Something’s afoot in Portland, Oregon, besides rain, great coffee, and craft beer. As In the Fold reported, the Portland Incubator Experiment Shop (a.k.a. the PIE Shop) has opened. A collaboration between the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE), pioneering Portland product design firm Uncorked Studios, and Autodesk, which will have its Portland office there, the PIE Shop aims to guide manufacturing and IoT startups through the prototyping and fabrication phases of their product. Have a product in the works? Need a jump-start to get to market? They’re looking for companies that can ... READ MORE >

If you attended the AEC keynote at AU in November, you heard the big news: the next generation of BIM 360 is built on the Forge development platform. What does that mean for you if you already use BIM 360? Many things, but perhaps most importantly the ability to use Forge to customize your BIM 360 deployment to integrate it into your company’s workflows and your construction ecosystem. At AU 2017, Sheryl Yang, Judd Fuoto, and Mona Jalilzadeh led a session about doing just that. They showed what was possible, shared customer successes, and explained how to get started. What can you do with yo... READ MORE >

At AU, we help celebrate the ways today’s industry professionals imagine, design, and make a better world. It’s where we come to connect and learn from each other, and in the process we dive into big questions about the future of work, the future of our industries, and the future of making things. AU gives us all a chance to tell our stories. That means your story is important, whether it’s a problem you solved, a workflow you perfected, a trend you’re a part of, or a breakthrough you’re making. From classes to keynotes, Theater sessions to roundtable discussions, there are innumerable ways t... READ MORE >

Here’s something you probably didn’t know: it’s hard to find a good protective face mask for kids. We’re not talking about the hockey goalie kind, but rather the kind you put on to filter the air in polluted urban areas, or when exposed to toxic fumes from paint and such. Adult masks don’t fit kids’ faces, and the kids don’t tend to love the blah, industrial look of the masks designed for adults, either. Enter the ’brifo,’ a new mask created by designer Bart Gaczorek using the Sinterit Lisa SLS desktop 3D printer and Autodesk Netfabb software. It’s lightweight, fits a range of child-sized fac... READ MORE >

VR? AR? It’s all MR, and it’s all changing fast. With advances in hardware and software happening continuously, new applications become possible for a range of industries—especially AEC. AU offers a wealth of useful content on this rapidly developing technology. For starters, Jeff Mottle returned to AU Las Vegas in 2017 to host another gangbusters panel focused on the state of mixed reality for design visualization today—and where it’s headed over the next few years. With a panel that includes experts, creative directors, technologists, and designers, this AU session is a great way to take the... READ MORE >