AU
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I'm packing my bags soon for another trip across the pond for our annual, Autodesk-internal geekfest, TechX 2023. This year's event is being held in Dallas, Texas, a city I haven't visited in perhaps 20 years. I'm sure a lot has changed – we'll see! Photo credit: Robert Hensley, CC license. In any case TechX isn't about the venue – or even about the technical content, which, while often really interesting, is also watchable remotely during and after the event – as much as the chance to (re)connect with people. In that sense it's similar to the Autodesk University experience,…
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It's that time of year again: the Call for Proposals for AU 2023 is now open! This year's event is back in Las Vegas – it's being held at The Venetian from November 13th-15th. Interestingly this is a Monday to Wednesday slot, presumably to avoid overlap with the Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix. I expect it's going to be very hard to find a hotel room in Las Vegas after AU is over, this year! I always find that the best way to be sure to get to AU is to get a class accepted, something that didn't happen…
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Now that my head is briefly back above water following Autodesk University 2022 and some time off with the family, I thought I'd revisit the Dar 5m Smart Bridge project to share some of the things I learned about it during AU in New Orleans. As a reminder, I was not heavily involved in the building of the bridge itself – although I did track it with great interest from a distance – as my role really only came into play in the final stages of the project, when we were looking to get the data from the bridge into…
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That's it for another whirlwind AU! This year's AU was a very different one for me. Normally I'm delivering a class or two and end up spending several hours in meetings with customers – I almost never get to spend time in the Expo. In contrast I spent almost all of my time at this year's event in the Expo standing on or talking about a bridge, so I can't give any meaningful commentary about the broader event, sadly. One thing I will say – beyond whatever takeaways people have related to the change of venue (New Orleans over Las…
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In a recent post I hinted at a really impressive project that is being unveiled today in the exhibit hall of AU 2022. (My involvement was as usual pretty minor, primarily relating to data visualization, while the really impressive work was around designing and printing it.) The project is a 5 metre long single-cantilevered (in terms of the printing – it's supported at both ends when in use) smart bridge, 3D-printed from recycled PETG and glass fibre in our Boston Technology Center for Dar. Here's a video shared via LinkedIn that describes the project and a photo of Steve Blum…
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In a recent post, I mentioned that I've been asked to help lead our efforts in a particular area of research. I was deliberately vague at the time. Now, with Autodesk University 2022 around the corner, it seems a good time to say more about this. I hope it stimulates some interesting discussions at the event. As a company, one of Autodesk's core interests is to enable the design and creation of healthier, safer, more resilient spaces. We want to explore tools for designers and architects that help them create buildings with more attention to the occupants. In the past,…
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If you didn't get the chance to watch last week's webinar by the Autodesk Tandem team – their September 2022 webinar – then I highly recommend checking out the recording, especially if you're interested in updates to their work on displaying sensor data. If you liked Project Dasher, you're going to love the work that's being done in Tandem. 🙂 Questions were asked during the webinar about attendees' interests regarding workflows for heatmaps: If you missed the chance to vote – but have strong opinions on these workflows and would like to provide detailed feedback – then you can contact…
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Back at the beginning of August I mentioned the upcoming Forge Hackathon which precedes Autodesk University 2022. Well, the upcoming has become the immediate, and next week it's happening! So if you've been debating whether or not to join the event, it's time to make a decision and (hopefully) register. It's a great opportunity to showcase your development team's capabilities, to create something genuinely novel using Forge, or simple to kick back and have some fun. Or ideally all of the above. 🙂 (See this blog post for a reminder of the prize categories and judging criteria.)
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I've signed up to help with the Forge Developer Zone in the Exhibit Hall of Autodesk University 2022 in New Orleans, if you're going to be there. Right now I'm planning on being there at these times, in case you want to swing by for a chat: Wednesday September 28th | 11:30am – 1:00pm Thursday September 29th | 11:30am – 1:00pm If you're attending AU – whether physically or virtually – and have an interest in the Forge platform, then you may find this article to be of use. For my own preparation I thought I'd brush up on some…
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There's now just a month to go before many will be travelling to New Orleans for the first in-person Autodesk University since 2019. Aside from being back at event with 10,000 or so attendees – something many of us may well have forgotten how to do, including myself – this year's event will be different from those in recent years as it's being held somewhere other than Las Vegas. In Vegas it's possible to have that many people (give or take) hosted along with a full conference – including a significant exhibition space and somewhere to feed the hungry horde…