{"id":467,"date":"2014-07-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/2014\/07\/11\/autodesk-sponsors-smartgeometry-2014-and-spotlights-latest-advancements-for-open-source-dynamo\/"},"modified":"2014-07-11T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T09:00:00","slug":"autodesk-sponsors-smartgeometry-2014-and-spotlights-latest-advancements-for-open-source-dynamo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/autodesk-sponsors-smartgeometry-2014-and-spotlights-latest-advancements-for-open-source-dynamo\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk Sponsors Smartgeometry 2014 and Spotlights Latest Advancements for Open Source Dynamo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Autodesk is proud to announce it is the lead sponsor of Smartgeometry<\/a> 2014, an annual event that brings together the world\u2019s leading experts in architectural design with computational tools \u2013 from architectural and engineering practices, as well as educational institutions. <\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s Smartgeometry<\/a>  workshops (July 14-17 in Hong Kong at the Chinese University<\/a>) will focus on \u201curban compaction<\/a>\u201d, which is all about complex issues at play in concentrating population and built infrastructure in contemporary high-rise cities. Keynote speakers will showcase major projects and research, sharing opinions on how computational design is helping to reshape today\u2019s cities.<\/p>\n

Autodesk will play a key role in the workshops by demonstrating how Building Information Modeling (BIM) empowers designers and architects to use intelligent information earlier in the design process by taking advantage of significant advancements now available for the open source Dynamo<\/a> technology. After four intense days of workshops, conference attendees will leave with an understanding of how computational BIM enabled by solutions including Dynamo, can help projects back in the office today as well as those yet to come. <\/p>\n

"In my role as the Director of Design Technology at Woods Bagot<\/a>, I have the opportunity to witness the significant benefits Autodesk software provides our Global Studio as part of our agile design and delivery process,\u201d said Shane Burger of Woods Bagot, a top global design firm and longtime Smartgeometry Workshop organizer. \u201cWith Autodesk's commitment to the Smartgeometry Workshops, we will experience a partnership between cutting-edge computational tools like Dynamo and Revit.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Latest Advancements for Dynamo<\/strong><\/p>\n

As one of the most active contributors to the open source Dynamo<\/a> project, Autodesk is excited to share several key advancements to the visual programming environment at sg2014.<\/p>\n

For those who are not familiar with Dynamo it provides a visual programming environment that is accessible to designers, allowing them to visually create logic that drives the geometry and behavior of elements and data created within Autodesk Revit<\/a>. A dedicated team of Autodesk staff actively participates in the open source community for Dynamo and continually adds capabilities to drive the creation of Revit software solutions<\/a> to help optimize workflows.  <\/p>\n

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\"2\"<\/a>Visual programming tools like Dynamo, shown here, can now be used to script and quantify anything from furniture to buildings and bridges.<\/em><\/p>\n

Autodesk is demonstrating the new 0.7.1 release of Dynamo at its Smartgeometry exhibit.  New enhancements for Dynamo include:<\/p>\n