Novedge Pulse™ of Scott Sheppard

This is the part where I am hoping having a blog helps me out personally. I am attempting to use the power of crowd sourcing. I am hoping someone tells me that this app already exists. My music collection has [more...]

I will ask yet again "Who remembers Coffee Talk with Paul Baldwin or Linda Richman (Mike Myers) on Saturday Night Live?" Well it's time for Vasari Talk. Project Vasari is our technology preview of an expressive design tool for creating [more...]

I discovered a site: http://isitraining.in/alameda Actually you substitute a desired city name for where you would like to know if it is raining. The Bay Area is characterized by microclimates. So although it may be raining in Moraga, it wouldn't [more...]

got source? Ever wonder how Revit add-ons work? Ever wonder what source code looks like? Of course you have, who hasn't? You can find out with the Autodesk Developer Network plugins of the month. These free nuggets of extra functionality [more...]

The Autodesk fiscal year runs from February 1 through January 31. So we just completed FY12 and are now in FY13. Looking at the number of new, updated, and technology previews as documented on What's New, I see that FY12 [more...]

Sometimes technology previews are temporarily put on ice. Technology previews are available for a fixed amount of time. They are not intended as free functionality that is available forever. Here's how it normally works: An Autodesk team makes a technology [more...]

"I'm digging in the dirt/To find the places I got hurt/Open up the places I got hurt" - Peter Gabriel The Interactive Terrain Shaping technology preview provides users with a unique workflow for developing grading proposals in AutoCAD Civil 3D [more...]

The Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Revit technology preview allows users to import point cloud data and convert it to Revit Building Information Model objects. // Download Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Autodesk Revit from Autodesk Labs Though many users [more...]

One of my favorite blogs is called indexed: http://indexed.blogspot.com/ Indexed author, Jessica Hagy, displays thought provoking ideas on index cards. One of the tenets of Autodesk Labs is visual thinking. So many of the Autodesk Labs developers also like the [more...]

This is just plain fun. 8 seconds of fun are alive in the lab.

The Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Revit technology preview allows users to import point cloud data and convert it to Revit Building Information Model objects. // Learn more about Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Autodesk Revit on Autodesk Labs Though [more...]

On the heels of the update of the Parametric Sliders add-in for Project Vasari, the team has provided two additional add-ins: Automatically Update Export for Solar Radiation This WIP adds a check box to the Ecotect Solar Radiation tool to [more...]

When is a door not a door? When it's ajar. Point Cloud Feature Extraction for Revit is our free technology preview that allows you to work with point cloud more easily in Revit. This plug-in automatically extracts useful geometry features [more...]

I will once again ask "Who remembers Coffee Talk with Paul Baldwin or Linda Richman (Mike Myers) on Saturday Night Live?" Well it's time for Vasari Talk. Project Vasari is our technology preview of an easy-to-use, expressive design tool for [more...]

No, not the sliders that are served at restaurants... Project Vasari is our free technology preview of an easy-to-use, expressive design tool for creating building concepts. Vasari includes integrated cloud-based analysis for energy and carbon. Project Vasari design  [more...]

"It's no great accomplishment to lead the stronger team to victory." page 32 I am from New Orleans. I have been a New Orleans Saints fan since September 17, 1967 when John Gilliam returned the franchise's opening kick-off for a [more...]

Sometimes videos accompany the launch of a technology preview. Sometimes they come later. I place them on YouTube to help gain exposure for the technology preview. I also make them available for download from my Buzzsaw site for users who [more...]

"Love all, but [truss] a few." - William Shakespeare Structure Generator for Revit is a free technology preview that provides a connection between "massing models and objects created during conceptual design" and "structural elements such as beams, column, walls, and [more...]

YouTube sends me a weekly email listing updates for channels to which I subscribe. Last week I was happy to see 3 new videos on strategy as a competitive separation. I particularly enjoyed our VP of Corporate Strategy, Jon Pittman's, [more...]

As I have mentioned many times, the ADN Plugin of the Month exists to show would-be developers how easy it is to personally extend the functionality of our design applications. That’s why all of the plugins of the month come [more...]

Though I don't play any instrument, can't dance, nor carry a tune, I have an appreciation for music. My life unfolds to a soundtrack that plays in my head. Patterned after a Rolling Stone article, I once described: My Life [more...]

As with last year, and again this year, several times during the year, new functionality is released into Autodesk’s Enterprise Information Systems to enhance the company’s services to partners / customers and help the organization run more efficiently. The next [more...]

"I heard the king was dying. I heard the king was dead, And with him died the chronicles that no one ever read." - Kansas Autodesk Research is dedicated to innovation and discovery in helping solve some of the world's [more...]

My wife, Sheryl, and I have a condo at Crown Harbor in Alameda: Crown Harbor In a series of blog posts, I outlined the process Sheryl and I followed to make some energy improvements to our home: Want to save [more...]

In May 2007 Europe adopted the INSPIRE Directive that established an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe to support Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment. INSPIRE is based on the infrastructures... [more...]

In fourth grade, I had an assignment to write a limerick. Here's what I came up with: There once was an ugly old joker Who played at a dumb game of poker He tried to be funny and lost all [more...]

With apologies to Peter Gabriel for this blog post title, I can't help but feel excited about the links on the Autodesk site to Autodesk Labs. The sample above is the Autodesk Inventor page but there are other pages too, [more...]

I got a Tweet today inquiring about the status of the 123D Catch servers. I did a test project, and it worked for me. I even looked at our dashboard and all appears well. 123D Catch servers are alive in [more...]

As they did last July, the Moldflow team started off the new year with a bang. They provided me with new installers for technology preview 3 of Project Scandium. I posted them for download and updated the site. Recall that [more...]

Project Vasari is our free technology preview of an easy-to-use, expressive design tool for creating building concepts with cloud-based analysis for energy and carbon. Designs created with Project Vasari can be opened in Revit. // Learn more about Project Vasari [more...]

Each month a member of the Autodesk Developer Network, not-necessarily an Autodesk employee, brings you a plugin that includes the source code. You can use the plugin as provided or extend it to meet your needs by working with the [more...]

After a nice holiday break, we are back to work. We can resume responding to your feedback. Thanks for your patience while we rested. http://labs.autodesk.com/ Business as usual is alive in the lab.

For those of you on the Mayan calendar, I guess the end is near. For those of you on the Gregorian calendar, happy new year. We look forward to sharing more technology previews with you in 2012 and getting your [more...]

Dear Monster Cable: I hope you can help me. I don't have a receipt. If you cannot, I understand, because my wife works retail. My son is a United States Marine. He is stationed at Twentynine Palms, California. For Christmas [more...]