Between the Lines

Dealing with Office Occupancy with a Dynamo Mega-Graph

My colleague, amazing developer, fellow blogger, and good friend Kean Walmsley published a timely and informative third article in a series on how to use Dynamo to evaluate safe office occupancy in the age of COVID virus. The latest in the series is Building a Mega-Graph. COVID Office Occupancy: Single-Objective Optimization COVID Office Occupancy: Multi-Objective Optimization COVID Office Occupancy: Building a Mega-Graph Read more →

Throwback Thursday TBT – Simply The Best

Who knew in the boxes of 38 years of Autodesk history that I have that we could connect Tina Turner and her hit song Simply The Best with Autodesk the software company. I received this 45rpm vinyl record from Dietmar Rudolph some years ago along with other Autodesk memorabilia. It is unique and appears to be to commemorate some event in Germany. It may be unique and odd, but not the most unique and odd Autodesk memorabilia in my collection.... Read more →

Autodesk Thoughts on EMEA Engineering Executive Council Report

“Autodesk is very intrigued by the perspectives the EMEA Engineering Executive Council have articulated in its paper Good data for the public good, as published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology. We succeed as a technology partner for our subscribers when we help them move the industry forward, so the principles contained within this paper shed valuable insight on what the industry is expecting from us. Autodesk’s Future of Making for AEC Driving Industry Change Through Convergence” Read the... Read more →

Starting 24

Today is my anniversary of joining Autodesk from being an Autodesk customer and ended up moving down to the San Francisco Bay area. I had thought a couple years leaving industry as a mechanical designer using Autodesk software would be for a couple years improving the products I used and then back to the design, fabrication and construction world I would go, but I stayed at Autodesk. What kept me was the amazing colleagues, great company, the best customers, and... Read more →

Achieving Better Additive Manufacturing Outcomes in Generative Design

”As part of the December 2020 update of Fusion 360, we delivered a new method for generating additive manufacturing outcomes. Internally, we call this project Additive 2.0, and it is part of our Experimental Generative Solvers and Features preview. This new method should go a long way to improve the shape quality and printability of the outcomes compared to what you previously saw in generative design. This was a present I know many of us have been eagerly waiting for,... Read more →

Teachers Looking for STEM or Maker Curriculum for Young Students

Join the next Teaching with Tinkercad webinar on Thursday, January 14th at 4pm pacific. They will covering some basics and also take a deeper look at teaching electronics using Tinkercad Circuits. Sign up Here: https://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/teaching-with-tinkercad What is Tinkercad you may ask? It is fun web based free 3D design program. Tinkercad is used by millions of teachers, kids, hobbyists, and designers to imagine, design, and make anything! Check out Tinkercad here, its fun and great for 4-100 year old kids.... Read more →

Happy New Year - 2021

Like most Autodesk employees I have just returned from our annual week of rest and holidays, plus a bonus few days this year courtesy of our leadership wanting employees to relax after a challenging 2020 which felt like never ending Zoom meeting and unpredictable situations in life and work. I'm grateful that Autodesk thinks about the challenges of their employees and those that have been cooped up for months with many challenges as well as the mental exhaustion and feelings... Read more →

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to you and yours. It is that time of the year most of us Autodeskers take time off to celebrate the holidays, spend time with family, and disconnect from work for our annual week of rest from December 21 to January 4th (yes, thankfully its more than an actual week). I want to sincerely thank those employees that must remain on call or work over the holidays to support customers and employees or our facilities. I will be... Read more →

Internships at Autodesk

There are several opportunities opening now that students can apply for at Autodesk, and more should be added. Not of these opportunities or interns are computer programming related, there are several finance, UX, strategic foresight, product management, and business development rated. https://www.autodesk.com/careers/students Read more →

Learn About Revit Automation and Generative Design

There is a free Autodesk eBook now available on learning about how automation and generative design can empower you to meet new challenges and shape the built environment of the future. The Future is a Design Challenge eBook ”Solving tomorrow’s challenges with automation and generative design “ autode.sk/2W3H6f0 Read more →

Autodesk University History

We recently held the Autodesk University 2020, free and online due to the COVID-19 pandemic making it unsafe to gather 10,000 attendees traveling and meeting in one place. The Autodesk University 2020 was over 100,000 attendees and I do hope science finds a way we can get back to meeting in person for Autodesk University once again.I have been asked where al, the AU locations have been, so here is my updated list and adding it to my Autodesk History... Read more →

The Engineers Guide to Drinks in Fusion 360

One of the top Autodesk Fusion 360 users and presenters, Scott Moyse, Manufacturing & CAM Technical Specialist of CADPRO Systems Limited, recently presented a Fusion 360 tips and tricks class at Autodesk University 2020 and moved the evolution of The Engineers Guide to Drinks to a new level in Fusion 360 all along teaching you great tips and techniques in a creative and fun way. Autodesk University is free this year, go learn something valuable to build more skills and... Read more →