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Generative Design featured in Canada's The Globe and Mail

Pubic Relations Manager, Alexandra Constantine let me know that following an interview with Director of Research, Francesco "Frio" Iorio, The Globe and Maill published a story about how generative design is shaping the world around us. Autodesk is featured alongside... Read more →

Everything I Know About Dancing Fits on One Sheet of Paper

It's Friday, so let's talk about something besides Autodesk Forge. In a previous blog post, I talked about how I am preparing for my father-daughter dance at her wedding in September: Father Daughter Dance - a textbook comes to the... Read more →

Follow-Up: Using a Raspberry Pi Computer to Read to the Blind

Back in December 2012, I wrote a blog post about some Autodesk employees using a Raspberry Pi computer to read to the blind. To this day, that blog post gets questions about how they did it. So I decided to... Read more →

Project Ivy Lets Designers Create Internet of Things Devices In Virtual Reality

Augmented reality is an enhanced version of reality created by the use of technology to overlay digital information on an image of something being viewed through a device such as a camera on a smartphone. When the Yelp application overlays... Read more →

Smartvid.io Leverages Autodesk Forge and Artificial Intelligence

Autodesk Forge is our collection of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) that we use to develop our own web services. As part of our Autodesk Forge efforts, we share those APIs (including documentation and code samples) with customers and 3rd party... Read more →

Diversity at Autodesk is a Good Thing

As a hiring manager, I can have an impact on diversity at Autodesk. I try to do what I can. For example: I consider summer intern candidates from the Code2040 program. Code2040 is a nonprofit organization that creates pathways to... Read more →

Reconstruct leverages Autodesk Forge

I have known Keshav Sahoo for many years. Our history goes back as far as early versions of AutoCAD and AutoCAD Civil 3D, but my fondest memories include our days working on reality capture technology (i.e., scanning, photogrammetry) that graduated... Read more →

MediaValet leverages Autodesk Forge

When you think of valet, what comes to mind? Chances are that you think of an attendant parking your car as in valet parking. Though the word valet could apply to any servant who attends to the personal needs of... Read more →

Autodesk's New FUTURE OF MAKING book now available on Amazon.com

If you want our new book, you can order it from Amazon.com. The Autodesk vision is to help people imagine, design, and create a better world. Our customers design, make, and use places, things, and media (TV shows, movies, games).... Read more →

Three Summer Interns in the Autodesk Applied Research & Innovation Lab at Pier 9 in San Francisco

In earlier posts, I identified two interns who are working with us this summer: Summer of Autodesk Fusion 360 Fabrication 2017 Summer of Fabrication 2017 Update Well, Jack Reinke and Brice Dudley are not our only two interns. Our team... Read more →

Levi's Stadium Designed by HNTB in Santa Clara

Since I work in San Francisco, I have 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 Since I am originally from... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco: Empowering rural communities 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 →

Our Community Earthquake Emergency Response Plans

For those of you that don't live in earthquake country, you may be wondering "What are people supposed to do during and immediately after an earthquake?" My wife and I live in a homeowner association that has a Community Emergency... Read more →

Happy July 4

Q: What did one flag say to the other flag? A: Nothing. It just waved. Today is July 4 — Independence day — recognition of the day that the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence that had been... Read more →

Autodesk Forge: Company Shutdown for One Week

As part of the company’s on-going commitment to manage our spending through the business model transition, Autodesk will once again have a company shutdown this week. Autodesk had a similar shutdown period last year. There are two benefits we derive... Read more →