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Autodesk & Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building

A great article by my crazy smart friend and Autodesk colleague as well as fellow Bend Oregon resident, Brian Pene on explaining our (Autodesk) long strong relationship with the Smithsonian and the new exhibition showcasing the future of human/machine collaboration. New Autodesk & Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building exhibit showcases the future of human/machine collaboration America’s first National Museum, the Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building (AIB) has been dormant for nearly two decades. A few years ago, Autodesk learned the... Read more →

Congratulations to the 2021 Autodesk Excellence Awards Recipients!

Autodesk Excellence Awards celebrate the people, projects, and technologies behind exceptional contributions to the fields of architecture, engineering, and construction; product design and manufacturing; and media and entertainment.These customers will be spotlighted at Autodesk University 2021. Learn more about them throughout the Autodesk University 2021 conference or click here to view their inspiring projects. Read more →

Digital Twin is So Much More Than Just a 3D Model

A digital twin is not just a 3D model representation of something in the real world. A digital twin can contain more information than even a BIM model and can include contextual IOT sensor data, simulation data, real-world performance data, controls, predictive insight, and more. A great example of a digital twin project is my friend and colleague Kean Walmsley's Project Dasher. Lessons from Project Dasher: Building a Digital Twin Using Forge Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation - Geolocating Models Using Drones and ReCap Pro, ReCap Photo, InfraWorks, Civil 3D, Revit, Navisworks, and BIM 360/ACC

Join expert Matt Wunch for a fun and informative demonstration of using a drone to get accurate geolocations for your models, with Autodesk software used across several disciplines. Matt will walk us through the process of uploading photos to ReCap Photo and tying in ground control points to create a point cloud, geo-TIF, mesh, and digital terrain model. How can you modify a point cloud using ReCap Pro and then bring that into an InfraWorks model along with the geo-TIFs?... Read more →

Motion Graphics Discussions and Beer in Bend Oregon this Thursday

The Bend Oregon MoGraph meetup this Thursday. If you are located in Bend Oregon, love all things 3D graphics, then please sign up and stop on by. ”Bend MoGraph is for anyone who loves motion graphics, design, VFX, 3D modeling and animation, and video production and post! Mostly we get together at a local bar to have a few beers and talk smack about the industry and junk.” https://www.meetup.com/Bend-MoGraph-Meetup/ Read more →

Inside the Autodesk Labs testing the Future of Construction, from Drones to Holograms

Autodesk Technology Centers offer residency programs that give startups, academics, and established industry players the space and tools to test out ideas and invent new approaches to design and construction. Inside the Autodesk labs testing the future of construction, from drones to holograms “Autodesk has created a residency program for companies using new technology to solve problems in design and construction. Cue the flying robots.” Read more →

Looking Under Dynamo's Hood with Jacob Small and Sol Amour

If you currently use, or want to learn how to use Dynamo to automate, supercharge, and expand your Revit design process, this is one of the best free series from Dynamo experts Jacob Small and Sol Amour. We have had held over 12+ sessions, and this next one (mark your calendar now) is Looking Under the Hood of Dynamo. This is the mental image that pops into my head with Dynamo Looking Under the Hood, Jacob Small digging into an... Read more →

12 Amazing Computation Design with Dynamo Training Sessions

We have 12 Dynamo sessions in the bag, and these represent a wealth of Dynamo knowledge from two of the best, Sol Amour and Jacob Small. If you are looking to learn or up level your usage of Dynamo these are for you as well as join us for next session on How to Extend Dynamo this week where ou can ask your questions in the Community Conversation session. Dynamo Series Playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdlF7MirPEC2yNFTGymESd3t7Xosfk9c2 How to Plan a Dynamo... Read more →

There are 3 Autodesk Community Conversations This Week

Community Conversations are live, virtual events designed to allow you to gain expertise, connect with leaders and grow your community network. Understanding Remote Work Capabilities with Autodesk Software in Today's Industry Wednesday, June 16, 2021 10 AM PT | 1 PM ET (1 hour) Expert Elite member Dzan Ta In this session, Expert Elite member Dzan Ta will lead a discussion about the challenges and trends on how all stakeholders work in such a disconnected, remote environment due to current... Read more →

Connected Construction Forum June 10, 15 & 17th 2021

Attention BIM/VDC Managers, Project Managers, Estimators, Quality Managers, and design teams. Digital transformation encompasses the move from siloed and analog ways of working to more connected, data-driven processes that help teams achieve better project outcomes. The construction industry has been on the steady journey of digital transformation for many years – from the rise of building information modeling to the surge of tech on the jobsite. Today, the industry is experiencing exponential growth of digital transformation, spurred in part by... Read more →

Explore Your Fusion 360 Designs Using Augmented Reality

Fusion 360 has now added the ability to export to the standard format USDZ (Universal Scene Description). This will give you the ability on Apple iOS to view the design in the context of your real world space using Augmented Reality “AR”, Mixed Realty “MR” or Extended Reality “XR”. So imagine you design a sculpture or a lamp and want to see how it might look in your office or studio space or want a client to be able to... Read more →

The New Technology Manager Community Blog

Lets welcome the new Autodesk community resource for technology managers from Autodesk Community Team member Tiana Dame. We have just launched our new Technology Manager Community and are so excited to share it with you! The new site boasts a new modern feel and ease of use. The homepage now has all new features including, a quick scan table of contents for the Technology Manager Roadmap, the newest resource content and easy links to access the Community. The navigation bar... Read more →

Historic Preservation is a Digital Gift to the Future

In honor of Historic Preservation Month, Nicolas Magnon Vice President of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Business Strategy and Marketing at Autodesk has wrote a nice article on the importance of preservation. Read the Article and learn more how Autodesk and Autodesk technology has been involved in several historic presentation projects including the Apollo 11 Command Module, the USS Arizona, the 3,000-year-old medieval city of Volterra, and the Notre-Dame de Paris. Read more →

Fun Finds

In packing my house up to move, I am going through boxes of my technology and Autodesk history items and having a blast remembering all the tech and fun times. There is a slew of my phones and PDA, from the Palm to the super teeny iPhone 5s. The Blackberry with the missing scroll ball saved my life many years ago while in my shirt pocket during a gas fireplace explosion, and my Blackberry was taking the shard of glass... Read more →

Collaborative Future at the Reimagined Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building

How will we design sustainable communities in the future? Debuting this November, take a first look at the new interactive exhibit from Autodesk and Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building “Future Communities” highlights the benefits of automation in how we work. http://autode.sk/32KLSkR Quote from Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost “Proud to be part of an experience that highlights the benefits of automation in how we work” ”Design shapes billions of lives. What if we could invite everyone to create, together, almost every... Read more →

Autodesk Community Conversation - Model / Physical types with Dynamo

Thank you to all that attended last Thursdays Community Conversation titled “Computational Geometry: Model / Physical types with Dynamo” with Jacob Small, Sol Amour. Sol and Jacob took several Dynamo questions, explained model geometry types, and walked through how to design a complex slat wall using Dynamo. Visit the event page to see the recording and continue the conversation in the comments area. The next session in this series will be May 6, 2021. Computational Geometry: Geometry Modifications in Dynamo... Read more →

Community Conversations- Computational Geometry: Model/ Physical Types with Dynamo

I'm hosting a free Community Conversation online meetup event this week, come learn Dynamo. Thursday, Apr 22, 2021, at 10:00 AM PDT With Dynamo experts Jacob Small and Dynamo Product Manager Sol Amour. After exploring Abstract geometry types in depth, come learn all about Model geometry types in Dynamo with Jacob and Sol. We’ll dive into all of the physical aspects of geometry, such as points, curves and surfaces, exploring how they function, what their relationships are and how to... Read more →

Data Interoperability Is Game-Changing

“Imagine a collaboration utopia for architects, engineers, fabricators, contractors, and project owners. What would it be like? Maybe it’s a world where all software talks to each other, regardless of which company sells it. Maybe it’s a world where no one has to remodel and duplicate work on a project because there’s a seamless flow of information handed off from discipline to discipline. Or maybe it’s a world where all collaborators can work together in a common data environment and... Read more →

Using Dynamo to Automate Leader Background Changes in Civil 3D

In Autodesk Consulting, there are many highly knowledgeable, creative, and skilled Technical Consultants and Solution Architects that have the capabilities in business and technology consulting, solution implementation, and custom development to help customers maximize the value of their investment in Autodesk technology. Paolo Serra is one of the amazing people in Autodesk Consulting who finds ways to solve challenges using automation like Dynamo. Paolo is a Dynamo expert and a truly innovative thinking person and one of the nicest and... Read more →

How Innovators Are Exploring Emerging Technologies

“Innovation and collaboration are at the heart of the Autodesk Technology Centers, which provide a platform for exploring new possibilities of designing and making. With a global network of innovators from the industry, academic, and entrepreneurial communities—and physical workshops in San Francisco; Boston; Toronto; and Birmingham, England—the technology centers provide support for residents as they seek new ways of designing for impact.” Read More and get the free eBook Here: https://redshift.autodesk.com/designing-for-impact/ 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 →

3D Laser Scanner in My Pocket

I’ve been using my Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max and it’s built in LiDAR to scan some ancient old growth trees up to 1000 years old. Preserving the trees digitally in 3D point clouds & meshes and I will talk more about that amazing adventure I had on holiday last week. I’ve also been capturing objects and measuring things such as my retaining wall construction in the yard and outdoor fireplace work. I have been using the apps 3D Scanner... Read more →

Learn the Autodesk Forge Platform

My friend and colleague Kean just posted on his blog an excellent PDF resource that will help you learn the Forge platform. You can use the Forge platform to enable you to do things with design automation, viewing design data, and even more on the web. Getting Started with Forge Read more →

Content Creators Can Collaborate in Real-Time Using the NVIDIA Omniverse Platform

Autodesk’s Christopher Young, VP Autodesk Entertainment Creation Products announced: ”To allow customers to create without limits, Autodesk Maya, 3ds Max, Inventor & Revit are integrated in the platform along with USD open source format.” NVIDIA Announces Omniverse Open Beta, Letting Designers Collaborate in Real Time — from Home or Around the World bit.ly/2F9DNy5 ”Photorealistic, 3D Simulation and Collaboration Platform Open Beta Follows Early Access Program with Ericsson, Foster + Partners, Lucasfilm, 40+ Others GTC – Tens of millions of designers,... Read more →

AEC Hackathon Online v2 Join Me!

I hope you will again join the AEC Hackathon organized by an independent group of AEC technology and built environment superheroes.These events are normally held in person, but with the current COVID-19 they pivoted this summer with the first online version being a hit in light of all the quirks and challenges online live sessions and collaboration can bring they pulled it off. I really enjoyed being mentor and speaking with some of the teams. The speaker sessions were very... Read more →