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Mike Smell

Mike is a seasoned product leader with nearly 20 years of CAD and CAE industry experience. As a Sr. Principal Product Manager on the Fusion team, he oversees Fusion's simulation portfolio, platform library adoption and product-led growth, as well as many user experience initiatives. Mike excels in understanding customer challenges and is known for his pragmatism and execution effectiveness. He has successfully turned innovative technologies into valuable products, driving growth and delivering client value. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and a Master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Additionally, he has a certification in Machine Learning in Business from the MIT Sloan School of Management.


  • An Evolving Fusion User Experience: A Message to Our Community 

    Fusion is evolving into a more connected, intuitive experience. Learn how improvements to navigation, data access, AI assistance, responsive workspaces, and Home will help you work faster across every Fusion workflow. Why the Fusion experience is evolving If you’ve been using Fusion for a while, you’ve probably felt it. Fusion is evolving rapidly, but moving between workflows, workspace, and different parts of the…

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    Unlocking Innovative Solutions with Generative Design

    Generative design uses AI to create and test hundreds of manufacturing‑ready designs. See how Autodesk Fusion helps teams innovate faster and reduce cost. No matter how you slice it, creating an optimized design takes ample planning and experimentation. It’s essential that products meet certain performance (and durability) requirements under specific operating conditions, and teams must…

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  • Kickstart Your Creativity With Automated Modeling in Autodesk Fusion

    Have you tried automated modeling in Autodesk Fusion? Learn how to leverage the tool to unlock new ideas faster than ever.

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  • How to Rapidly Generate Design Concepts with Automated Modeling in Fusion 360

    Automated Modeling in Fusion 360 is a new tool focused on improving your productivity and ability to rapidly explore design concepts.

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  • Generative Design is Now Available at a Game-Changing Price

    We're making AI-powered design accessible with an updated generative design price structure.

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  • Achieving Better Additive Manufacturing Outcomes in Generative Design

    As part of the December 2020 update of Fusion 360, we delivered a hidden gift just in time for the holidays: a new method for generating additive manufacturing outcomes. Internally, we call this project Additive 2.0, and it is part of our Experimental Generative Solvers and Features preview. This new method should go a long way to improve the shape quality and printability of the outcomes compared to…

    Industrial Design


  • Generative Design: A Year in Review and A Fresh Start

    In 2019, our engineering teams were hard at work making generative design in Fusion 360 a class-leading solution for design exploration. Here's a review of what was accomplished and where we're going.

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  • Generative Design at Autodesk University 2019

    The Generative Design team is thrilled about the session offerings we have been able to put together for Autodesk University 2019.

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  • Simulation just for you at Autodesk University!

    This is the premier way to learn Simulation in Fusion 360. Make sure you register…

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  • Making the most of Simplify in the Fusion 360 Simulation Workspace – Part 1

    The September update to Fusion 360 adds new ways to simplify and create variations of your models for analyses. You’ll definitely want to take advantage…

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