Revit is our free technology preview where you can quickly, easily, and iteratively perform solar analysis on the faces of a mass in Autodesk Revit. You can visualize and quantify the distribution of solar radiation on various... Read more →

Free EnergyPlus Cloud Webinar on March 26 for all the cool kids

Krishnan Gowri is a Principal Engineer on the Building Performance Analysis team. Here is some info on an upcoming seminar he is working on. Join us for the EnergyPlus Cloud Application Program Interface (API) Webinar! Thank you to everyone who... Read more →

TED Talk: How to Make Toast

Toast, not a Toast Tom Wujec is an Autodesk Fellow. Autodesk has been associated with the TED conference for years with the creation of galleries, exhibits, talks, dinners, workshops, book giveaways, and TEDx events. As a premiere thought-leadership event, it... Read more →

Check out the new Project Kameleon videos

Project Kameleon is our free technology preview where you can try our new infrastructure model content authoring tools that are compatible with InfraWorks and AutoCAD Civil 3D. The technology preview includes a stand-alone .exe Parts Editor that enables authoring Inlets,... Read more →