Yesterday Autodesk celebrated its 35th birthday and employees, partners, and customers joined in to mark the occasion. From Portland, San Francisco, Manchester, Boston, Toronto, Moscow, Neuchâtel, and many other locations and remote offices there were employees in old Autodesk memorabilia... Read more →
15 posts from January 2017
On this 35th birthday of Autodesk, it seems appropriate to fly the old calipers logo. Here is a DWG file for the logo. http://autodesk.blogs.com/files/old-adsk-logo.dwg Read more about the early days of Autodesk at founder John Walker’s website Fourmilab. Read more →
I received a nice email from a longtime Autodesk product trainer and friend Matt Murphy. He and his company are offering a little something special to Between the Lines readers today to celebrate the 35th birthday of Autodesk. It is... Read more →
On this day 35 years ago in Mill Valley California, Autodesk was founded. Our customers and partners around the world (technically outer space as well) have done so many amazing things over the past 35 years, and so many amazing... Read more →
The Autodesk Feedback Community is where most of the Autodesk Betas take place. From time to time we need to upgrade hardware and do some database upgrades. We never take an outage lightly on this large user community, but there... Read more →
So next Monday Autodesk officially turns 35 years old. I am not sure if that requires a cake, beer, pizza, or just a thoughtful acknowledgement of all the years and amazing customers that made this possible. I think 35 years... Read more →
At the beginning of the year it is a gre... Read more →
So you are interested in cutting some steel and making something, we have some great software and there is great training to help you master CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) and CNC (Computer Numeric Control). So maybe you are using Autodesk... Read more →
Details of FIRST STEAMWORKS 2017 Robotics Game Revealed And they were off as of just over a week ago on January 7th reading the game rules, discussing strategies, and then talking about design of their robot to best compete this... Read more →
I am not sure what is going on up here in Portland Oregon, but we have another weather impacted day that has shuttered schools. It used to be that we could expect a day of snow and it melted fast... Read more →
In response to my post about AutoCAD turning 35, my email inbox and twitter feed is full and I am so grateful for the response. It is so amazing to read about when you started using AutoCAD and the stories... Read more →
We typically do not get snow or big snowstorms here in Portland, but this year…SnowMG. This is the third big storm. I spent 4.5 hours on the freeway in a traffic jam due to an accident that then turned into... Read more →
For both AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT For over 10 years, AutoCAD expert Lynn Allen has produced an annual collection of her top tips and tricks for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. This year, using feedback from AutoCAD users around the globe,... Read more →
Generative Designed Elbo Chair One of 2016’s Most Innovative Objects
10 January 2017
Wired has just ranked the Autodesk Elbo Chair third on its list of “The Most Innovative Objects of 2016”. Last summer, my teammate Arthur Harsuvanakit and Autodesk intern Brittany Presten set out to use a chair as a design space... Read more →
I'm back after just returning from my extended annual week of rest vacation. I spent my vacation snowshoeing a weekend in the snow up on Mount Hood then escaping away from the computer in sunny warm Mexico SCUBA diving with... Read more →