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Autodesk Turns 39

In Marin County, California, a small group of people got together January 30, 1982 and formed Autodesk. As founder John Walker stated “the game has changed.” Today marks the 39th birthday of Autodesk. Autodesk’s Flying founders ”Autodesk Founders. They didn't walk on water, but they could fly pretty well.” The Autodesk flying founders from left to right: Rudolf Künzli, Mike Ford, Dan Drake, Mauri Laitinen, Greg Lutz, David Kalish, Lars Moureau, Richard Handyside,Kern Sibbald, Hal Royaltey, Duff Kurland, John Walker,... Read more →

Congratulations Autodesk University 2020 Speakers!

The top rated speakers and sessions were just announced in the annual Speaker Aw... Read more →

Who is Turning 39 This Saturday?

Do you know who turns 39 years old, this Saturday? It’s certainly not me. January 30, 1982 Hint, Born in California, County of Marin, in the city of Sausalito. Read more →

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 →