• AIF: 2024 highlights & 2025 save the date

    Our 2024 AIF in Darmstadt, Germany 2024 brought over 550 people together to hear the latest about automotive design and manufacturing. Attendees from across the globe attended sessions from leading OEMs, suppliers, start-ups, and technology partners. They also had the opportunity to meet and talk with experts in design, manufacturing, and engineering. AIF 2025: Save…


  • Creative Chameleons and the Domeble-Symetri Student Awards

    The Podcast Pierre-Paul Andriani, a Design Studio specialist at Autodesk sits down with Carl Lyttle, owner of Domeble for this Design Studio podcast. Domeble is a premium rights-managed stock library for photographic backplates, 360-degree domes, and VR environments. Carl is also the co-creator of the Domeble-Symetri Student Awards.  Carl Lyttle talks about his experiences and…


  • Increasingly accessible, sustainably appealing: India’s electric vehicle market boom

    The India Electric Vehicle (EV) market is seeing record sales: passenger EVs recorded 75,000 sales in 2023, twice the volume sold last year. It’s also one of the fastest-growing EV markets in the world, with millions of EV owners. What’s driving this shift? There’s India’s pledge to reduce carbon emission intensity by 33-35% by 2030…


  • Learn Alias and VRED at home: Renew your license for Alias and VRED Learning Editions

    Alias and VRED Learning Editions Last year we announced the release of Alias and VRED Learning Editions. These special editions are meant to increase user access to our software, giving users the time to really learn the programs and finesse their skills. These licenses are tailored for individual use on private, non-commercial projects. We’ve set…


  • Mike Turner Masterclass — Alias 2024 series 02, episode 04: Summary

    Alias 2024 Masterclass We asked Mike Turner to do some production testing on Alias 2024 during the development beta cycles to prove the software in production use. As a result, you may notice small variations in User Interface style and layout in the released version of Alias 2024 – tools and icons may look a…


  • Making the future: The design studio at Autodesk University 2024

    Autodesk University is happening again in San Diego, CA at the San Diego Convention Center. This annual innovative learning experience is driven by creative problem solvers in the Design & Make community. About Autodesk University (AU) AU is essentially a User Conference focused on learning. Attendees – from diverse fields – architecture, engineering, construction, product…


  • Mike Turner Masterclass – Alias 2024 series 02, episode 03: Variants and details

    Alias 2023 Masterclass We asked Mike to do some production testing on Alias 2024 during the development beta cycles to prove the software in production use. As a result, you may notice small variations in User Interface style and layout in these videos compared to the the released version of Alias 2024 – tools and…


  • AIF 2024: Agile design studio keynote

    The 2024 AIF Design Studio keynote was our chance to share with you, our customers and users, what we’re excited about, what’s new, and what’s in development at the 2024 Automotive Innovation Forum. The Product Management team discussed people and workflows, project management, collaboration, managing data, and more. Watch the full keynote here — and…


  • AIF 2024 Keynote: Exponential innovation

    “Food for thought: Hyper innovation in exponential times” — Maks Giordano Founder and CEO of juuman`okudo – an innovation studio where the art of co-creation meets the science of transformation – Maks Giordano has dedicated his career to digital innovation and translating exponential technological developments. In other words, Maks makes sense of the technologies that…


  • Autodesk VRED and Varjo, collaborating in XR

    The Evolution of Varjo and Its Impact on Industrial Design  Founded in 2016 by former senior executives from Nokia and Microsoft, Varjo has made significant strides in developing mixed-reality headsets. With its headquarters in Finland, Varjo stands out as the only major European maker of headsets, others being based either in the United States or…


  • Autodesk VRED 2025.1 release

    Happy to announce that the 2025.1 point release of VRED is now available for subscribers to download. Though this release comes close to our 2025 release, much fantastic functionality has been introduced. These include: Watch the video below for details on these and more. You can also check out the help documentation on the 2025.1…


  • AIF 2024 Ideas in Motion — Sessions on demand

    All of the session recordings from AIF 2024 are now available for viewing on-demand! Visit the AIF 2024 site to see the keynote, design studio sessions and deep dives as well as sessions from the AIF. We will be bringing you recaps of the design studio sessions over the coming weeks as well as some…


  • AIF 2024: Day 2 recap

    AIF 2024 Day 2 sessions HX50: Premium Auto at 1,500 ft — Henry Moorshead Day 2 of the 2024 Automotive Innovation Forum took supercar design to 1,500 feet. Henry Moorshead from Hill Helicopter demonstrated how they brought automotive interior and exterior styling techniques into the design of their luxury HX50 recreational helicopter. As an Alias…


  • AIF 2024: Day 1 recap

    This year’s AIF is off to a strong start. At the spectacular Darmstadtium Congress Center, Autodesk welcomed over 550 guests to 2 days of keynotes and sessions led by industry leaders, a large exhibition floor featuring Autodesk partners and products and lots of networking.  The building is not only visually spectacular but is designed with…


  • AIF 2024: What’s ahead

    Our annual Automotive Innovation Forum — happening for over a decade — takes place Tuesday and Wednesday May 7-8 in Darmstadt, Germany. We have a fantastic agenda filled with industry leaders from Porsche, Kia, Italdesign, Rivian, SAIC, Mercedes-Benz, FAW-VW, and Toyota. We also have presentations on key technologies and interesting case studies for our software…