It is Alive in the Lab

Robot-Advance Steel Link to graduate from Autodesk Labs to App Center

Robot Structural Analysis Professional software provides engineers with advanced BIM-integrated analysis and design tools to understand the behavior of any structure type and verify code compliance. Advance Steel detailing software helps accelerate design, steel detailing, steel fabrication, and steel construction... Read more →

YouTube: Autodesk Fusion 360 Interns: How I Spent my Summer Vacation at Pier 9

This past summer I had 6 interns who put Autodesk Fusion 360 through its paces. They designed in Fusion 360 and fabricated at our Pier 9 office. I blogged about some of their early work: Autodesk Interns: The Summer of... Read more →

free Project Scorch Fire Dynamics Simulator extended to January 19, 2016

Dylan Kenneally is a Principal Engineer in our Manufacturing Products Group. In addition to working on Autodesk Moldflow in our Victoria, Australia office, Dylan is the "product champion" for Project Scorch. It's one of his passions. A question he gets... Read more →

MBA@UNC: Innovation: How do Top Businesses Define It?

The blog for MBA@UNC (UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School’s online MBS program) reached out recently for Autodesk’s take on the meaning of innovation. Read the article. Autodesk VP of Corporate Strategy, Jon Pittman, provided a response that was published alongside thoughts... Read more →

Autodesk Labs in the office of the CTO, literally.

Jeff Kowalski is our Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Autodesk Labs is part of the Office of the CTO. The acronym for our division is OCTO so our mascot is the octopus. The other day I was in Jeff's office. I... Read more →

Updated Lighting Analysis for Revit packaged with Solar Analysis for Revit free technology preview on Autodesk Labs

Solar Analysis for Revit (SAR) is our free technology preview where you can easily and iteratively perform solar analysis on the faces of a mass in Autodesk Revit. Using the technology preview can help with photovoltaic system design, shading device... Read more →

Updated Project Aquila (web-based energy management) available via Autodesk Labs

Project Aquila is our free technology preview for cloud-based energy management of buildings and factories. It couples real-time device level electricity data from Panoramic Power wireless sensors with Building Information Modeling, analytics, and automated reporting for energy management and equipment... Read more →

Artist versus Designer: Is there a difference?

What's the difference between an artist and a designer? According to our CEO, Carl Bass, a designer has to imagine and create something to satisfy someone else, whereas an artist only has to please himself. Carl mentioned this as he... Read more →

Book Review: Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance

Back in August, we had author, Ashlee Vance, come to the Autodesk Gallery and talk about his book, Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. The place was packed. Ashlee shared his thoughts about Elon Musk... Read more →

October 2015 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 →

Updated Project Arro simulation tool available on Autodesk Labs

Are simulation advancements in the cards for you this year? Project Arro is our ongoing tech preview program for capabilities under development for SimStudio. The goal is to engage with customers so we can incorporate feedback as the product is... Read more →

Autodesk React Structures technology preview on Autodesk Labs

Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional structural software helps engineers more quickly perform simulation, analysis, and code-based design for any type of structure. There's an active technology preview on Autodesk Labs for Dynamo Plug-in for Robot Structural Analysis. And now for... Read more →

It's TIME for Expiration Dates for Autodesk Labs technology previews

Time Magazine has an article entitled "77 Expiration Dates That You Should Know." Technology previews are like the items in that Time article. They have expiration dates. When a technology preview expires, the technology preview no longer operates. A preview... Read more →

Internet of Things: The webcam in my garage

I get aggravated when the media describes a software problem as "a glitch" when it's really a defect or a bug. I recently blogged about this topic. Recall that the term "bug" for a software problem originated when a moth... Read more →