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Ideas in Motion: Adaptability at AIF25
AIF25 – First Look We’re seeing a seismic shift in the automotive and mobility landscape, as the world transitions from ICE to electric. This shift comes with unique challenges – as well as unmatched opportunities. How we meet those challenges and opportunities will define this industry for years to come. The 2025 Automotive Innovation Forum…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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2024 Design Studio reflections
This has been a year of remarkable achievements, bold innovations, and collective resilience for us in the Autodesk Design Studio. We’ve expanded our solutions (BlankAI, NAVASTO) and focused our attention on initiatives to delight our customers. There will be even more exciting news to come in 2025, but we wanted to take a moment and…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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China Automotive Innovation Forum
Autodesk was thrilled to host its second annual China Automotive Innovation Forum on September 13th in Shanghai. This forum spotlights industry trends, customer case studies, interactive demos, executive meetings, media engagements, and exclusive updates on our ID&V solutions, which encompass automotive design, advanced manufacturing, and digital factories. This event drew 583 attendees – 332 in-person…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Autodesk VRED 2025.3 release
We are excited to announce the release of Autodesk VRED 2025.3, available to our subscribers for immediate download. The largest enhancement introduced with this point release is a brand new, amazingly comprehensive, and flexible color management system for visual quality called OpenColorIO. This system gives you incredible control over the color in the scene and…
PRODUCT NEWS
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Welcome NAVASTO: Designers gaining insights into performance in real time
Established 10 years ago by two engineers, NAVASTO has grown into a team of experts specializing in data science, engineering, physics, and software development. Because it was established by engineers, NAVASTO knows intimately the pain points of design process for structural engineers and designers. So NAVASTO spent the last decade addressing these real-world challenges in…
DESIGN STUDIO
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Autodesk Alias 2025.1 release
We are happy to announce that the 2025.1 release of Autodesk Alias is now available for download to our subscribers and users. This release focused a lot on modeling improvements in NURBS and SubD and further work on the new Puck menu interface. Highlights in this release include: Watch the video below for all these highlights and more in detail:…
PRODUCT NEWS
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Autodesk VRED 2025.2 release
Excited to announce that the 2025.2 point release of VRED is now available for subscribers to download. We continue on our path to improving the user experience and ensuring consistency between our solutions. We also always work on our core rendering and XR functionality, and this release is no exception. Featured in this release: As…
PRODUCT NEWS
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The Power of Brand: Autodesk’s first student Automotive Design competition
Autodesk Automotive loves a good student design competition. We’ve talked about the APMA’s Project Arrow competition, the Domeble-Symetri Student Awards, and the student shows that Car Design News keeps an eye on, like the Coventry University’s Automotive and Transportation Design Show and the Royal College of Art’s post-graduate show – to name only a few.…
News
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New! Alias Subdivision tutorials
We’re thrilled to share new video-based Alias Subdivision (Subdiv) tutorials with you. We spoke with Randal Ellwood, our Principal Content Experience Designer, about what they are, who they’re for, how you can access them. These videos introduce the Subdivision Workspace and basic subdivision principles. They also share tips on how to incorporate more specific Subdiv tools…
Essential SKILLS
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Enabling creative innovation in the design studio: Car Design News webinar – October 2 2024!
We’re thrilled to be doing another webinar with our friends from Car Design News Wednesday October 2, 2024. Phil Botley and Brandon Tasker will be presenting on some of the latest Autodesk solution insights: Register to reserve your spot. https://www.cardesignnews.com/webinars/register-now-enabling-creative-innovation-in-the-design-studio/45935.article Stay tuned for more customer spotlights, industry stories, and product updates. You can also check…
PRODUCT NEWS
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D3D 30 Awards: Alias Control Puck recognized
The D3D 30 is DEVELOP3D’s annual round-up of 30 new technologies. These technologies are chosen because they have are potentially the most impactful in the product development processes of D3D readers. Companies and technologies from around the world are chosen by the DEVELOP3D editorial team entirely on the basis of merit – no entry fee, no black-tie…
PRODUCT NEWS
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PAUSE: 2024.1 Highlights
Our PAUSE series aims to share Design Studio Blog posts you may have missed. It’s a chance for you to pause on a particular subject or series and take it in. Here are some of the highlights from the first half of 2024.
INDUSTRY NEWS
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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…
Advanced SKILLS
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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…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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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…
Advanced SKILLS