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3D Printed Titanium Solid bike in Portland

The SOLID bike is now proudly on display in the city that inspired it, and in the office of the software used in the design, our Autodesk Portland office. SOLID bike: The first connected, 3D printed titanium bike by Ti Cycles Design & engineering software: Autodesk Fusion 360 and Autodesk Alias For most of us, buying a bicycle means picking out a stock model that best fits our size and style. But, that comes with trade-offs, since mass-manufactured bikes can’t... Read more →

Meet Project Discover for Dynamo

My colleague Kean Walmsley announced on his blog Through the Interface on the new Project Discover for Dynamo out of Autodesk Research and is ready to be tested. It is a tool that we used to perform generative design in the AEC design for our Autodesk Toronto office including predicting the natural light rays into offices to assist in office location based on employee preferences (video Generative Design for Architecture: Autodesk MaRS Office). Read Kean’s overview in his blog post... Read more →

Throwback Thursday 1975 Basic Drafting Rule 2 Don't Repeat Identical Details

This is from an old Ralph M. Parsons engineering and drafting manual from 1975. It is about drafting but many of the principles still apply to drawings from 3D models today. I will post more in the future. Enjoy! Read more →

Autodesk University London 2019 General Session Recording

If you weren't able to enjoy beautiful London England and Autodesk University 2019 London last week, here is a a video from the general session. Lots of good information as well as entertaining making it a worthwhile watch and you also get to find out what is behind doors 1 & 2. You know you want to find out what is behind the doors. Watch the opening General Session from Autodesk University London 2019. With a focus on automation across... Read more →

Change Fusion 360 User Interface for the Better

A User Interface (UI) can impact your use of a product and if done right can increase your productivity making it logical and intuitive and reduce steps or provide insight on where you are. The new preview for the Fusion 360 provides and checks all those boxes with a well needed update. In the past a software UI update might just the cheese or includes style changes to icons and causes a lot of re-learning by users, but in this... Read more →

Last week

I took a road trip last week from Oregon to Utah to visit my kids and camping along the way. It was a good way to clear the head and also catch up with my kids. Here are a few photos of the beautiful and dramatically contrasting landscape in the western US. I camped at Clear Lake Oregon in Central Oregon where the water is of course crystal clear, but really cold due to being fed by a natural spring... Read more →

Get Ready for Autodesk University 2019 Las Vegas

https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/conference/las-vegas/schedule Are you preparing to attend the biggest Autodesk event coming this November? Time management, mental prep, business cards and in some cases physical training is a good idea as AU is a massive event with so much going on. Look at Tuesday alone, it kicks off with the AU5K run which hundreds including our CEO Andrew Anagnost ran last year and still had time to grab food, change, and get to the classes and then was onstage for the... Read more →

3ds Max Public Roadmap

Are you a 3ds Max user, and want to know what is in the future and to be involved? While I am on a roadtrip this week, you can have a good read of what our 3ds Max team is looking at down the road. 3ds Max 2020.1 and Public Roadmap You can also apply to participate to test and provide active feedback on the future products like 3ds Max. We listen and need your input and feedback to be... Read more →

Autodesk University London 2019 Overview

Autodesk University London is this week and if you are attending or thinking of attending you need to know what is going on to plan to make the most of the action packed days and evening events. http://bit.ly/2XEalEh Autodesk University “AU” is the conference for those who design, create, and make the world around us. AU London 2019 is your chance to connect with the best in the business, share technical knowledge, solve unique business challenges, and gain a deeper... Read more →

Proud by Design in Portland

What an amazing weekend of Portland Pride, with Autodesk as a sponsor again. We have a booth all weekend and in the parade Sunday. We had or Autodesk soapbox derby car for pride that was designed and built by employees and then will race at Portland Adult Soapbox Derby August 17th. Everyone loved climbing in the derby car for photos and also making bracelets and notebooks at our booth. Read more →

Autodesk Portland Sponsoring Pride 2019 This weekend

Autodesk is proud to sponsor Portland Pride for a third year. This is our second year walking in the parade and will be featuring our Pride Derby Cart made by our employees in 2019! We hope you will come see us this weekend in Portland Pride parade where we are in the ninth position, visit our booth and say “hi”, and see our Autodesk derby cart that will compete in the Portland Adult Soapbox races this August. We are Proud... Read more →

The 3ds Max Team Released 3ds Max 2020.1 Update Today

In the just released 3ds Max 2020.1 update for subscription customers, in addition to fixes to reported issues we added the ability to tear off viewports to leverage multi-monitor setups, and a new keyboard shortcut manager. On top of this, we have made additional improvements to the chamfer modifier, and standardized double-click selection. Additionally, we’ve improved the out-of-the-box auto-complete experience in MaxScript. 3ds Max 2020.1 update is available via the Autodesk Desktop App and for download on your Autodesk Account.... Read more →

Got My Bags Packed for My Mars Condo!

A great story of smart young minds tackling a challenge put forth by NASA helped AI SpaceFactory Win NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge for additive constructed habitats. NASA awarded AI SpaceFactory $500,000 for the successful construction of a 15 foot Mars habitat with three windows named MARSHA. Read more →

Portland Bike More Challenge 2019

Autodesk Portland office took 5th place in the 200-499 staff category for the Bike More 2019 challenge for May in Portland Oregon. Most of us are still biking to work most of the time with all the great bike lanes, dedicated bike paths, awesome views and great weather. I logged 100 miles for the month of may on my bike mostly commuting to the office. Cumulative stats for the Bike More 2019 which as a challenge in the month of... Read more →

Autodesk Brasil faz 25 anos!

Hoje estamos em festa! Celebramos os 25 anos de presença da Autodesk no Brasil! http://bit.ly/2WB5Wpa 25 year anniversary of Autodesk Brazil! I hope to once again visit the office and speak in Brazil as its been far too long. Obrigado -Shaan Read more →

Free 100% DWG File Viewer that Includes Measure and Convert

The free Autodesk TrueView is built on the same core code as AutoCAD and as such has 100% DWG viewing and plotting like AutoCAD. It also has some really nice features besides just viewing a DWG file and that is measuring, plotting with plot styles, and also a batch conversion ability to batch convert drawings to the latest format and even replace plotstyles in that process. I wouldn't highlight it as a viewer as there is the free and premium... Read more →

Realtime Revit BIM Models in Unity in Just One Click

Today, the awesome fi9ne folks at Unity announced the collaboration with Autodesk for a Revit importation product named Unity Reflect. Unity provides a platform for all sorts of immersive 3D possibilities in AR/VR and more that have bent my mind at times. Now with Unity Reflect you can import your Revit BIM 3D model in one click. Get a hands on look at Autodesk University London in just two weeks! https://unity.com/event/au2019 “Announcing Unity Reflect, a new product for architects, building... Read more →