It is Alive in the Lab

Zach Miller: Tour of the Autodesk BUILD Space in Boston

Secretary of Defense Fellow, Zach Miller, is with us in the Autodesk Office of the CTO for a full year learning about how we explore, invent, and innovate and will be sharing some of his impressive experience in leadership and... Read more →

In the name of Research: What's in a name?

Research is a hot topic at Autodesk. Although we have a dedicated research team in Toronto, many parts of the company are involved in research. My coworker, Lisa Rotzinger, recently shared a paper that she was reading from The Journal... Read more →

Fun with Google Analytics for It's Alive in the Lab

The ultimate aim of this blog is to make Autodesk customers or potential Autodesk customers aware of technology previews available from Autodesk.The hope is that awareness from the blog (which gets magnified via Facebook and Twitter) leads to participation which... Read more →

ReCap Customer Success Report for August 2016

Many of you may recall the technology preview of Project Photofly. The technology graduated to become Autodesk 123D Catch. The lead to the creation of a professional version called Autodesk ReCap 360. In addition to the photogrammetry previewed as Project... Read more →

Project Draco technology preview graduates to SketchBook Motion

Project Draco was our free technology preview from Autodesk Research that makes animation as easy as sketching. The easy-to-use interface allows you to add a rich set of subtle, continuous animation effects to your images (e.g., JPGs, PNGs, GIFs) without... Read more →

Thank you readers from Mr. 3000

As our first Autodesk blogger, Shaan "Johnny Appleseed" Hurley, has way more blog posts than I do; however, according to my TypePad dashboard, this is my 3000th blog post on It's Alive in the Lab. Actually, as a DWF Technical... Read more →

New Autodesk Gallery Exhibit: Window into the molecular world

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 about 60 different exhibits regularly on display that showcase the innovative work of Autodesk... Read more →

Autodesk ReMake and its relationship to Project Play

Many of you may recall Autodesk ReMake when it was a technology preview know as Project Memento. Tatjana Dzambazova is one of our Product Managers for Reality Solutions. Reality solutions are where you take what's in the real world, the... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery Exhibits by Autodesk Industry Collection

Autodesk customers imagine, design, and create places, things, and media (films, TV shows, movies, games). Our software helps them design, make, and use their creations. In this regard, we have bundled our solutions into industry collections. Architecture, Engineering, and Construction... Read more →

New Orleans Saints and Data Visualization

It's Friday, so here's a non-work-related blog posting. I grew up in New Orleans, so I have been a Saints fan since 1967 when the team was founded. For international It's Alive in the Lab readers, the New Orleans Saints... Read more →

Crown Harbor Homeowner Association Conversion of Irrigation System to Drip System to save precious California Water

I live in a home that is part of a homeowner association called Crown Harbor. The homes are townhouses in that each unit is part of a free-standing building that shares one wall with an adjacent unit. One could say... Read more →

Fusion 360 and Project Dreamcatcher Elbo Chair

I have discussed a possible integration between Autodesk Fusion 360 and Project Dreamcatcher in previous blog posts: Summer Intern Uses Fusion 360 and Project Dreamcatcher to Imagine, Design, and Create a Cool-Looking Chair Generative Design Chair in the office of... Read more →

Alameda Recreation and Parks Department Webster Street Walk

I live in the city of Alameda which is located near Oakland and San Francisco. Our city has an Alameda Recreation and Parks Department that provides advice, coordination, and guidance on parks and recreational facilities in the city. One of... Read more →

free technology preview of Project Calrissian for CFD extended to November 25, 2016

Who wouldn't like more time? Project Falcon was our previous technology preview that simulated air flow around vehicles, buildings, outdoor equipment, consumer products, or other objects of your choosing in a virtual wind tunnel. Falcon technology was extremely geometry tolerant... Read more →

Glass goes back 26 million years, but I got a gift just the other day

The other day my sister sent me a gift. It was a pair of drinking glasses. There is a history of glassware in my family. 1964 Milk Glass I was born in New Orleans in 1959. In 1960, my family... Read more →

Silicon Cowboys: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You (and video on demand)

Director, Jason Cohen, was on hand to share his work. The Autodesk Gallery is a place where we showcase design — the work of our customers. We want gallery visitors to know that designs don't just fall from the sky.... Read more →

Generative Design Chair in the office of the CTO

Last week I blogged about how summer intern, Brittany Presten, worked with Technical Assistant to the CEO, Arthur Harsuvanakit, to explore a workflow between Autodesk Fusion 360 and Autodesk Project Dreamcatcher. The result of their imagine/design/create workflow was a full-scale... Read more →

Are we being risky enough with our Autodesk technology previews?

Last week I had a blog post regarding what a technology preview is compared to a beta? What is a Technology Preview from Autodesk? One of the basic differences is that the expectation after beta is a production release. With... Read more →

Happy Labor Day

United States Autodesk employees have the day off in honor of Labor Day. As noted on Wikipedia, Congress enacted the holiday in 1882 as "a day off for working citizens." The holiday signals the end of summer. Many educational institutions... Read more →

TED Talk: What a planet needs to sustain life

TED is devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading that started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. With two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Vancouver,... Read more →