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Autodesk Gallery: Nature by the numbers Exhibit

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 →

Transamerica Pyramid Building in San Francisco

A while ago I published a blog post about San Francisco's newest and soon-to-be-tallest building: Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco: Getting physical Exhibit Though the Salesforce building dwarfs the Transamerica Pyramid in size, the Transamerica is still an iconic building... Read more →

Memorial Day: Honoring Those Who Have Sacrificed for Us

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 not to be confused with... Read more →

Pretend you're at the eye doctor's office...

OLD After an inspirational talk last night from Associate Creative Director, Keith Chamberlain, of the Autodesk Brand team, I created two new banners for my blog. I can't decide. Should I stick with B or revert to A? CHOICE A... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery Exhibit: 3D SOS

"I'll send an SOS to the world I'll send an SOS to the world I hope that someone gets My message in a bottle" — "Message in a Bottle," Reggatta de Blanc, The Police, 1979. The Autodesk Gallery at One... Read more →

What do programmers do when they work with Artificial Intelligence?

An example of code written in the C programming language I am in program management now which is more of a marketing role, but when I was a software developer, here's what I would do: Use an editor to write... Read more →

CCTech Brings CFD Simulation to the Browser using Autodesk Forge

Everyone who has used AutoCAD knows that it has a User Interface (UI). There is still debate today: command line or ribbon menu system? Proponents of the command line argue that using the command line is faster. Proponents of the... Read more →

In Memory of My Dumb Friends: Clark Memorial Bench in Jackson Park in Alameda, California

It's Friday, so I'll blog about something besides Autodesk Forge. The Alameda Recreation and Parks Department provides advice, coordination, and guidance on parks and recreational facilities in the city of Alameda. One of the activities they conduct is called Alameda... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco: Getting physical Exhibit

As I walk to the Autodesk Pier 9 office, I can see the Salesforce building in progress: My day begins with it because I can also see it on my ferry ride into the city: Years before the first shovel... Read more →

Summer of Fabrication 2017 Update

With Autodesk CEO Carl Bass' retirement, there have been some changes. Technical assistant to the CEO, Lucas Prokopiak, has moved to the Fusion 360 team where he will be a full-fledged Fusion 360 Product Manager. Congratulations, Lucas. ...and then there... Read more →

THE FUTURE OF MAKING is Autodesk's follow up book to IMAGINE DESIGN CREATE

If you want our new book, you can pre-order it here. Allow me to explain. Tom Wujec is one of my colleagues. I have blogged about Tom's exploits before: Congratulations to Tom Wujec, thought leader TED Blog: Visual note-taking with... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery: New Hack Rod Exhibit

Head of Brand Project Management, Rey Ledda, recently set up a new exhibit is the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco. He sent out a write-up to all of the ambassadors. I decided to convert his write-up into a blog post.... Read more →

Candy Mechanics: What's more fun than getting your face made out of chocolate?

In December 2016, I shared a story about two Autodesk employees who CNC'd (computer numerically controlled) personalized creations using chocolate. Milling for Chocolate by Philippe Videau and Lucas Prokopiak Thanks to Autodesk Forge, Philippe and Lucas are not alone. Actually,... Read more →

Fabricate 2017 Conference in Stuttgart, Germany

FABRICATE is one of the most prominent conferences worldwide in Architecture, Engineering, & Construction research for digital fabrication. It was founded in 2011 by Bob Sheil (UCL/Bartlett) and is a triennial international peer-reviewed conference. This year it was hosted by... Read more →

Father Daughter Dance - a textbook comes to the rescue?

It's Friday, and Cinco de Mayo, so let's talk about something other than Autodesk Forge. Our daughter is getting married in September. As the traditional father-daughter dance is part of the festivities, this is a problem for me. Oh sure,... Read more →

Attend a free Autodesk ReCap Webinar on May 11 to learn about capturing your own reality

In 2015, the Reality Capture team scanned the 16th Street Station in Oakland. Autodesk ReCap lets you create accurate 3D models with reality capture via laser scanning. You use ReCap to convert the scan data into a 3D model or... Read more →

Autodesk Forge Newsletter Keeps Developers Up To Date

Anyone who has used a computer application, e.g., AutoCAD, knows that it has a User Interface (UI); however, AutoCAD also has an API (Application Program Interface) that allows tasks to be automated and for the functionality to be extended to... Read more →

Autodesk Innovation Genome in Practice and in Print

At Autodesk, we aim to be a trusted advisor to our customers instead of just another vendor. Instead of merely providing desktop software and cloud-based services, we aim to provide solutions. This is one of the reasons we have Autodesk... Read more →