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Go Vote for Autodesk University 2019 Classes

The potential speakers have worked hard this spring, the team and group have reviewed them, now its your time to vote for your favorites that you want to see at Autodesk University in Las Vegas this November. We have to reduce the 2228 class proposals down unless we want to extend AU 2019 to 24 hours a day or a 7 day event so now it is up to you to help us by voting on your favorites. Use the... Read more →

The U.S. Needs a National Privacy Law

Privacy is an important issue for all of us as consumers and Autodesk fully supports your privacy and data. Read more about our policy and why there needs to be rules covering privacy and data from Autodesk’s Pascal Di Fronzo - Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary. The U.S. Needs a National Privacy Law http://bit.ly/2QFDGMh “We are committed to protecting the privacy of the personal data our customers entrust to us and to using this... Read more →

Civil Engineers Can Save the World

Here is a great article about thinking about things differently and how engineers can help create a better world and future. 3 Ways Heroic Civil Engineers Can Save the World Through Resilience Planning https://autode.sk/2EFfBAg Read more →

FAA Highlights Changes for US Recreational Drones

There are some big changes coming in the United States to people flying UAS (drones) recreationally, especially in cities and controlled airspace. I am writing this blog post from an area of class c airspace in downtown Portland Oregon. It basically levels the field for recreational and commercial part 107 UAS operators. There were times where I as a commercial operators couldn't fly in a controlled airspace without 3 months of an airspace authorization and waiver requests or more recently... Read more →

Reimagining the Eiffel Tower Landscape Using BIM

“At an event in Paris’ City Hall this week, Gustafson Porter + Bowman was named the winner of a competition to redevelop the Eiffel Tower’s “grand site”—an area which includes the Trocadéro Gardens and Champ de Mars, as well as the Tower and its esplanade. The announcement was made by Paris’ mayor, Anne Hidalgo, along with Jean-Louis Missika, and Jean-François Martins, Deputy Mayors of Paris.” “Autodesk worked closely with the teams over the last year to help them visualize their... Read more →

Machine Learning Unleashed to Aid in Construction

Machine learning has been a growing in this ever growing world of growing data. It has been in your hands surfacing tips and reducing tasks on your phones, in your bank statements, everyone and now in construction. Autodesk has released a preview of Construction IQ after several years of research and testing to help customers identify risk, Construction IQ Preview available for Quality and Safety for customers using BIM 360 Field. Using machine learning can surface insight into your construction... Read more →

RawR See a T-Rex in Stunning 3D Detail - without being eaten

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking with a panel of Smithsonian employees of the Digitization Program Office and they let me know of an amazing reality capture project that went live just yesterday. It is stunning in detail and fascinating information. You can also download the 3D model data and then 3D print your own although at a smaller than life size. Tyrannosaurus rex This T. rex skeleton was unearthed in Montana beginning in 1988. It is posed over... Read more →

More Power in CAM Operation with the Launch of Autodesk PowerMill 2020

Read about all the faster calculation, simulation, and verification with PowerMill 2020 CAM in the Manufacturing Lounge blog post from Clinton Perry. Autodesk Launches PowerMill 2020 http://www.manufacturinglounge.com/autodesk-launches-powermill-2020/ Cheers, -Shaan Read more →

Builders Herald the Coming Wave of Mass-Timber Construction

In Portland, Seattle, and around North America we are seeing more and more beautiful wood being used in building construction, and it has been more common in Europe for years. There is a massive tall timber project is in the planning stages for Toronto by Google’s Sidewalk Labs. These buildings using solid wood or engineered woods are commonly called Mass Timber. Most commonly you see CLT (cross laminated timber) and increasingly some CLP (cross laminated plywood). The use of the... Read more →

How to activate a Start-up or Educational license for Fusion 360

I recently had to provide this information to a friend who is setting up a school with Fusion 360 for the students and felt this would be great to highlight for anyone else looking to get up and licenses running for the free education or start up licensed Fusion 360. Hopefully you were aware that as a student or teacher or even a startup company or enthusiast user you may get many of the Autodesk products free for a term... Read more →

Autodesk Portland

This morning we held the opening of our 3rd floor and 6th floor spaces at the Autodesk Portland Oregon office. We moved into this renovated historic building just over a year ago with a couple construction phases with the first phase being our reception area, 2nd, 4th, and 5th floors and access to the deck for last summer, but now we are complete except some area of the 1st floor. We now have plenty of room again for allow the... Read more →

Employee Made Arcade at Autodesk's Portland Office

Our Portland Autodesk office took the Autodesk tagline of “Make Anything” quite literal. We moved into this beautifully restored downtown central eastside Portland office a year ago. So when some of the employees heard we had a game room, they asked about an arcade game. There wasn’t an arcade game or budget – so they decided to make one. It was an organic grassroots volunteer project, but a group of employees decided “hey, lets make our own arcade console.” They... Read more →

Fusion 360 Meetup in Portland May 7th 2019

Last evening at the Autodesk Portland office a Fusion 360 Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Fusion-360-Meetup/) was held and several attended to hear Keqing Song and Paul Sohi of the Fusion team present as well as Paul be challenged to answer questions in a “Stump the Chump” session as well as tips and tricks. It was a good time with lots of pizza, beverages and a great deal of Fusion 360 wisdom all around. Keqing Song and Paul Sohi starting the Meetup. What happens... Read more →

Interested in Artificial Intelligence for Engineering– Attend our Engineering Summer School 2019

Autodesk is hosting an immersive event in Toronto to help students and professionals acquire expertise in state-of-the-art AI methods and techniques. autode.sk/2PUKipw Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Engineering Summer School 2019, hosted by Autodesk, is a two-week event that brings together a talented group of engineering graduate students and industry professionals to acquire expertise in state-of-the-art AI methods and techniques, with the focus on deep learning and reinforcement learning. While there has been a significant resurgence of AI technologies, other scientific... Read more →

I love to Ride my Bicycle I Love to Ride my Bike

May is national Bike month and Portland Oregon is one of the most “Bikiest” cities around. Several of our employees commute to the office by bike and I have once again joined them as a I am a fair-weather bike commuter. I rode 7.73 miles in this morning to the Autodesk Portland office on mostly dedicated paved riding paths along the beautiful river. I would have made faster time, but a railroad crew felt it necessary and wise to inspect... Read more →

Fusion 360 Stump the Chump in Stumptown

Got stumped using Fusion 360? Don't worry, you're not alone. Lucky you, Paul Sohi, our Fusion 360 Evangelist extraordinaire / chump will be in our Autodesk Portland office, so we've decided to host a Fusion 360 meet-up and put him on the spot to answer you questions. Meet fellow users in our Portland community, as well as the folks behind the software. Paul may even show off some of his own workflow tips for making the most of Fusion 360!... Read more →

Revit IFC v19.2.0.0 Open Source Code Released

Autodesk’s Angel Velez mentioned on Twitter the Revit IFC 2019 source code was just released with many bug fixes and 2020 is coming. “The long awaited Autodesk Revit IFC v19.2 released ((link: https://bit.ly/2PKzt9C) bit.ly/2PKzt9C)! Lots of bug fixes, and working on getting 2020 open source out the door also (with even more fixes, many of which will be back-ported to v19.3). App store soon.” RELEASE NOTES 19.2.0.0 General: • This is generally a bug fix release with some new IFC... Read more →

AEC Hackathon in Seattle was Amazing and Inspiring

The 41st AEC Hackathon event was held in Seattle this past weekend and was great and filled with many smart and inspiring people and several new friends and connections. First, the Seattle weather was amazing and I got in a morning run and flight in South Lake Union area. The AEC Hackathon was held in the University of Washington campus Department of Construction Management CERC. Friday the event began with introductions, speakers including Damon Hernandez the AEC Hackathon Executive Director,... Read more →