It is Alive in the Lab

Fusion Production: Eating our own Autodesk Forge Dog Food

Years ago Microsoft coined the term "eating one's own dog food." They did this because they would publish the nightly build to all employees' machines. As a result, all employees were running the latest version of the Windows operating system.... Read more →

Leading in a Global Enterprise Group Seeks to Learn from Autodesk

From their literature: LGE (Leading in a Global Enterprise) is an experiential leadership development program started in 2010 to help high-potential directors and senior directors at Genentech/Roche North America lead within the many changes taking place in their business. The... Read more →

BART Warm Springs Extension is in service thanks to #AutoCAD and #3dsMax

image source: BART.gov My longtime friend and former neighbor, Paul Medved, is a project manager for BART. Paul and I have kayaked together. With a background in civil engineering, Paul's latest project was the Warm Springs extension for BART. BART... Read more →

Decanter Cleaning with Metal Beads

In a previous blog post, I conducted an experiment to see if decanting wine really affected the taste. Read the blog post. That test revealed that it does. As a result, I use my decanter often. Decanters are never cleaned... Read more →

Purchasing @UnderArmour Athletic Shoes based on Design and @FootLocker Customer Service

Since it's Friday, I'll blog about something other than Autodesk Forge (which, is by the way, a set of APIs and supporting materials where our customers and partners, among other things, can showcase their 3D data to their customers). When... Read more →

#AutoCAD 2018 Features

Autodesk's fiscal year runs from February 1 through January 31. So right now, we're working in FY18 since it ends on January 31, 2018. As a result, the AutoCAD team has been working on AutoCAD 2018 even though today is... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery Exhibit: Shifting Gears

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 →

How did those Autodesk technology previews turn out?

Technology previews are an opportunity for Autodesk customers to help shape the future of our technology. Based on the feedback that teams receive when they conduct a technology preview, one of three things happens: Graduation A technology graduates when it... Read more →

Bloomberg: Professional Development for Our Robot Replacements

Happy St. Patrick's Day. Recall my blog post about the Elbo chair designed by a computer using generative design: Read the blog post. Well here's a version that was made by a robot that uses a camera to weld and... Read more →

Upcoming Autodesk Gallery Tour for NFL Players

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 →

Silver Oak Winery in Napa has LEED Platinum Certification

The renovation of the second floor of the Autodesk One Market office was the second project in northern California to receive a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) platinum award for commercial interiors. The first was the Energy Foundation... Read more →

Hyperloop Technology Applied to Space Travel: To infinity and beyond...

In a previous blog post, I mentioned how the rLoop team was using Autodesk Fusion 360 to design their vehicle for the Hyperloop competition. Recall that the hyperloop is Elon Musk's brainchild where small pods travel in vacuum tubes to... Read more →

Houzplan is based on Autodesk Forge

It's Pi Day so let's talking about an ever expanding pie — the home building market. Part of Autodesk's success is based on the fact that long ago the original founders: Recognized the computer industry was shifting from mainframe computers... Read more →

New Gallery Exhibit: Augmented Reality Selfie

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 →

Recent Spike in Gas Bills Has Alameda Residents Wondering - It was colder and more expensive

One of the things that Autodesk is about is impact and sustainability. It's for this reason that we have Insight 360. Learn more about Insight 360 Insight 360 is our collection of easy to use tools that allow designers to... Read more →

Estimated Climate Change Impact for Where I Live: 2047 or Bust!

My wife and I live in a homeowner association, named Crown Harbor, that is on the water in the city of Alameda, California. Below is a picture of our townhouse (the left half of the building) taken while kayaking with... Read more →

Another Trip Down Technology Preview Memory Lane

In a previous blog post, I showed many of the Autodesk Technology Preview banners from over the years: View the blog article. Recently, John Grimshaw, of cadassist.co.uk published an article about Autodesk Labs: Visit cadassist.co.uk. This got me to revisit... Read more →

Comcast Email Problem

"Boy is my face red." This was originally published as a blog post unintentionally. I am trying to share detailed debugging info with Comcast. Rather than have to explain the gory details of lost emails, I typed it up for... Read more →

#AutodeskResearch: RetroFab

RetroFab is an Autodesk Research design tool that allows non-experts to customize the physical interface to a legacy device without having to make permanent structural changes the device. Check this out: Now you too can fit a square peg in... Read more →