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Scott Sheppard

Cypress, Texas

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Yesterday We Saw More of the Ravenswood Area of Chicago than We Planned: What's in a Name?

While we await the birth of our first grandchild, we are staying at the Guesthouse Hotel in Chicago. Our room has a kitchen, so parents-to-be, Blake and Stephanie, brought us groceries in the morning. We took advantage of that with... Continue reading

Posted Oct 19, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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The Future of Making: Is Bespoke Toothpaste in our Future?

Autodesk serves three industries: Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Product Design and Manufacturing Media and Entertainment We find that how people in these industries do things are becoming more alike and that their supply chains are starting to intersect. It's quite... Continue reading

Posted Oct 7, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Andrew Friendly: The Pandemic Has Proven that Government Matters

The Autodesk Point of View is our Autodesk internal provocative op-ed, published monthly by our Strategic Foresight team, where we discuss the big ideas that have the potential to significantly impact our customers and our business in the next 10... Continue reading

Posted Oct 1, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Making Software Easier to Learn

At Autodesk, we're researching how people learn because we want to make our software easier to learn. We have found that people want to do to learn instead of learn to do. In other words, they don't want to spend... Continue reading

Posted Sep 23, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Book Review: Berserker's Planet by Fred Saberhagen - AI Will Mimic/Predict Human Emotion

Enlarge via BeserkerPlanet.png (5264.4K) In my previous review of Berserker Man, also by Fred Saberhagen, I mentioned how my friend, Francis Walsh, the astronomer, loaned me some science fiction books. I usually do not read fiction, but I am reading... Continue reading

Posted Sep 15, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Book Review: NORMAL by Warren Ellis

Enlarge: Character Map from Normal "The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet." —William Gibson Our team at Autodesk is called Strategic Foresight. We help identify and articulate long-term forces of change and their implications shaping the future... Continue reading

Posted Sep 8, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Free Tinkercad Lessons Plans are Available for Teachers

With COVID-19 impacting the ability of teachers and students to gather face to face, remote learning is the remedy. As such, Tinkercad has been found to be a valuable tool in teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. Tinkercad is... Continue reading

Posted Sep 3, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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I know. The distance erases all of the imperfections. It does look rendered. Get Outlook for iOS

Commented Sep 2, 2020 on Drone Pictures of My House Opened My Eyes at It is Alive in the Lab

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Drone Pictures of My House Opened My Eyes

As a Marine, my neighbor, Clay, learned to play by the rules. As an air-traffic controller today, he knows the rules when it comes to using unmanned aerial vehicles, a.k.a., drones. So when I learned that Clay had a drone,... Continue reading

Posted Sep 1, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Autodesk Visiting Fellows Program Brings in Outside Perspectives

The Autodesk Visiting Fellows Program recruits exceptional, industry-shaping talent to help light the future path of Autodesk. Although fellows have rich sectoral expertise, they tend to focus on defining and pursuing opportunities emerging at the intersection of our traditional markets... Continue reading

Posted Aug 24, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Autodesk Forge Customer BIM6D takes AEC to the Next Dimension

Autodesk Forge is our set of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) that allow our customers and partners to customize their own solutions around their design data. Our Forge team just published a new Forge customer success story with BIM6D. BIM6D, a... Continue reading

Posted Aug 13, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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We’re planning to continue engaging directly with our customers who wrote the letter to have an open and honest dialogue, helping us further understand their needs.

Commented Aug 10, 2020 on The Power of Named Users at It is Alive in the Lab

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Unlike mine, here are the official words: https://adsknews.autodesk.com/views/reply-to-open-letter-on-revit

Commented Aug 7, 2020 on The Power of Named Users at It is Alive in the Lab

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Thank you for responding. As a technical guy (software developer) and not a sales guy, my blog post was intended to show the benefits of named users. I referenced GitHub because that is what our software developers use. I do like your analogy of the car rental though. The slight difference is that a named user licensing model would allow both you and your wife to drive the car to separate locations at the same time. In terms of pricing, the page (https://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/transition-to-named-user) shows how customers can get two named user licenses for the price that they paid for one standard license. In general, as Autodesk makes this transition, discounts are being offered so customers transition but pay about the same. As far as demonstrated benefits go, we are laying the groundwork. For example, Fusion 360 users can see what parts of the product they know and what parts they need to learn (https://apps.autodesk.com/FUSION/en/Detail/Index?id=6066693915327677039). The data from named users' command maps will be aggregated at the company level so project managers can assemble teams with the right skills as demonstrated by their command maps. I am not trying to change your mind, only share that our motivations are more than financial.

Commented Aug 6, 2020 on The Power of Named Users at It is Alive in the Lab

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Book Review: Berserker Man by Fred Saberhagen

Download BerserkerMan.jpg (4254.8K) Berserkers are mighty, killing machines, They are unmanned spaceships that have been integrated with a form of artificial intelligence referred to as The Co-ordinator. The onboard machines, auxiliary robots, and missiles allow Berserkers to execute their mission... Continue reading

Posted Aug 3, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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The Power of Named Users

Microsoft Teams lets us see who did what. I log in all the time. At work, I log into my PC and Microsoft Teams using my Autodesk domain user name and password. At home, I log into Spotify, Netflix, eTrade,... Continue reading

Posted Jul 30, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Man-Made and Natural: My Walk Down Thistledown

My wife, mother-in-law, and I live in Wildwood at Oakcrest. Wildwood at Oakcrest is a fantastic community located near Tomball and just north of Houston in Cypress, TX. Wildwood at Oakcrest is in an inviting place to call home thanks... Continue reading

Posted Jul 27, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Thank you for the kind words. Between Friendswood, Beazer, Village Builders, and Lennar, the four homebuilders agreed to set aside a few lots for some big trees instead of build homes on them (and make more money). An appreciation for greenspace is in line with our Autodesk vision of imaging, designing, and making a better world.

Commented Jul 21, 2020 on The Trees of Wildwood at Oakcrest Add Beauty, Value, and Help the Environment at It is Alive in the Lab

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The Trees of Wildwood at Oakcrest Add Beauty, Value, and Help the Environment

My wife, mother-in-law, and I live in Wildwood at Oakcrest. Wildwood at Oakcrest is a fantastic community located near Tomball and just north of Houston in Cypress, TX. Wildwood at Oakcrest is in an inviting place to call home thanks... Continue reading

Posted Jul 20, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Cadcraft uses Autodesk Forge to Streamline its Customer's Process

Autodesk Forge is our set of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) that allow our customers and partners to customize their own solutions around their design data. If what archers do is called archery, I guess what Forge developers do is called... Continue reading

Posted Jul 15, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Book Review: Transcendence by Gaia Vince

Mural I created as I read each chapter of Transcendence Like most companies during this pandemic, we're all working remotely. I am in the Houston area, one of my colleagues is in Cleveland, and the rest of our team is... Continue reading

Posted Jul 13, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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HoloLab Uses Autodesk Forge for Augmented and Mixed Reality

"Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination Take a look and you'll see into your imagination" — Gene Wilder, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory There's a brand new story that was just released by... Continue reading

Posted Jul 6, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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How About A Game of LUMA Bingo?

The LUMA Institute got its name from the Latin for illuminate, i.e., to shed light on solving problems. LUMA is a collection of 36 techniques that can be applied to practice human-centered design, often referred to as design thinking. To... Continue reading

Posted Jun 23, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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Capgemini uses Autodesk Forge to View and Manage Buildings and Infrastructure

Autodesk Forge is our set of cloud-based developer tools used by our community of customers and partners to derive more value from their design and engineering data. When you use a computer program, you do so via its User Interface... Continue reading

Posted Jun 3, 2020 at It is Alive in the Lab

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That's up for them to decide. They can see how mine holds up and then make a decision.

Commented May 28, 2020 on ProStain of Texas stained our Fence so We're no longer on the Fence about it at It is Alive in the Lab

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