It is Alive in the Lab

Autodesk employees: How to deduce where to go without applying much thought?

At Autodesk we do lots of collaboration. Our days are spent working at our desks and in meetings. We have four buildings in San Francisco, so every once in a while I get a meeting invitation, and I am not... Read more →

Autodesk Labs Technology Previews that could use more Participants

One of my duties as Program Manager for Autodesk Labs is to produce a quarterly TPS report. Here is an excerpt from the Technology Preview Strategy report for Q1. As you can see, some of our technology previews have more... Read more →

In honor of Memorial Day

As we do every year, today Autodesk employees in the United States have the day off for Memorial Day. Memorial Day is a day where we honor those who have sacrificed their lives in service to the country. This is... Read more →

Updated list of Expiration Dates for Active Autodesk Labs Technology Previews

We have had some recent changes to the end dates for existing technology previews. So I figured it was time to repost an updated version of my milk carton blog article. Most technology previews are like milk cartons. They have... Read more →

Project Rosenfeld extended to August 1, 2015

Project Rosenfeld is our interactive, mobile application that lets you quickly capture existing building conditions and create 3D models for energy analysis. You take photographs using your iPad and Project Rosenfeld guides you step-by-step as you digitally model an existing... Read more →

Project Boulder for InfraWorks 360 Available via Autodesk Labs

I don't think Project Boulder was named after a big rock. Perhaps it was named after the dam? To end my puzzlement, Product Manager, Matthew Anderson, told me it was actually named after the city of Boulder, Colorado that has... Read more →

New Vending Machine: You call this progress?

Recently we got a new vending machine at our office. Here is how the old machine worked. You walk up to the machine. You look through the glass and see what you want. You insert your money, push the 3... Read more →

Help Redesign the city of San Francisco's Flag

Today's TED Talk is about flags. Watch the TED Talk. The basic rules of flag design include: Keep it simple. Use meaningful symbolism. Use two to three basic colors. Don't use lettering or seals (too hard to read from the... Read more →

Updated Solar Analysis for Revit available via Autodesk Labs

"Feel the heat pushing you to decide Feel the heat burning you up, ready or not Some like it hot, and some sweat when the heat is on Some feel the heat and decide that they can't go on Some... Read more →

Micah Solomon: It's a small world after all

In January 2013 I wrote a review of a book I didn't care for: Book Review: Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit by Leonardo Inghilleri and Micah Solomon One of its authors, Micah Solomon, contacted me and sent me his new book.... Read more →

XPRIZE Visioneering: Even though they can't go home, they can be at home.

Autodesk's own Jonathan Knowles (Autodesk bio, Twitter) was once again a member of the team that won first place at XPRIZE Visioneering competition. What is XPRIZE Visioneering? you ask. I blogged about this two years ago in Autodesk participates in... Read more →

Project Scorch extended to August 2, 2015

Project Scorch is our free technology preview that helps you perform fire simulations within a structure. Project Scorch uses the National Institute of Standards and Technology Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) to understand fire behavior within a building, such as smoke... Read more →

Project Dalton extended to August 2, 2015

Everyone wants more time! 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.It helps you understand how your systems will perform when... Read more →

Autodesk AutoCAD Answer Day on May 7, 2015

The danger of working for Autodesk is that everyone assumes you're an AutoCAD expert. Though long ago I worked on AutoCAD R14 with regard to DWF publishing, I am by no means, a Shaan Hurley nor Lynn Allen. Sometimes on... Read more →

Impact Design Hub: Winners Announced for 4th Global Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction

Impact Design Hub reports that the winners for the 4th global Holcim awards for sustainable construction have been announced. The winners included: Articulated Site: Water reservoirs as public park in Medellín, Colombia Post War Collective: Community library and social recuperation... Read more →

Project Shapeshifter graduates from Autodesk Labs to the 123D Sandbox

In the tradition of "playing with the knobs," people like playing with the sliders. Project Shapeshifter was our free technology preview created to assist designers and makers cope with the task of modeling complex 3D printable geometries in a simple... Read more →