10,000 Explore Future of Making at Autodesk University 2014
03 December 2014 - 7:51AM
Business Wire
Autodesk Brings Life to Design and Sets Sights on New Era of
Connection
At its flagship annual user event, Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK)
highlighted the disruptions altering how things are designed and
made, explored how the natural world can inspire design, and
previewed new software tools and programs to make 3D design and
fabrication more accessible. The company also laid out its plans to
help designers and engineers transition to a new era of connection
where they achieve better outcomes by realizing their ideas in
context of the real world.
Autodesk President and CEO Carl Bass
welcomes 10,000 attendees to Autodesk University 2014. (Photo:
Business Wire)
"There's been a radical rethinking of how things will be made in
the future,” said Carl Bass, Autodesk president and CEO. "New
manufacturing processes and materials, coupled with infinite
computing and ubiquitous connectivity are completely changing how
companies innovate and deliver new products.”
Bass welcomed Autodesk University’s 10,000 attendees in a
keynote address where he demonstrated a range of the company’s
cloud-based products for 3D design and engineering, reality
computing and 3D printing, and announced plans to introduce a new
offering next year that will provide access to the entire Autodesk
portfolio of products with a single subscription. In this
presentation and throughout the event, the company introduced new
programs and tools that will help the design and manufacturing
industries achieve new levels of connectivity and
collaboration:
- Autodesk Fusion 360, the world’s first
cloud-based 3D CAD/CAM tool for product development that merges
industrial design, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing will
be made available for no additional cost to Autodesk Product Design
Suite subscribers. In addition, Autodesk announced that in the
future, Fusion will run entirely in a web browser (see related
announcement)
- A360 Team will be available globally
later this month. A360 Team is a modern tool for collaborating that
breaks down silos, brings teams together across time and space, and
enables data management to recede into the background to be
essentially invisible to users. In addition, A360 Collaboration for
Revit (formerly codenamed Project Skyscraper) connects building
project teams with centralized access to BIM data in the cloud and
will be available later this month (see related announcements)
- Autodesk is now offering a limited
number of early build Ember 3D printers for purchase and product
feedback through the Ember Explorer Program. Ember is the
first 3D printer built on the Spark open 3D printing platform.
Apply for access
at http://spark.autodesk.com/ember-explorer
- Autodesk has made its industry leading
design, engineering and entertainment software and cloud services
free** to students, instructors and academic institutions
worldwide. With this move, more than 680 million students and
educators from over 790,000 schools worldwide can now take
advantage of access to Autodesk software and cloud services via the
Autodesk Academic Resource Center (see related announcement)
Joining Bass on stage were Emily Pilloton, Founder and Executive
Director of Project H and Jeff Kowalski, Autodesk SVP and Chief
Technology Officer, who discussed how Autodesk is looking at
technology and design through the lens of nature. He said, “We’ve
started to think of the design process as a living process, and to
think of the things we create as living things. We can’t continue
to use the same old processes to make the things we design
significantly better, or even live sustainably on our own planet.
The next breakthroughs will coopt some of the actual processes of
nature, bringing what works in the living world into the world of
the things we create.”
Autodesk University Reaches Worldwide Audience
Autodesk University is a series of conferences and an online
learning destination focused on inspiring, challenging and
energizing Autodesk software users, partners, and industry leaders
about the future of design and engineering. Now in its 22nd year,
the AU conferences attract more than 25,000 participants throughout
the year including the flagship event in Las Vegas, which began
today; international AU events in Japan, India, Brazil, Russia,
Germany, and China; and AU Extension events in an additional six
countries.
A highlight of AU Las Vegas are the five Innovation Forums, a
series of sessions focused on the future of making buildings,
products, infrastructure and other things. The AU Exhibit Hall
showcases the latest technology and innovative work by Autodesk
customers across multiple industries. This year in the exhibit hall
AU attendees can volunteer time with Autodesk cleantech partner
TayaSola to assemble solar lantern kits for Kenyan families who
lack adequate lighting. In addition, AU attendees can opt-out of
the conference bag and instead have a $25 donation made on their
behalf to the Autodesk Foundation, who invests in organizations
practicing impact design to help create a better world.
Autodesk University events provide attendees with a mix of
presentations, instruction, and social activities to network, share
ideas with peers, and meet industry leaders from around the world.
Most of these presentations are available online for no charge at
au.autodesk.com.
About Autodesk
Autodesk helps people imagine, design and create a better world.
Everyone—from design professionals, engineers and architects to
digital artists, students and hobbyists—uses Autodesk software
to unlock their creativity and solve important challenges. For more
information visit autodesk.com or follow @autodesk.
* *IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Autodesk Ember 3D printer does not yet
meet all US and international mandated requirements. This
device has not been authorized as required by the rules of the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This device is not,
and may not be, offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until
authorization is obtained. Although this device is being
offered to valid holders of the Ember 3D printer Access Pass who
have been approved by Autodesk to purchase (“Approved Access Pass
Holders”) and who are business, commercial, industrial, scientific
or medical users (but not to other parties or to end users located
in a residential environment), this device is subject to FCC rules
on equipment authorization and will comply with the appropriate
rules before delivery.
** Free Autodesk software and/or cloud-based services may only
be used for educational purposes and are subject to acceptance of
and compliance with the terms and conditions of the software
license agreement or terms of service. Details and restrictions
available at http://usa.autodesk.com/legal-notices-trademarks.
Autodesk is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its
subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries.
All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their
respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product
and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time
without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or
graphical errors that may appear in this document.
© 2014 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
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