At first I thought I had received some more odd spam email or from Marvin the Martian to finally blow up Earth’s moon, but it wasn't. The ominous email started with the subject line of “LROC :: Moon target acquired... Read more →

All of us at Autodesk wish you and your family and loved ones a very happy and safe holiday and New Year. Many of us at Autodesk are taking our annual week of rest from December 24th until January 4th... Read more →

What happens in Vegas...https://slate.adobe.com/cp/TMpxB Thanks to my Autodesk colleague Jonathan Knowles and for the fun Storm Trooper action at AU 2015 this year. I had the pleasure of playing Storm Trooper Wrangler and photographer, and loved the reactions from attendees.... Read more →

The AutoCAD Plant Team aka “PlantZilla” has announced and released the beta of the next version of the Plant 3D and P&ID products and inviting people to participate and provide feedback and testing to assure the best possible released product... Read more →

I am volunteering as a design and Autodesk Inventor mentor with local Portland Oregon high school FIRST Robotics (FRC) Team 1540 of Catlin Gabel. This weekend Our team hosted the 8th annual BunnyBot event where local teams are invited to... Read more →

In the Autodesk Office of the CTO (OCTO) I have the absolute pleasure of working with amazingly smart, creative, talented, fun people. A few years ago our team had an intern Heather Kerrick join from Stanford University. Heather worked with... Read more →

I am in the San Francisco Office this week and got up early for a run.. I love running in SF as there are so many things to see, routes to run, and comfortable chilled air. This morning I started... Read more →

This is a pretty cool video showing a student doing some cool research at the Autodesk Pier 9 during her residency in my team’s Robotics Lab. https://vimeo.com/148982525 “During her residency at Pier 9, Madeline Gannon developed a project called Quipt... Read more →

Heads up for those registered at the Autodesk University website as the sessions that were recorded just a mere two weeks ago have now been posted. Now you can watch and learn from the classes you weren't able to attend.... Read more →

Autodesk Memento beta is now available natively for the Mac platform! This is big news as popularity grew fast about Autodesk Memento several Mac users were anxiously awaiting to use it natively on their OS. In addition to the addition of Mac supported version there has been a great deal of bugs squashed and features added.Between us, I don’t think this team sleeps. Read more →

Notable statistics about AUGI’s Wish List this year Number of open wishes: 6933 Total Votes: 88,057 % of Votes for AutoCAD/AutoCAD-based products: 46% % of Votes for Revit-based products: 45% Total Rankings: 191,592 https://www.augi.com/wishlist Thank you to AUGI and their... Read more →

Thank you to all of you that attended the annual Blogger and Social Media Meetup, and those that could not attend Autodesk University 2015 but blog and participate in social media and forums about Autodesk products and technologies, The meetup... Read more →

Smithsonian and Autodesk employees conduct a 3-D scan of the spacecraft. (Matt McFarland/The Washington Post) Some of my Autodesk colleagues and the Smithsonian laser cowboys are capturing the Apollo 11 lunar module in 3D this week. Current Reality Capture and... Read more →

Today our Autodesk office in the Portland area was selected as a stop for the Snuggle Express by the Oregon Humane Society. What this meant was we had a room filled with puppies and kittens to snuggle with. What a... Read more →

Autodesk University 2015 was last week in Las Vegas and perhaps all the photos in Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter have scrolled into history.You can view and share photos in the Flickr Gallery. I am continuing to post some of my... Read more →

A completed 3D print of the USS Arizona was safely delivered to the the National Park Service at the WWII Valor in the Pacific in time for the 74th December 7th memorials and ceremonies. The 3D print of the WWII... Read more →

Did you miss the opening and closing session keynotes, the Innovation Forums or some broadcast classes? If you did or just want to re-live them you can do so on the Autodesk University website now without having to brave the... Read more →

Autodesk University 2015 just ended, but the impact will live on in the knowledge gained from the classes and sessions, new friends made, and with the 150 prosthetic hands made by 800 awesome AU attendees that volunteered during to help... Read more →

Autodesk University 2015 has now ended after the Closing Session and the annual party. It has been an amazing AU and I met many old and new friends as well as several fun experiences like hanging with Storm Troopers or... Read more →

I have been just to busy to sit at my laptop and blog but here are a few highlights and a tip for todays Closing Session. We have ran each day up to 4 miles on the longer AU5k at... Read more →

So I asked fellow Autodesk University attendees if anyone wanted to run with me again this year to get a good fresh air start to the day. Over 25 people showed up at 5:45am! Thank you to everyone who got... Read more →