It is Alive in the Lab

The Curtis and Davis-designed Superdome built by Blount International in Louisiana

Since I work in San Francisco now, I have recently blogged about some San Francisco landmarks: Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco: Getting physical Exhibit [Salesforce Building] Transamerica Pyramid Building in San Francisco Coit Tower in San Francisco Though I live... Read more →

Autodesk Forge in One Example and Three Sets of Samples

If you have decades of your intellectual property captured in AutoCAD drawings and would like to leverage that data to showcase your work to your customers, then Autodesk Forge is for you. Forge is our application program interface (API) platform... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery Exhibit: Bionic Is Beautiful

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 →

My 2nd MTaylor Shirt

Autodesk believes that the future of making involves 3 fundamental changes: Products themselves will be smarter with enablements via the internet of things. Processes will move towards automation via robots and greater efficiency through techniques like additive manufacturing. Consumer demand... Read more →

Autodesk Forge Viewer leverages JavaScript and WebGL

Check out the software architecture for Autodesk Forge. The Autodesk technology that was once known as the "Large Model Viewer" (because it handles 3D models larger than Autodesk Design Review) is the same viewing technology that is now called the... Read more →

Autodesk Is Changing With The Times

The world is a changing place. As an example, let's look at what's going on with the automotive industry today: Platform — There is a shift from the internal combustion engine to electric. Companies like Tesla are displacing long-established companies... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery is a LEED Platinum Commercial Interior Space

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a rating system devised by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) to evaluate the environmental performance of buildings and encourage architecture, engineering, and construction industry transformation towards sustainable design. LEED certification... Read more →

Lisa Rotzinger: Why using a VP as your guinea pig is a good idea!

Jon Pittman is the Autodesk VP of Corporate Strategy. Jon has also been a Lecturer at the Haas School of Business of the University of California at Berkeley. Jon is also "a connected guy" in that he is an Internet... Read more →

Coit Tower in San Francisco

A while ago I published a blog post about San Francisco's newest and soon-to-be-tallest building and followed that up with a post about an iconic building: Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco: Getting physical Exhibit Transamerica Pyramid Building in San Francisco... Read more →

Artificial Intelligence: A practical example that can be applied to Construction and Manufacture in the Future

Today we follow all safety precautions when working with robots. In the future, some of those precautions may be mitigated. Artificial intelligence is an area of computer science that includes the theory and development of computer systems able to perform... Read more →

onTarget uses Autodesk Forge to tackle construction in 4D (time) and 5D (cost)

The Construction industry is currently faced with a gap between the digital tools for field management and enterprise resource planning tools in the office. Although the industry has started using BIM (Building Information Models) and field apps for collaboration, data... Read more →

Project Electric Sheep

Project Electric Sheep combines virtual reality (VR) and machine learning (ML) with robots. It's about as cutting-edge as Autodesk gets. Something that cutting-edge requires a leader that's just as cutting-edge. Dr. Li has made a big impact in her short... Read more →

Candy Mechanics: Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is

A while back I wrote a blog article that featured how Candy Mechanics (or anyone else for that matter) can use Autodesk Forge to create 3D chocolate lollipops where each is a 3D model of a person's head. Candy Mechanics:... Read more →

What I Saw at the Pier 9 Artist in Residence Exhibition on May 26, 2017

It's Friday, so let's talk about something besides Autodesk Forge. Many of you have read about our space at Pier 9 in San Francisco. "We're focused on making it as easy as possible for people to go from having an... Read more →