Autodesk has been innovating design software for 29 years since the introduction of AutoCAD, which automated drafting. Today, Autodesk offers the broadest portfolio of 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software used by over 10 million professionals worldwide. Autodesk is leading the future of design in areas like Building Information Modeling (BIM), Digital Prototyping (DP), Digital Entertainment Creation (DEC), and Sustainable Design through $500 million annually in research and development. BIM allows for an integrated design process from conceptualization to fabrication and asset management. Sustainable design tools in programs like Ecotect Analysis enable minimizing a building's energy and water usage and environmental impacts through simulation and analysis.
Nowadays, the technological revolution has more or less impacted the entire world. The architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industry has also significantly revolutionized due to the technological revolution. www.teslacad.com.au
Architype - Green BIM UK Perspective, NTU Taipei, 13 February 2014Elrond Burrell
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is rapidly becoming the industry standard in building design globally. The UK government has announced that all centrally procured constructions projects need to use BIM by 2016 and expect this to reduce capital cost and the carbon burden from the construction and operation of the built environment by 20%. In Taiwan, the Head of the Construction and Planning Agency (CPA) announce that Taiwan government will support BIM development in public policy.
Architype are leaders in the the field of Sustainable / Green Architecture and are earlier adopters of BIM in their green design processes, particularly with regard to delivering radical reductions in energy consumption & carbon emissions.
Elrond Burrell, Associate at Architype, was invited to present a UK perspective on Green BIM at the National Taiwan University in Taipei on 13 February 2014. The BIM meeting was hosted by Prof. Shang-Hsien (Patrick) Hsieh and held in the Civil Engineering Research Building
Nowadays, the technological revolution has more or less impacted the entire world. The architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industry has also significantly revolutionized due to the technological revolution. www.teslacad.com.au
Architype - Green BIM UK Perspective, NTU Taipei, 13 February 2014Elrond Burrell
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is rapidly becoming the industry standard in building design globally. The UK government has announced that all centrally procured constructions projects need to use BIM by 2016 and expect this to reduce capital cost and the carbon burden from the construction and operation of the built environment by 20%. In Taiwan, the Head of the Construction and Planning Agency (CPA) announce that Taiwan government will support BIM development in public policy.
Architype are leaders in the the field of Sustainable / Green Architecture and are earlier adopters of BIM in their green design processes, particularly with regard to delivering radical reductions in energy consumption & carbon emissions.
Elrond Burrell, Associate at Architype, was invited to present a UK perspective on Green BIM at the National Taiwan University in Taipei on 13 February 2014. The BIM meeting was hosted by Prof. Shang-Hsien (Patrick) Hsieh and held in the Civil Engineering Research Building
science & engineering is changing the life, industrial revolution never ends today the revolution is about iot & augmented reality. This presentation is about how we reach to the current era of development in last 35 years, let's go to the Current era of designing.
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Albane Bruyas, COO at Scaleway
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Slides from my presentation at the Online Information 2012 conference in London:
http://www.online-information.co.uk/static/track-1-considerations-for-launching
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Powerpoint for USC architecture presentation about the Shelter film and how design for good means designing for a culture.
Money and the Role of Building Physics Software in the Valuation ChainIES VE
A review of some of the recent projects showing how IES and IMPACT modelling can be used to determine capital costs, life cycle costs and life cycle analysis by Andrew Cooper, EVORA EDGE.
Architecture is a discipline where developments in technology, society and material sciences intersect. Here are some of the major trends that are set to change the face of the built environment in years to come.
Science Media & Data Visualization - XOOMS (English)充彦 保田
XOOMS is a group of content-creators specialized in Science & Technology field. Our mission is to build a bridge between the science & technology field and our society through 'visualization'.
This presentation summarizes what we have done and What we're doing.
science & engineering is changing the life, industrial revolution never ends today the revolution is about iot & augmented reality. This presentation is about how we reach to the current era of development in last 35 years, let's go to the Current era of designing.
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https://youtu.be/pozZzX0A-uM
https://youtu.be/aPFLWTiSf-U
https://youtu.be/m-X8_eF_zUc
apidays LIVE Paris 2021 - Why sustainability makes sense for tech by Albane B...apidays
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December 7, 8 & 9, 2021
Why sustainability makes sense for tech
Albane Bruyas, COO at Scaleway
Industrieel ontwerper Marcel Vroom startte het programma Meet the Future of Products" op Material Xperience 2018 met zijn lezing Materials as interfaces.
Online information 2012 arkitekturbilleder.dk final versionDaniel Gunnarsson
Slides from my presentation at the Online Information 2012 conference in London:
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Vincent Poncet, Principal Architect & Digital Pollution at Google
Talk given by Lee Schneider at USC. 10OCT11
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Money and the Role of Building Physics Software in the Valuation ChainIES VE
A review of some of the recent projects showing how IES and IMPACT modelling can be used to determine capital costs, life cycle costs and life cycle analysis by Andrew Cooper, EVORA EDGE.
Architecture is a discipline where developments in technology, society and material sciences intersect. Here are some of the major trends that are set to change the face of the built environment in years to come.
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XOOMS is a group of content-creators specialized in Science & Technology field. Our mission is to build a bridge between the science & technology field and our society through 'visualization'.
This presentation summarizes what we have done and What we're doing.
WInd resource assessment in urban areas for sustainable developmentStephane Meteodyn
The paper presents a numerical methodology to assess wind pedestrian comfort and natural ventilation.UrbaWind is an automatic computational fluid dynamics code. It was developed to model the wind in urban environments. The turbulence modelling, namely the dependance of turbulence length on the distance from wall, and the model constants were calibrated in order to reproduce with good agreements flow separation around builings walls. Numerical results match well with the expriments: separation patterns, pressure field on wall, wind speed in dense urban area. Two examples are presented at the end of the paper in order to show the advantages of the methodology for urban designers.
Raising The Barn: ACTion Alexandria Technology-Aided Barnraisingmyrnatheminx
Presentation for City of Alexandria's Management & Leadership Institute about ACTion Alexandria, a new civic engagement and grassroots philanthropy project based in Alexandria, Virginia
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Future Of Learning And Technology 2020: Preparing For ChangeJeff Hurt
The education landscape of 2020 will be characterized by the blurring of boundaries. Learning anywhere and anytime will be commonplace in many different ways based on the ubiquitous and innovative use of technology. Our organizations face a duality of change—conceptual and technological—regarding the practices of education and learning. The practices of teaching, presenting and learning will undergo fundamental change as it responds to global, social, political, technological and of course, learning research trends. Will your organization be ready and prepared to take advantage of these seismic changes to education, learning and technology?
This PPT Consist of the use of three different tools (i.e, Autocadd, Staad Pro and Revit Architecture) for the designing and analysis of Buildings and Over Headed water Tank. Building sand Water Tank are analyzed with the help of Staad Pro and also Checked manually .
Building-the-Future-Exploring-AutoCADs-Role-in-Architectural-InnovationAttitude Tally Academy
Discover how AutoCAD revolutionized the architectural industry by streamlining the design process and enabling unparalleled creativity and precision
Usefull Link: https://www.attitudetallyacademy.com/functionalarea/mis-and-data-analytics
ARCHICAD’s focus on architecture, design, and creativity,
combined with cutting-edge technology and innovation,
allows building designers to do what they do best: design great
buildings.
ARCHICAD successively won BIM Product of the Year for the seventh year in a row at the Construction Computing Awards (also known as The Hammers)
Be it an architecture or engineering design student, AutoCAD will likely be familiar to them. This widely popular digital drafting software is known for producing detailed drawings; however, its depth goes far beyond this initial impression. It provides an array of tools for 2D digital drawing, drafting and documentation as well as specialised ones for mechanical, electrical and architectural design which you can learn in autocad training.
Autodesk announced the new Autodesk Inventor Publisher Technology Preview is available on Autodesk Labs. The Inventor Publisher technology is easy-to-use software for creating interactive, 3D product documentation that delivers clear and comprehensive technical instructions.
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AutoCAD designers are design professionals that use computer-aided design (CAD) software for designing technical drawings used in the production and construction of complex objects and structures. The technical drawings which AutoCAD designers create are used in architecture, engineering, aerospace and just about any discipline where something is being designed and built. This software is actually very helpful for engineering students, especially those that which to enjoy the impact of engineering.
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
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It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
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7. Design Innovation Technologies 29 years ago, Autodesk and AutoCAD changed the world of design by automating drafting. Today we continue to evolve the design process with products used by designers, architects, engineers, and digital artists in 160 countries. Image created in 3ds Max®
8. Supported by the Breadth and Depth of a Leader Autodesk is a world leader in 3D design, engineering ,and entertainment software. The broadest and deepest product portfolio in the design world 10 million+ users in over 800,000 companies 3,500 development partners
9. Designing What’s Next $500 million annually in R&D & 1.2 million students worldwide today become a trained and equipped workforce tomorrow.
10. Where Design Is Headed Building Information Modeling (BIM) Digital Prototyping (DP) Digital Entertainment Creation (DEC) Sustainable Design Image courtesy of Technicon Design Image courtesy of Jonas Thornqvist
30. Whole Building Energy, Water, and Carbon Analysis with Autodesk Green Building Studio* Estimate whole building energy consumption Determine carbon emissions Better understand potential for renewable energy use Optimize design for carbon neutrality * Customers who purchase Autodesk® Subscription for their Autodesk Ecotect Analysis license can access the Autodesk® Green Building Studio® web-based energy analysis service for the duration of their Subscription term to conduct whole building energy, water, and carbon analysis, subject to the terms of use that accompanies the service.
31. Project Vasari – labs.autodesk.comConceptual Design and Analysis for Buildings easy-to-use, expressive design tool for creating building concepts integrated analysis for energy and carbon, providing design insight where the most important design decisions are made. Easily migrate these models into Revit
37. Visualization and Media and Entertainment Image Courtesy of Jacques Defontaine Image Courtesy of Mathieu Lesage and Martti Lemieux Images created in AliasStudio™ AutoStudio , Showcase™, and Mudbox™
40. Where Design Is Headed Building Information Modeling (BIM) Digital Prototyping (DP) Digital Entertainment Creation (DEC) Sustainable Design Image courtesy of Technicon Design Image courtesy of Jonas Thornqvist
41. The Future of DesignLynn AllenAutodesk Evangelist Image courtesy of CCDI Group
Editor's Notes
Autodesk is a leader in 2D and 3D design and engineering software—software that is used in the architecture, engineering, and construction; manufacturing; and media and entertainment industries to shape both the physical and digital world around us. From skyscrapers and bridges to games and movies, from cars and highways to television commercials and process plants.
Talk briefly about the early days of AutoCAD
Autodesk has a wide variety of AutoCAD based products that customized specifically for your industry.
And now Autodesk is known for their newer, higher end products such as Inventor, Revit and MayaAutodesk InventorAutodesk® Inventor® software provides a comprehensive set of design tools for producing, validating, and documenting complete digital prototypes.Revit ArchitectureRevit® Architecture building design software is purpose-built for Building Information Modeling (BIM). Autodesk 3ds MaxCustomers can create stunning 3D in less time with Autodesk® 3ds Max® software. This full-featured 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and effects software is used to produce top-selling games and award-winning film and video content. Autodesk MayaAutodesk® Maya® software is a powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation, effects, and rendering solution.Image note: Created in Autodesk® 3ds Max® software (modeled and rendered).
Autodesk has been a market leader since the introduction of AutoCAD® software nearly 30 years ago. We offer the broadest and deepest portfolio of products in the design world: from 2D drafting to Digital Prototyping, from Building Information Modeling to Oscar-winning visual effects. The line between industries is blurring. A good example is manufacturing and AEC. When you “manufacture” an elevator, you also have to think about how it will fit in the larger context of the building. It’s a more holistic way of looking at industries. Products need to be interoperable to enable people to work within that multi-industry framework. Our range of experience in multiple industries allows us to provide our customers with technology they may be unaware of from industries they would never have expected—like architects using our video game technology to win more jobs. With over 10 million commercial users in 187 countries and an additional 1.2 million students trained on our products every year, we support a community that spans the globe.
Autodesk spends nearly half a billion dollars every year on research and development, and we’re committed to supporting the next generation of design professionals by remaining focused on 3D design innovation and the advantages it holds for our customers. By partnering with secondary, collegiate, and career and technical educators, Autodesk helps prepare over 1.2 million of tomorrow’s architects, designers, engineers, and digital artists with the software used by professionals in their industries. And that also helps supply a trained and always-growing workforce to firms all over the world.
With Digital Prototyping, our customers can design, visualize, and simulate their entire product from the inside out. This drastically reduces the reliance on physical prototypes. That saves money. That saves time. And most important, it helps get products to market faster.Building Information Modelingor BIMis an integrated process allowing architects, engineers, builders, and owners to collaborate and explore a project’s physical and functional characteristics during the design phase. You can imagine the advantage of knowing exactly how a building is going to perform once it’s built. And what we’ve done in manufacturing and building, we’re doing in entertainment, from TV to film to video games. Digital Entertainment Creation enables our customers to create the most innovative entertainment experiences with integrated digital production environments that boost creative capability and improve production efficiency. What these design processes enable, whether in manufacturing, building and construction, or media and entertainment, is a more sustainable way of designing. From reducing reliance on physical prototypes and enabling architects to make sustainable design decisions earlier in the process, to helping filmmakers like James Cameron create entire worlds without the construction of massive sets. This is how Autodesk helps accelerate design for our customers.
We still get paid to create those 2D Drawings…Jon Peddie suggests that 70% are still on 2D
The traditional definition of sustainability, from the Brundtland Commission in 1987, is, “Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” At Autodesk, we have taken the definition one step farther. Our definition of sustainability is, “Meeting the needs of the present WHILE IMPROVING the ability of future generations to meet their needs.” We view sustainability as actually making the world better for our children, not just leaving it the same. Sustainable design is the intersection of sustainability and design innovation. Sustainable design is design that integrates, analyzes, and optimizes environmental, social, and economic factors for the life of the product. Sustainable design is design that contributes to make the world a better place for future generations.
Everything in the built environment is sustained by energy, water, materials, and land. On the left here are some of the choices we make during the design and build process that significantly impact the sustainability of the building project. On the right are examples of goals to achieve sustainability. Designers must understand what factors they can influence and then be able to measure, analyze, and optimize those factors. Autodesk Ecotect Analysis tools help you to visualize, simulate, and analyze your buildingdesigns before they are real... in the earliest phases of the design process when choices you make can have a greater impact on creating a more sustainable design.In today’s changing world, the ability to deliver sustainable, energy-efficient designs at lower costs is increasingly important... Let’s take a look at some key trends and how they are impacting AEC firms today.
Autodesk Ecotect Analysis software is a comprehensive concept-to-detail sustainable design analysis tool, providing a wide range of simulation and analysis functionality through desktop and web-service* platforms. Powerful web-based whole-building energy, water, and carbon analysis capabilities converge with desktop tools for visualizing and simulating performance of the building model within the context of its environment.Unlike complicated engineering analysis tools, Ecotect was built by architects for architects, helping you to get and interpret results quickly. Autodesk Ecotect Analysis enables collaboration within the extended building design team using Autodesk® applications for BIM. Team members can analyze multiple design concepts within a single building model, apply manufacturers’ products to the building design and better understand their effects on energy consumption and exchange data using the green building extensible markup language (gbXML) open file format. *Customers who add Subscription to their Autodesk Ecotect Analysis license can access whole building analysis capabilities via the Autodesk® Green Building Studio® web-based service for the duration of their Subscription, subject to the terms of use that accompanies the service.
Here is an example of how the desktop tools and web-based technology provide a comprehensive solution for sustainable design analysis: At the start of the design process, early-stage, massing models from Revit Architecture can be used in combination with the site analysis functionality in the desktop tools to help determine the optimal location, shape, and orientation of a building design based on fundamental environmental factors such as daylight, overshadowing, solar access, and visual impact. As the conceptual design evolves, whole-building analysis, available via the web-based technology available on the Autodesk Green Building Studio service, can be used to help benchmark its energy use and recommend areas of potential savings. Once these fundamental design parameters have been established, use desktop tools torearrange rooms and zones, to size and shape individual openings, to design custom shading devices, or to choose specific materials based on environmental factors such as daylight availability, glare protection, outside views, and acoustic comfort.
Whole building energy, water and carbon analysis tools, available to subscribers of Ecotect Analysis via the Autodesk Green Building Studio web service technology, help architects and designers to perform whole building energy, water, and carbon-emission analysis, optimize efficiency, and achieve carbon neutrality earlier in the design process. An open analysis tool based on the robust data exchange of the green building extensible markup language (gbXML) schema. The Green Building Studio web-based technology is interoperable with Autodesk® Revit® Architecture software and Autodesk® Revit® MEP software and other compatible energy analysis software. Architects and designers can evaluate building components for effects on energy consumption to help maximize economic and environmental performance.
SEATTLE, Wash. -- Starbucks wants to slash energy consumption in its stores by 25 percent and buy enough renewable energy certificates to satisfy half of its stores’ energy needs, all by 2010, the company said WednesdayLED Lighting Conversion ProgramIn 2008, Starbucks explored the substitution of incandescent and halogen lighting with LED lighting to conserve energy, but found no commercially available LED product that met the company’s aesthetic and functional requirements. As a result, Starbucks reached out to GE to identify a solution. With input from Starbucks about its specific needs, GE developed a highly energy efficient LED product that complements Starbucks store design approach and fits existing fixtures. “Our team jumped at the chance to create a GE-quality LED solution that could meet Starbucks stringent efficiency and color-quality requirements,” said Michael Petras, president and ceo of GE Consumer & Industrial’s lighting and electrical business. “Starbucks aggressive moves on the conservation front will have far-reaching environmental and financial impacts. Other GE customers will benefit from these achievements.” Starbucks has begun implementing the LED lighting conversion program in all company-owned stores in the U.S. and Canada, and has already completed installation in more than 1,000 U.S. locations. It will expand the program to international markets in March 2010, aiming to complete installation in more than 8,000 company-owned stores around the world by the end of 2010. Following global implementation, Starbucks projects a 7 percent per-store reduction in energy use. This improvement will contribute toward the company’s goal of achieving a 25 percent reduction in energy use by the end of 2010.
Many of our manufacturing customers use Autodesk®Inventor®software and a process called Digital Prototyping, or DP, to get their products to market faster. Digital Prototyping offers a seamless flow of digital data throughout the entire design process. This approach helps them connect conceptual design, engineering, and manufacturing teams, saving time and money because no physical prototypes are ever built.
Pi Mobility: Electric Bicycle MakerPi Mobility uses Digital Prototyping and Autodesk® software to design electric bikes.View LargerThe PiCycle electric bicycle from Pi Mobility uses an elegant, solitary arch of recycled aluminum for its instantly iconic frame. Recycled aluminum requires just one-13th the amount of electricity to produce compared to virgin aluminum.30 mph – 20 miles without any pedeling.48 volt brushless DC motor – set up to use any brushless motor so the bike will last as technology progresses. Electronics and battery within the arch. It’s battery agnostic so you can update it with better batteries later.—Marcus Hays, CEO, Pi Mobility4-inch diameter tube to 4.5 in (changed the battery form factor)$335,000 – 250 prototypesNo failure in 2 yrsOriginally they made 22 prototypes before coming out with the first electric bike.Zero sound, zero polution, wifi enabled (theft prevention as well). The company can diagnose issues with the bike via wifi. It monitors battery health, battery chargind frequency, cycle life..Dominoes – brags about how many trips to the moon their drivers make…Post office300 lbs of carbon dioxide per 12,000 miles of travel. 20 to 30 times more efficient than a motorcycle or car.They are able to produce the bike locally (all other electric bikes are manufactured in China) and maintain a competitive price. Low transportation carbon. The tube in about 30 seconds."After only three weeks the team produced a 3D digital prototype using Autodesk Inventor proving that, by increasing the diameter of our tube by a half an inch, we could immediately save $335,000. When you extrapolate that over the next few years, it means easily seven figures saved. That discovery means that Pi Mobility can achieve profitability a full year ahead of schedule. From our perspective, it just doesn’t get much better than that."
Many of our media and entertainment customers use an approach called Digital Entertainment Creation, or DEC, to streamline and speed their development process. The creative freedom gained by this process is evidenced in the final product. The next time you experience a “wow” moment from a movie, game, or television show, it’s likely that Autodesk®software was there from the first inspiration to the final creation.
Let’s take a look at how Autodesk helps customers experience their ideas before they are real through visualization, simulation, and analysis.Through visualization, digital models can capture a project’s appearance, its aesthetics, and how it will look in the real world. It’s hard to believe, but neither of these images is real.These days our rendering technology is so good that artists can fool us into experiencing things as if they were real.In the manufacturing realm, designers can use products such as Autodesk® Showcase™ software to create amazingly realistic images of cars that help designers and engineers make crucial decisions. Architects and builders can also use visualization to communicate what a home might look like long before it’s built; using digital model visualizations enables them to explore lighting alternatives for interior/exterior, day/night, and cloudy/sunny scenarios. Another example of digital visualization is the wide range of feature films that are created using Autodesk software—films such as Beowulf and Spiderman 3.Visualization is also useful in communicating to a wide range of project participants. Technology accelerators for visualization—including parallel computing, advanced shading techniques, GPUs, and even multitouch innovations—enable people to interact more directly, and more richly, with digital models. Image notes:Car image created in Autodesk® AliasStudio™ Autodesk® AutoStudio software (modeled) and Autodesk® Showcase™ software (visualized).Chimpanzee image created in Autodesk® Mudbox™ software (modeled).
I’m excited to talk to you about how BIM is making a real difference in Road and Highway projects. More specifically, how engineering and construction firms are using BIM as a strategic differentiator…. to compete for new work...and prove to “their” customers (transportation agencies and owners), that they can deliver better projects and address key issues like cost, schedule, quality and safety.And these transportation agencies are in turn, taking more notice. These owners and customers want to take advantage of “their” BIM opportunities….not just for design & construction…. but for the entire lifecycle…..and they want companies and people who can get BIM projects done for them.
The latest release of Autodesk® MotionBuilder® motion capture and 3D character animation software delivers faster overall performance, expanded physics capabilities, productivity-enhancing animation workflows, and improved interoperability with Autodesk® Maya®, Autodesk® 3ds Max®, and Autodesk® Softimage® software. Mudbox for digital sculpting
With Digital Prototyping, our customers can design, visualize, and simulate their entire product from the inside out. This drastically reduces the reliance on physical prototypes. That saves money. That saves time. And most important, it helps get products to market faster.Building Information Modelingor BIMis an integrated process allowing architects, engineers, builders, and owners to collaborate and explore a project’s physical and functional characteristics during the design phase. You can imagine the advantage of knowing exactly how a building is going to perform once it’s built. And what we’ve done in manufacturing and building, we’re doing in entertainment, from TV to film to video games. Digital Entertainment Creation enables our customers to create the most innovative entertainment experiences with integrated digital production environments that boost creative capability and improve production efficiency. What these design processes enable, whether in manufacturing, building and construction, or media and entertainment, is a more sustainable way of designing. From reducing reliance on physical prototypes and enabling architects to make sustainable design decisions earlier in the process, to helping filmmakers like James Cameron create entire worlds without the construction of massive sets. This is how Autodesk helps accelerate design for our customers.