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2016 Autodesk AEC Showreel

Check out the just released Autodesk 2016 AEC Showreel. It is always amazing to see what our customers design and build using our software and technology. Enjoy! http://youtu.be/cEdOIKrSGu8 Read more →

Giving a Hand

Yesterday many big hearted employees in the Autodesk Lake Oswego Oregon office took time to assemble 3D printed Phoenix prosthetic hands designed using Autodesk’s own Fusion 360 in the e-NABLE Buildathon. The hands are destined with a personal card for children in war torn Syria by e-NABLE. Autodesk employees around the world donate their personal time year around and Autodesk whole heartily supports this and matches the time and donations and also has a philanthropic foundation with the Autodesk Foundation... Read more →

Wanderlust Time

It is the first day of summer and coincidently the first day of my sabbatical. Autodesk is one of the top employers in North America and recognizing employees work life balance and providing us the time to relax, reflect, recharge ever 4 years is an amazing benefit. This will be my fourth sabbatical since joining Autodesk a little over 18 years ago. What do I have planned, not much except spending time with my family, my friends, and the great... Read more →

BattleBots Watch Party at Autodesk with Robots, Fun, and Prizes!

Don’t miss the chance to meet two BattleBots, Bronco and Mega Tento, in person(robot) at Autodesk’s First Annual BattleBots Watch Party! On the heels of last year’s wildly successful TV reboot of BattleBots, the world’s premier robot sporting event, bots and humans alike will assemble to watch the show’s Season 2 premiere. Come join us at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco—the birthplace of robot combat—to watch the BattleBots rumble while enjoying food, drinks, robo-swag and fun activities. You can... Read more →

Autodesk Forge Developer Conference Keynote

If you were unable to attend the Autodesk Forge Conference this week, you can still watch the keynote on YouTube. Forge is powerful set of cloud services, APIs, and resources for developers to quickly create the data-centric apps, experiences, and services that power the future of making things. Read more →

Aerial 3D Terrain Mapping with a Drone

Recently I edited a 3D model and created a quick video in Autodesk ReMake (formerly Autodesk Memento.) The 3D model was generated using Autodesk ReCap 360 Pro from photos taken last month using an UAS/drone in the hot windy Trona Pinnacles near Death Valley California. The ability to create 3D textured models from aerial photos opens up many possibilities in design, construction, and site mapping. Autodesk has released specific features in ReCap 360 Pro named Fly that allow you to... Read more →

Volunteering

This week 9 of us from the Lake Oswego Autodesk office went and volunteered to sort food at the local Oregon Food Bank. We sorted 6872 pounds of chilled goods which is the equivalent of about 5727 meals. Autodesk strongly encourages their employees to get involved in causes and to volunteer around the year and this month is organizing projects in each of the offices around the world that employees can get involved with. I challenge all of you to... Read more →

Beautiful Mt Hood

I absolutely love seeing Mt. Hood on my flights back home to Portland Oregon. I took this photo Sunday evening with my iPhone after returning from surprising my mother in Idaho on her 70th birthday. If you look closely you can see Mt. Jefferson in the background. Read more →

Autodesk eBook Disrupting giants of industry

Autodesk has released a new eBook on the future of design. Disrupting giants of industry: The advantage of small engineering teams Future of design Smaller engineering teams have the advantage of being more agile, due to necessity. Their lack of resources require maximum efficiency. With today’s technology, these teams can leverage shared manufacturing resources like 3D print on demand and shared manufacturing facilities. The internet and secure networks make it possible to access shared engineering resources to fill whatever gaps... Read more →

The Autodesk Innovation Genome

Have you ever struggled to look at ways to innovate and used the same old process or the lack of a process? The Innovation Genome is used by Autodesk and many others and may be just what you are looking for teaching you how to ask the right questions to discover the hidden innovation opportunities in your organization and industry. The Autodesk Innovation Genome is a research project and innovation methodology being developed at Autodesk/San Francisco. The goal of this... Read more →

Autodesk Future of Making Digital Conference June 17th

There is a free online virtual event next week that will help manufacturers and product designers capitalize on the disruptive trends impacting manufacturing. This event will feature great content and keynotes by some amazing speakers. When: Friday, June 17, 11:00AM Eastern, 8:00AM Pacific time Registration Page & View Full Agenda: http://bit.ly/25MKuvQ Alan Guyan of Under Armour sharing the development of their 20th anniversary 3D printed shoe Lisa Campbell of Autodesk on Harnessing Disruption Sean Manzanares of Autodesk on increasing Innovation... Read more →

Summer is Here

The lakes and mountains have thawed. The smell of burnt hot dogs and hamburgers waft through the air in the evening followed by smores. The smell of bacon fills the campgrounds in the morning which combined with the sunrise and nature is pure beauty. The feeling of sunburns and mosquito bites. Summer is here in the Northern Hemisphere. It was 100 degrees in normally cool and moist Portland Oregon in the past few days. It was so hot here that... Read more →

Smart City Challenge Final Pitch – 7 City Finalist Including Portland

The United States is facing an infrastructure crisis as our roads and bridges are aging and exceeding capacity. “Last December, US Dept. of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Foxx launched the Smart City Challenge in response to the Beyond Traffic draft report, which revealed that our nation’s aging infrastructure is not equipped to deal with a dramatically growing population in regions throughout the country.” On Thursday, June 9 at 2:00pm ET the mayors of the seven finalist cities: Austin Texas , Columbus... Read more →

Project Expo Tech Preview – Blowing Minds

I wanted to share and highlight one of our amazing tech previews for Revit users that is getting great feedback in our Autodesk Feedback Community where Autodesk pre-release alpha/betas and Autodesk Labs projects are managed. Project Expo brings Revit models to life in an interactive real-time environment on desktop, mobile, the web, or VR. “Project Expo is expected to upend the visualization world for the entire AEC industry – giving you a new tool to wow your clients and to help make informed decisions – together – in real-time. Project Expo uses the Autodesk Stingray game engine, which was released in August 2015 to incorporate a recent acquisition of a gaming engine to move Revit models to this environment via Autodesk 3ds Max rendering software. With Project Expo technology under the hood, Autodesk’s cloud platform, and a truly simple one-button rendering in Revit, what more could you ask for? The experience is immersive, real-time and far more intimate between your firm and client. “ Read more →

FusionFriday – Union Vase

Working in Autodesk Fusion 360 today I created a simple concept for a flower vase. The idea was for two separate chambers to join at the top, like joining two lives or mixing two things together. I used two different glass materials with a blend at the seam. I am sure that when complete I could 3D print the vase. Have you designed something fun and cool in Fusion 360? Shaan Read more →

TEDx Portland Talk by Maurice Conti of Autodesk

Autodesk colleague Maurice Conti the Director of Strategic Innovation recently visited my special Pacific Wonderland of Portland Oregon to speak at the TEDx Portland event on “The Future of Human Augmentation.” Maurice explains how design and interaction with computational systems and AI will greatly impact all of us. Maurice is an awesome teammate as well as a very creative person that doesn’t just think out side the box, but he lights the box on fire with rocket fuel and whisky... Read more →

Fusion Friday - BabyBe

BabyBe, brings the mother’s heartbeat, voice, and breathing right into the incubator of premature infants. “Premature babies often spend the first weeks of their lives in incubators – a necessary precaution to prevent infection and keep them stable, but one that leaves both parents and infants feeling isolated and stressed. Now, designer Camilo Anabalon and engineer Raphael Lang are reducing that isolation and promoting neonatal health using BabyBe, which brings the mother’s heartbeat, voice, and breathing right into the incubator.”... Read more →