It is Alive in the Lab

How the Autodesk Brand Strategy and Design Team Came Up with the New AutoCAD Imagery

The big news for AutoCAD 2019 is that we now have one AutoCAD including specialized toolsets. Previously we had "vanilla" AutoCAD and a "set of flavors" tailored to the industries they served. Customers purchased the AutoCAD or AutoCADs that suited... Read more →

Using Community Input, Alameda Municipal Power Looks to the Future

I live in Alameda, California, and through a series of blog posts, I chronicled some energy improvements that I made to my home: Results of My Home Energy Audit Improvements to My Home based on My Home Energy Audit The... Read more →

Book Review: The Wild Vine by Todd Kliman

I am a wine drinker. My favorite wine is a Jesse's Vineyard Zinfandel from Rock Wall Winery in Alameda, California. My second favorite wine is a Beckman Vineyard Zinfandel from Hatcher Winery in Murphys, California. I like many other kinds... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco: Breaking new ground Exhibit

Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you've ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you've experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our... Read more →

Boston BUILD Space: NAPA and PowerMill Collaboration

image source: New American Public Art I recently received this report from our team at our Boston Technology Center, a.k.a. the Boston BUILD Space. At the Autodesk Tech Centers, we collaborate with industry, academic, and entrepreneurial communities to validate and... Read more →

Tatjana Dzambazova: Oh Canada, The Land of AI, Here We Come!

Tatjana Dzambazova is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategist at Autodesk. Trained in architecture and originally part of the Revit team, she expanded her horizons to include reality capture (e.g., scanning, photogrammetry) and has now gone even further into AI. Tatjana's... Read more →

Book Review: Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger

Brian Kilmeade is an on-air personality for the politically conservative Fox network. This book was published around the time that Confederate statues were being removed from public places. My suspicion is that the motivation for this book was to ensure... Read more →

Applied Research Lab Launches Mimic Plug-in

I recently received this report from our team at our San Francisco Technology Center. At the Autodesk Tech Centers, we collaborate with industry, academic, and entrepreneurial communities to validate and test ideas about the future, inform our product and business... Read more →

Meet Marco Annunziata, our Latest Visiting Fellow

I am part of Corporate Strategy at Autodesk. The Corporate Strategy team's purpose is to assist the CEO and senior executives in developing and implementing company-level strategy to help Autodesk operate intentionally as an integrated, coordinated system. Further, it is... Read more →

Tinkercad Surpasses 10 Million Users and 100 Million Designs!

Product Line Manager, Guillermo Melantoni, and Senior Manager for Youth Audience Marketing, Sarah O'Rourke, report that Tinkercad has surpassed 10 million users and 100 million designs. Tinkercad is used by designers, hobbyists, teachers, and students, to make toys, prototypes, home... Read more →

Seaweed Inspired, 3D Printed Metal Bottle Opener

I received one of these as a gift an use it often. Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you've ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances... Read more →

It's Alive in the Lab: This blog goes to 11.

It's Alive in the Lab is 11 years old today. As a DWF Technical Evangelist, I started blogging by supplying Shaan Hurley with guest articles that he would post on his blog, Between The Lines. On February 14, 2006, I... Read more →

Designing Our Future: The Resilient Bay Summit on May 18

The Autodesk Foundation supports the Resilient by Design challenge as it brings together designers and community leaders to safeguard the Bay Area community from the impacts of climate change. A majority of the design teams are using Autodesk tools to... Read more →

Bartlett Cocke uses High Tech Tools from Autodesk to Improve Construction Site Efficiency and Safety

Since 1959, Bartlett Cocke General Contractors has been on the cutting edge of construction. They are now one of the largest, most respected and trusted general contractors in Texas. Adam Hockley is a Regional Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) Manager... Read more →

AUTOMATION & AI FOR GOOD 2018

Village Capital and the Autodesk Foundation are teaming up on a forum to showcase and support early-stage startups that are using artificial intelligence (AI), automation, or robotics to create new jobs in emerging industries, fill gaps in the current workforce,... Read more →

Free Download of Maya Plug-in to Control Industrial Robots

Are you like me? Do you have an industrial robot sitting in your garage, and you're thinking, "Man, that thing is a pain to program." If so, read on. Senior Research Engineer, Evan Atherton, is one of our team members.... Read more →