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Fear not: Autodesk is paying attention to the Future of Work, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning

At Autodesk, our team focuses on strategic foresight. Strategic foresight is a practice of looking systematically at the future, understanding fragmented indicators that suggest possible futures, and developing a point of view about how to respond. We use imagination to... Read more →

There's a Table of Derivable File Formats for the Autodesk Forge Model Derivative API

Autodesk Forge is our set of cloud-based developer tools used by our community of customers and partners to derive more value from their design and engineering data. When you use a computer program, you do so via its User Interface... Read more →

How are BIM 360, Assemble Systems, BuildingConnected, and PlanGrid related?

Autodesk started out as a design company. Now our focus is on design and make. For product design, that includes manufacturing. For media and entertainment, that includes movie, film, tv, and game production. For architecture and engineering, that includes construction... Read more →

Wooden Shutters provide Beauty and Improved Functionality

It's Friday, so let's talk about something besides Autodesk technology. My wife and I recently purchased a Lennar NextGen home in Cypress, Texas that includes an in-law unit. We are happy to have my mother-in-law living with us. Lennar homes... Read more →

Autodesk: Sustainability is in our Blood

"Sometimes I feel like giving up But I just can't It isn't in my blood" — "In My Blood," Shawn Mendes Autodesk is committed to helping designers and engineers create a future where we all live well and within the... Read more →

Fear not: Autodesk is paying attention to Climate Change, the end of Globalization, and the Future of Work

At Autodesk, our team focuses on strategic foresight. Strategic foresight is a practice of looking systematically at the future, understanding fragmented indicators that suggest possible futures, and developing a point of view about how to respond. We use imagination to... Read more →

Autodesk intern Courtney Yu's Cheat Sheet for Autodesk Products by Industry

Autodesk serves three industries: Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) Product Design and Manufacturing (PD&M) Media and Entertainment (M&E) More and more, we find that these industries are converging: Autodesk customers who make buildings (AECO) are starting to behave more... Read more →

A Bold Proposal: Cost Analysis of Solar Panels for My Home in Cypress, Texas

We added solar panels to our Lennar smart home in Cypress, Texas. The smart home allows me to conduct an energy analysis using three reports: Our smart home includes Honeywell Lyric thermostats. These thermostats generate monthly reports that let us... Read more →

A Value Proposition Canvas can help identify How You Serve Customer Needs when Problem-Solving

Autodesk got its start when we democratized CAD technology by making it available on personal computers that were much less expensive than special-purpose workstations so that small mom and pop architect shops could graduate from using their drafting tables. We... Read more →

New Autodesk Forge Viewer Now Available

The beauty of design data is in the eye of the stakeholder. Autodesk Forge is our collection of Application Program Interfaces (APIs), documentation, sample code, and a community of customers and partners who develop customized solutions suited to their workflows.... Read more →

Pouring Wine from a Decanter: Let's Get to the Bottom of This

It's Friday, so let's talk about something besides Autodesk Technology. I am a wine drinker and, based on the type of wine, sometimes use a decanter. I have even blogged about using metal beads to clean my decanter. I am... Read more →

A Value Creation Map Helps Analyze Internal Forces when Problem-Solving

Autodesk got its start when we democratized CAD technology by making it available on personal computers that were much less expensive than special-purpose workstations so that small mom and pop architect shops could graduate from using their drafting tables. We... Read more →

Autodesk intern Courtney Yu's Updated Cheat Sheet for Autodesk Products

As I mentioned in a previous blog post, our team has two interns for the summer. We wanted to give them an overview of Autodesk products (and there are many). Although we could have sent them to the list of... Read more →

A STEEP Map can help Frame the Context for a Problem-Solving Session

Autodesk got its start when we democratized CAD technology by making it available on personal computers that were much less expensive than special-purpose workstations so that small mom and pop architect shops could graduate from using their drafting tables. We... Read more →

Happy Independence Day - July 4 - from Autodesk

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 →

Your Undivided Attention from the Center for Humane Technology: With Great Power Comes... No Responsibility?

To catalyze Autodesk's long-term thoughts about the industries we serve, Autodesk brings in external experts who have a different perspective and point of view. With this in mind, the Visiting Fellows program was established. The Autodesk Visiting Fellows Program recruits... Read more →

Howard Johnson: AutoCAD is part homegrown and part acquired

Autodesk has a large array of products and services. Some were developed internally such as Fusion 360 and Inventor whereas others were acquired such as Revit. AutoCAD is the product the founders started with although their original intent was to... Read more →