The Design & Make Conference

AUTODESK

AU 2024: The Design & Make Conference | October 15–17

Join us at the conference where connections are forged, innovations are celebrated, and the future comes to life.

Amazing things are designed and made every day with Autodesk (video 1:32 min.)

What can you design and make with Autodesk? Discover the possibilities

Learn about innovations and new technologies with Design & Make with Autodesk—featuring original research reports, executive insights, and stories to inspire design and make leaders.

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Design and make anything with Autodesk software

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Design and build anything

Plan, design, construct, and operate better projects with our architecture, engineering, and construction software.


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Invent and manufacture anything

Design, engineer, and manufacture better products with our product design and manufacturing software.


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Create and visualize anything

Unleash creativity in 3D animation, visual effects, and production management with our media and entertainment software.



Design and make anything with Autodesk software

Autodesk’s Design and Make Platform helps you get everyone on the same page to plan, design, construct, and deliver better projects.

CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS

Autodesk Construction Cloud connects teams and data from design to done

INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS 

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Aerial view of The Standard London, a repurposed 1970s building situated next to the Victorian Gothic St. Pancras railway station.

Orms revives a 1970s building as a boutique hotel using adaptive reuse architecture

UK architects Orms transformed a heritage office building into a destination hotel, The Standard London, using adaptive reuse architecture to sustainably renovate and reimagine the outdated structure.

Design and make anything with Autodesk software

Autodesk’s Design and Make Platform helps you unlock innovation to design, engineer, and manufacture better products.

PRODUCT DESIGN & MANUFACTURING SOFTWARE

Design, engineer, and make anything with an integrated CAD/CAM platform

INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS

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Two workers examine Heirloom's direct air capture (DAC) equipment to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Image courtesy of Heirloom.

Climate tech start-up Heirloom’s carbon-capture technology removes CO2 from the air

Heirloom’s direct air capture (DAC) technology uses limestone to safely capture and store carbon dioxide, with the goal of removing 1 billion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere every year by 2035.

Design and make anything with Autodesk software

Autodesk’s Design and Make Platform helps you unleash creativity with powerful tools for 3D animation, visual effects, and production management.

3D COMMUNITY

Learn 3D design skills and find inspiration with our online community, AREA 

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INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS 

Find Autodesk software for media, entertainment, and design visualization 

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Four characters from New Tales from the Borderlands connect in a post-apocalyptic scene.
Courtesy of Gearbox Software/2K Games.

An automated animation pipeline drives efficiency and excellence at Gearbox Software

For its recent game New Tales from the Borderlands, an automated pipeline helped Gearbox create 4x more cinematic gameplay in half the time–and enabled artists to spend 50% more time on creative work instead of logistics.

See how Design and Make industry leaders are preparing for the future

Get insights from industry leaders on navigating change and building business resilience and digital maturity in our exclusive free report, the 2024 State of Design & Make.

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What is Autodesk?

Autodesk is a global leader in software for designers, engineers, builders, and creators. Our Design and Make Platform empowers our customers with the technology to create the world around us. #MakeAnything

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NEWS 

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