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What Is Building Information Modeling - BIM

I get asked this quite often and I simply explain it is the evolution of lines arcs and circles to objects as components in a 3D architectural design model encompassing the entirety of the the building from design to meta data on performance and materials.Its all about the data.. Autodesk just posted a nice video on YouTube explaining what BIM is. Happy Throwback Thursday The video has a highlight from the history of CAD to pioneer Ivan Sutherland with the... Read more →

Autodesk Official Show Reel 2018

Here is the very latest official Autodesk Show Reel 2018. This show reel shows amazing examples of some of our Autodesk customers in multiple industries from architecture to special fx and games to manufacturing and robotics. This is the show reel I play to show what Autodesk customers design create and make using our software and technologies. https://youtu.be/aqOIyi-9PLw We recently released two industry specific show reels Autodesk Games Customers Reel 2018 and Autodesk 2018 Visual Fx Customers Reel. Read more →

Autodesk Official Design & Manufacturing Show Reel 2017

A nice way to begin the first day of Spring in the Northern hemisphere and also a Monday is with a cool video. Autodesk Design and Manufacturing show reel video showing what our design and manufacturing customers and researchers make using our technologies. https://youtu.be/R_aT_xzqFVk Now the count down to June 21st and the first day of Summer!!!! Read more →

Glen Canyon Dam 3D Model Created by Autodesk ReCap and ReMake

In August of 2016, a team of Autodesk employees including myself Shaan Hurley and led by Autodesk’s Pete Kelsey along with Autodeskers David Dreffs, and Carlos Orona and a team from the US Bureau of Reclamation took on a very large infrastructure project to capture the second largest US dam Glen Canyon Dam located on the border of Utah and Arizona in the beautiful American Southwest. The Glen Canyon Dam is just 16 feet shorter than the Hoover dam and... Read more →

Autodesk Official Show Reel 2017

We have just published our annual and extremely popular official Autodesk Show Reel for 2017. This is pure inspiration and eye candy which showcases all the amazing things our customers do with our 3D design, building, engineering and entertainment software and technologies. Sit back and prepare to be blown away! Read more →

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 →

Movie by OCTO's Own Evan Atherton "Artoo in Love"

Evan Atherton of the Office of the CTO (OCTO) and a teammate of mine has made a fun great movie. Evan is probably one of the most ardent Star Wars loving fans I know. Evan has created a movie about Star War's loveable droid R2-D2 called "Artoo in Love" using much of the technology we use in the OCTO group. From using high end video cameras like the RED to custom built R2-D2, UAV, and a robotic arm that has... Read more →

AutoCAD 2016 Videos

A series of 11 videos in a showing the new features in the just released AutoCAD 2016 are now posted to YouTube as a playlist. If you are an Autodesk subscription customer you can download your AutoCAD 2016 today and kick the tires. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXEyem_18syOyJAMqxwetICD6xJALuHpW Read more →

Autodesk Official Show Reel 2015

Each year Autodesk produces a few videos showcasing the many amazing things our customers do with our software tools and technologies. From AEC to mechanical and industrial design engineering, animation to Hollywood special effects, 3D printing to Hoverboards, making, machining, and so much more. We have the most creative and amazing customers on the planet! Autodesk Official Show Reel 2015 Read more →

What is Autodesk Screencast?

Autodesk Screencast provides a whole new way to share knowledge in short video recordings and provide training with in-depth contextual meta data from Autodesk products like AutoCAD, Fusion 360, Inventor and Revit you see the commands, dialogs, and menu items on the timeline. The Screencast timeline allows you to scroll back through every details the person recorded to see exactly what they were doing step by step command by command. Autodesk Screencast also records non-Autodesk products but doesn't have the... Read more →

AutoCAD Deployment Tutorial

Do you need to learn how to install; or deploy AutoCAD easily onto computers? Don't go installing one by one on multiple machines wasting your time and others, do it fast and easily whether standalone or network licensed use the deployment feature. Read more →

Autodesk Official Show Reel 2014

The Autodesk Show Reel 2014 video has just been released showing the amazing work created by customers and Autodesk using Autodesk software and technology. Check It Out! In the video I spotted my awesome Office of the CTO team mates Evan Atherton, Arthur Harsuvanakit and Scott Sheppard. Evan and Arthur cutting pieces for the Burning Man 2013 Temple Project Evan and Arthur building their sketching robot that won first place in the Design & Make contest at Autodesk University 2013.... Read more →

Project Chronicle Google Hangout Monday Jan 27th

Have you heard of Autodesk's preview technology named Project Chronicle? If not, Project Chronicle is a quick and easy way to record detailed steps automatically of what you are doing in AutoCAD, Inventor, and Revit a swell as other things. Project Chronicle is not meant for highly polished presentations but instead goes much deeper than a standard training video as you can see the detailed commands and steps being used in the Autodesk product. For more info check out the... Read more →

San Francisco Bay Bridge New Span Completed - Experience the HD Time Lapse

AutodeskSan Francisco Bay Bridge New Span Completed – Experience the Time Lapse has offices all around the world but the crown jewel is the One Market in San Francisco with a beautiful view of the Ferry Terminal, embarcadero as well as the Bay Bridge. For 5 years and at a cost of around 6.5 billion US dollars the new span has just been completed to replace the aged old span that was prone to potential failures during earthquakes something the Bay Area is known to experience. Experience the over 42,000 hours of construction of the 2.2 mile span in under four minutes. http://youtu.be/GDUIYZKlknk In many cases architecture, design, engineering, and construction are art! Check out more examples including a behind the scenes exhibit on the Bay Bridge at Autodesk Gallery at One Market (http://usa.autodesk.com/gallery/) that is open to the public every Wednesday and Friday. Read more →

The Innovation of Innovation

Autodesk’s Bill O’Connor created this nice short video on Innovation. This is very fitting since I have given two keynotes on innovation recently from an Autodesk perspective from taking CAD from the mainframe to the PC, BIM, digital prototyping, and cloud computing technologies. The path to innovation is paved with seven questions. Bill O'Connor, Founder of the Innovation Genome Project, shows us how these questions have been used in innovations throughout history—from fire to flight, writing to recycling, and everything in between. Read more →

What is the Role of Design in Creating a Better World?

Autodesk has released a short video on the role of design from the perspective of some visionaries: Mickey McManus - CEO of MAYA design Eve Blossom - Founder Lulan Artisans Christine Furstoss - Global Technology Director, Manufacturing & Materials Technologies. GE Global Research Peter Diamandis - founder and chairman of the X PRIZE Foundation and the co-founder and chairman of Singularity University Schuyler St. Leger - 3D printing enthusiast and Autodesk University 2012 keynote speaker Link to the YouTube hosted... Read more →

Inside the Mind of Carl Bass Autodesk CEO & Chief Maker

Recently Autodesk CEO Carl Bass was interviewed on Bloomberg TV for Bloomberg Design 2013. Hear from Carl about his experience with digital design as a hands on Maker, Design as a Verb, Design Experiments and Form Exploration. Shown in the video is the free Autodesk 123D Design available for the PC, Mac, Online, and the iPad. Read more →

Animated Autodesk Organization Chart

This wicked cool data visualization of the evolving and ever changing Autodesk org chart was created by the Autodesk Research team. Read more →

Wouldn't it be cool if...

You could engineer a better world? Autodesk’s own Dawn Danby and the independent creative genius Saul Griffith produced a video to inspire young people, teachers, designers, makers and others to dream of all the challenges and things you could do. Read more →

Autodesk Octo-Copter Video of Kenya

Last month myself and Gonzales Martinez spent a few weeks in Kenya with Dr, Louise Leakey of the Turkana Basin Institute and Yang Deming of the National Museum of Kenya. We were researching several aspects of aerial photography and from a remote controlled copter to not only capture video and photos by map and locate areas of interest for fossil artifacts. We were in the Northern most part of Kenya in the Lake Turkana basin where the earliest evidence of man has been discovered over the years including several skulls dating back millions of years. Gonzalo has taken some of our video from both my camera and the onboard Octo-Copter video as well as photos and posted the video for everyone to enjoy. Read more →

Aerial Capture of 3D Geometry

In a technology research project Autodesk employee Gonzalo Martinez Director of Strategic Research in the office of the CTO has built and modified an Octo-Copter uav (unmanned aerial vehicle) to capture both video and photos to generate a 3D model using 123D Catch. The eight bladed copter craft is 100% autonomous based on a programmed GPS route or if you are skilled you can run in manual mode. The craft can reach an astounding altitude of 1000 meters and can carry a payload such as cameras. Read more →

Mr. McCluskey's Method - An Autodesk Film

Some Friday fun. Here is a humorous video shown at Autodesk University 2010 and now available on YouTube. Read more →

AutoCAD for Mac Launch Video “Things are Getting Better” Download Quicktime.mov version

The catchy new AutoCAD for Mac video available on Autodesk.com and YouTube is now hosted on my blog for those unable to view Flash or YouTube videos. Read more →

AutoCAD Tips & Tricks Videos

Allen Lowe a Visual Media Designer in the AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT User Assistance team has posted some new AutoCAD Tips and Tricks videos. Read more →

The Final episode of The TeknoChronicles of Z - Episode 10: Z End of Z Road

The ending of the funny series was so unexpected. Finally get to see TJ out of his blue latex suit. Read more →