Categories Misc.

Painting a Better Future

Friday during lunch, I picked up more interior paint for my home.  I went with a recycled paint thinking it was good paint and the right thing to do. If nobody uses recycled paint what’s the point of recycling the excess paint. Metro is an Oregon government entity…

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Categories 3D Printing

Generative Design Field Lab in Chicago – Come Visit

Generative design is here to stay, so we made a place for it: Introducing our new Generative Design Field Lab in Chicago. https://autode.sk/2N56Lil “Every new technology comes with a learning curve, but we don’t want that to keep our customers from exploring what’s possible with our tools. We…

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Categories Autodesk

Autodesk Fusion 360 and Wacom

Wacom just released a video featuring Autodesk’s own Jeff Smith using Fusion 360 on a Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 tablet. https://youtu.be/4bCN2SgGnIo Our Autodesk Portland office also made a cameo from my aerial footage. Both Autodesk and Wacom have offices located here in beautiful Portland Oregon.

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Categories AEC

Revit Timeline from 1.0 to 2019.2

Every since I began documenting AutoCAD history and codenames, AutoCAD Command history, and Autodesk history I have been asked to also do the same and publish other products. Today I am adding Revit to that list and reached out to our awesome Revit team for some of the…

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Categories Uncategorized

Revit History

Revit 1.0 image from the Revit 1.0 launch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hyd4sByd1Y  Charles River Software 0.1 (Early Adopter 1 – private release) November 1999 0.2 (Early Adopter 2 – private release) January 2000 <release to public> Revit Technology Corporation Revit 1.0 April 2000 Revit 2.0 September 2000 Revit 2.1 October…

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Categories Autodesk

Autodesk Forge San Francisco Accelerator

Are you looking to develop a powerful cloud based solution to connect your designs, business, or industry? Develop for the cloud with Autodesk Forge with direct help from the Autodesk Cloud Engineering team. Autodesk Forge Accelerator is an opportunity to work intensively on a chosen project with help,…

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Categories Misc.

Portland Oregon Had a Dusting of Snow Tuesday

Many locations on the West coast of the US that normally don’t get snow, got it yesterday. It wasn’t much, but enough to cause havoc and close schools. This morning is was 24 degrees Fahrenheit –brrr.  They are saying a storm coming from Canada this weekend may blast…

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Categories Autodesk

Doggydesk

I have been with Autodesk over 21 years, and two of my 3 children have grown up only knowing only Autodesk. Autodesk was founded back in 1982 and for most of that time we have had offices that allowed dogs in the employee office with some rules to…

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Categories Events

AEC Hackathon – Silicon Valley February 22-24

Join the 40th AEC Hackathon, back in Silicon Valley where it all began back in 2014. Info and Registration Here: http://aechackathon.com/silicon-valley-3/ http://aechackathon.com/about-usThe AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) Hackathon was created to give those designing, building, and maintaining our built environment the opportunity to collaborate with cutting edge technologies and…

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