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my unique gene ring I was born and raised in New Orleans, I know a little about my family history. As part of an honors history course in college, I had to research my family tree. For example, I know [more...]

Years in the making, DesignScript is our free technology preview created by Dr. Robert Aish in Farnborough and his team around the globe. The goal is to get customer feedback on exploratory design. The technology preview consists of: a powerful [more...]

"Come on baby, let's do the twist." — Chubby Checker Technology preveiws on Labs are free. All we ask is that you try them and tell us if you like them or not. Our newest technology preview comes to Labs [more...]

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the [more...]

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the [more...]

"The fireball that we rode was moving But now we've got a new machine Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah the freaks said Man those cats can really swing They got music in their solar system They've rocked around the Milky Way [more...]

"I love my computer you make me feel alright every waking hour and every lonely night" — Bad Religion When I attended Design Night on robotics, there was a discussion as to whether or not robots would ever have emotions [more...]

Scanning and photogrammetry are ways to get something in the real world into the computer. 3D printing is one way to get something out of the computer into the real world. Augmented reality is a way to visualize something in [more...]

At AU 2008 I happened to be nearby when our team was hoisting the 3D printed motorcycle for display. Autodesk had given me a FlipCam to take some video, so I did. I got this comment on my YouTube video [more...]

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the [more...]

Autodesk Fabrication CADmep supports detailing, fabrication, and installation workflows for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) contractors, and provides tools that extend design-intent to create more accurate, intelligent, constructible models of building services systems. Autodesk Revit is specifically built for Building [more...]

photo courtesy of Adrianna Schneider, @LEEDing-Lady The Expert Elite program was spearheaded by many, including Technologist, Shaan Hurley, and launched at AU during our Launch & Lunch event with our CEO Carl Bass. The Expert Elite program is designed to [more...]

The BIM Coordinator for AutoCAD Civil 3D and Revit was our free technology preview that assists project team members with building and site grids. The technology preview automated the more error-prone manual steps in the coordination of site and building [more...]

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the [more...]

Chris Andrews is one of our Product Line Managers at Autodesk. He has been busily poring over all of the feedback that has come in for Project Pinocchio. Recall that Project Piniocchio is our free technology preview where you can [more...]

In 1946 computer program defects got termed as bugs after a moth got caught in a computer relay. Autodesk is full of product teams wanting to make their products perfect, but for several reasons, a zero defect product is not [more...]

Jonathan Knowles At the end of April, Autodesk participated in X Prize Visioneering. Autodesk CTO, Jeff Kowalski and Autodesk Advisor to the CEO/CTO, Jonathan Knowles were "Visioneers." Autodesk Fellow, Tom Wujec, was one of the facilitators. Visioneering is a process [more...]

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the [more...]

Leverage your hardware to add more to your visual tranining materials. Project Chronicle is our technology preview from the Autodesk Research team that lets you make better training videos. Instead of just a screen capture and voice narration, Project Chronicle [more...]

"And if you feel that you can't go on And your will's sinkin' low Just believe, and you can't go wrong In the light, you will find the road" — Led Zeppelin I work out of our office on One [more...]

Past Design Night is an events program at the Autodesk Gallery. At each event, guests explore a different theme — such as biomimicry, light, or robotics — that challenges the conventionally narrow definition of design. The theme is reflected in [more...]

No that's not Dick Cheney's EKG — that's the number of downloads for Project Sci-Viz for 3ds Max. Atoms are atoms. Molecules are molecules. Cells are cells. All small but certainly something that could benefit from visualization. Researchers from the [more...]

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I have shared information about the Shanghai Tower before: autodesk.com: The Shanghai Tower Gallery Exhibit It's Alive in the Lab: The Shanghai Tower at The Gallery at One Market It's Alive in the Lab: Powers of Design Exhibit: 102 Shanghai [more...]

"I want the world to see I don't care when it will be There's no doubt I wanna go to the sun, everyone" — Peter Frampton I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My [more...]

The POV Dispatch is our Autodesk internal newsletter, published monthly, where we discuss the big ideas that are important to us and our customers. It is published by our Corporate Strategy & Engagement (CS&E) team of which Autodesk Labs is [more...]

Enlarge When a technology preview ends, one of three things can happen: The technology can graduate from Autodesk Labs. This means it is ready to take the next step. Often this could be entering a beta phase or being made [more...]

PREFACE As a member of the Autodesk Labs community, you probably enjoy getting an early look at and early input into what Autodesk is working on related to grading, terrain modeling, and interactive terrain shaping. So now is a great [more...]

I'd like to have an argument. No you wouldn't. Yes I would. No you wouldn't. Yes I would. The Autodesk Education Cage Match has launched! This six-week online debate takes the excitement of the live Cage Match events we held [more...]

I work out of our office on One Market Street in San Francisco. My standup-desk is right across from our Gallery at One Market. One of our newer exhibits is called Powers of Design. It was first featured at the [more...]

Can human body parts be regenerated? Autodesk Research is dedicated to innovation and discovery. Their interests range from methods to help users learn powerful digital prototyping tools, to visualization and simulation techniques which enable designers to achieve new levels of [more...]