AU
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I was really excited to hear, over the weekend, that our friends at Hackrod have launched a successful crowd-funding campaign and that there's still time to participate. The campaign is being hosted on MicroVentures, which means investors should receive interest on their investment as well as equity in the project, assuming things work out. This admittedly seems a nicer model than getting a T-shirt or coffee mug saying you supported their Kickstarter. ๐ I haven't yet decided whether I'm personally going to get in on the action (so to speak) but I thought I'd post about it in case others…
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The project I'm currently working on fits squarely under the umbrella of "Generative Design for Architecture". We're using Dynamo Studio to generate layouts of residential housing โ including both individual homes and apartment buildings โ with the results quantified in a number of metrics that will be easily explorable by the user of the system. It's the approach The Living โ the architectural studio in Autodesk Research doing pioneering work in the generative design space โ has used for a number of projects, including Project Discover and the layout of the AU 2017 Exhibit Hall. I came across this video,…
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The "call for proposals" for this year's AU London is now open, and runs through to the end of January. If you'd like to speak at this year's event, propose your class now. It's the second time an Autodesk University has been held in the UK, and by all accounts the first was a great event. This year's will be once again be held at Tobacco Dock on June 19th and 20th (which is really a lovely time of year to visit London). I wasn't able to attend AU 2017 in Las Vegas (or last year's AU London, which was…
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If my calculations are correct, I'll be in Singapore during this year's Autodesk University in Las Vegas. It's the first I'll have missed for many years โ and it's going to feel more than a little strange, when that week comes along โ but this trip (and my family) will be taking precedence, for once. While I'm not going to be there myself, my good friend and colleague, Simon Breslav, is stepping in to deliver the class I would be giving if I were there. Although as Simon is the person who developed a great deal of the code being…
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I have to admit it's a little bittersweet to be talking about this year's Forge DevCon: I've been involved in helping schedule some great classes for the AR/VR track, but I won't be presenting myself โ or even present at the event, at all โ this year. But it's all in a good cause: our big trip is progressing well, and โ in any case โ I've had enough time in Las Vegas for the year. ๐ For those of you attending, you can now go ahead and register. If you want to attend just the DevCon, you will be…
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We're now in the last few days before the AU2017 โ and Forge DevCon 2017 โ CFP deadline on May 17th, 2017. Submit your class today! I'm particularly interested in your proposals related to Virtual, Mixed or Augmented Reality: despite not being able to attend the event, myself, I'm still running the AR/VR track. So โ if you have a cool project that involves software development for AR/VR, ideally involving the Forge platform in some way โ then submit your proposal with "Software Development" as a relevant topic and "Forge DevCon" as a pre-conference event. I'll be involved in the…
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The AU2017 call for proposals is now open. The event is being held from November 14-16 in Las Vegas. Being accepted as a presenter is a great way to get exposure within the Autodesk community, as well as being a sure-fire way of attending the conference itself. Something that's likely to be of interest to this blog's readers: this year's Forge DevCon is now sharing the same CFP process as AU2017 (as some of you may be aware, the DevCon has shifted from its original June date in SF to being held on the Monday before AU starts). So if…
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The big news of the last week or so is that the Forge DevCon โ which was held at Fort Mason in San Francisco in 2016 โ is moving to Las Vegas for 2017. It will take place on November 13 & 14, i.e. Monday and Tuesday of the Autodesk University week (which in recent years has been when the DevDay and DevLab has happened). This is a good thing, in my opinion. Somewhat selfishly it'll mean less travel for those of us coming across from Europe, but it will also make AU a more compelling, developer-centric event. I've been…
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My biggest session from this year's Autodesk University โ and the only one that was recorded โ has just gone live on the AU website. The segment I'm part of starts 53 minutes into the recording, while I personally start talking at around the 1 hour mark, going through to 1h10. It was an interesting experience, talking to 1,000 people in a single session. While the lead up was a little stressful, I'm certainly happy I did it and โ looking back at the recording โ feel pretty good about managing to get the main points across reasonably…
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During the lead up to Autodesk University 2016, held a few weeks ago in Las Vegas, we made a number of key updates to Dasher 360. For those of you who haven't heard of it, Dasher 360 is Project Dasher re-imagined for the web using Autodesk's Forge platform. Here's a video that shows many of the enhancements we've made in recent months: Aside from my AU2016 class on Dasher โ and how we used Forge to implement it โ Alex Tessier and I presented Dasher 360 during the Construction Launch Pad event in front of around 1,000 attendees.…