It is Alive in the Lab

Philippe Starck, Autodesk, and Kartell team up for the A.I. Chair

When the chair was invented, the patent office wanted to know what it did. The inventor replied: "You might want to sit down for this." This report comes to us from Arthur Harsuvanakit. Arthur is a Senior Designer at Autodesk.... Read more →

Register for the free Design Automation API Webinar for Autodesk Inventor to be held on May 7 at 8:00 am PDT

When elementary school coding class students ask me if they should be computer programmers (like me) when they grow up, I tell them "No." In the future, programming is not going to be a specialized skill. Everyone will know how... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery at Autodesk University in Las Vegas: Tianjin Chow Tai Fook Financial Center

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 →

Lunch with the Customer at Autodesk Portland Office Fosters Convergence of Industries

Autodesk Technologist, Shaan Hurley, is all about the customer. This makes sense since Shaan was a customer before he became an employee. Shaan is based in our Portland office and is spearheading a new program there called Lunch with the... Read more →

PlanGrid Road Show is a "Home Run" with Houston Area Construction Industry #PlanGridRoadShow

PlanGrid is a cloud-based construction management system (with an offline mode) that provides stakeholders with access to all project information from wherever they are. That's because PlanGrid supports Android, iOS, and Windows. From plans and specifications to punch lists, documents,... Read more →

Can data sensed in BUILD and OPERATE provide insight for DESIGN? #IoTinActionMS

Now that I have relocated to the Houston area, I can participate in local events far from Silicon Valley. On Thursday, April 16, Microsoft had an IoT (Internet of Things) in Action conference at the JW Marriott in downtown Houston.... Read more →

A Bold Proposal: Will Our Solar Energy System Ever Pay for Itself?

When we were shopping for solar systems, my wife and I contacted various providers with the following results: Freedom Solar Power offered a 15 kW system with an out-of-pocket cost of $37,044. The system was comprised of 42 360-watt panels.... Read more →

We're Getting a Pool (Part 2)

We recently moved to Cypress, TX. Since Texas has hot weather in the summer, we're getting a pool. Since Autodesk software is used to design and make things, I have been chronicling the construction process. In a previous blog post,... Read more →

Autodesk Collaborates with Its Customers at Its Technology Centers

The Autodesk Technology Centers are where the future of making takes shape. With locations around the world, we collaborate with industry, academic, and entrepreneurial communities to reimagine what it means to design and make, and create a shared vision of... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery at Autodesk University in Las Vegas: Making Mass Customization Easier Customer: Project Frog

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 →

BBC: The unexpected inspiration behind Japan's bullet train

Dr. Eiji Nakatsu next to 500 Series Shinkansen train Who would you have guessed that the design of an electric passenger train had been influenced by animal biology? Biomimicry is a branch of science that looks to leverage the results... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery at Autodesk University in Las Vegas: Ireland's New Children's Hospital

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 →

A Bold Proposal: Initial Savings from Solar Panels for My Home in Cypress, Texas

Autodesk is committed to helping designers and engineers create a future where we all live well and within the limits of our planet. We are excited to lead the way with sustainable, forward-thinking business practices. Together, we can design a... Read more →

What is Autodesk Forge?

If what archers do is called archery, why isn't what Forge developers do called Forgery? So what is Forge and what do Forge developers do? Jim Quanci is a Senior Director for the Autodesk Developer Network. Stephen Preston is a... Read more →

Autodesk Gallery at Autodesk University in Las Vegas: New Approaches to Motorcycle Design

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 →

eSUB uses Autodesk Forge to help Subcontractors

Autodesk Forge is our application program interface (API) platform and supporting materials (sample code, manuals) as well as a community of developers who uses those APIs. Although Forge is intended for our customers and 3rd party developers to be able... Read more →

Autodesk Fusion 360 Applied Innovation Interns: Where are they now?

Since it's April Fool's Day, I thought I'd cover something light and fun. Despite what's associated with today, the stories you are about to read are real. The names have not been changed to protect the innocent. When Carl Bass... Read more →