Autodesk Research
Boston’s Additive Edge at Autodesk: MIT Experiments with 3D Printed Concrete
At the Autodesk Technology Center in Boston, experiments don’t stay on paper for long. Ideas are tested at full scale, sometimes overnight. Among the largest machines in the space is…
3D Printing News Briefs, September 20, 2025: Standards, Floor Slabs, Wastewater Treatment, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with standards news from ASTM. Then, we’ll move on to a new 3D printable alloy from QuesTek Innovations, and Autodesk Research…
Boston’s Additive Edge at Autodesk: Inside a Playground of Builders and Breakthroughs
Stepping into Autodesk’s Technology Center in Boston feels like entering the engine room of the future. The tools are sharp, and no idea is too wild to prototype. It’s a…
3D Printing News Briefs, December 17, 2022: PAEK Patents, Private Flying Vehicle, & More
In 3D Printing News Briefs today, Oxford Performance Materials has acquired Ketonex’s PAEK patent portfolio. A 3D scanning app for mobile devices that turns photos into high-fidelity 3D models is…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 26, 2022: Metal Alloys, Construction, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with research out of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation on 3D printing sensors in a single operation, and then…
Autodesk Research Collaborates with Dartmouth College to Design and 3D Print Free-Form Wind Instruments
Like many junior high school students, I opted to choose an instrument to study and play in the school’s musical ensemble, or band, though I had a college professor who…
Smoke, Spin, Gallop & Go in 3D Print with Autodesk’s New ChronoFab Modeling Tool
Despite all its wonder and magic, 3D technology so far has only allowed us to produce models in static form. And while often our prints may be part of a…
Autodesk Research: Update Legacy Devices Yourself via Easy 3D Modeling & 3D Printing with RetroFab
The key to a successful relationship is working together and offering good communication. That’s also often generally the antidote for what ails many a suffering human partnership, but what about all that time…
Autodesk Moves to MaRS–New Location in Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District
The MaRS Discovery District in Ontario, Canada is one of the largest technology, medical and science innovation hubs in the world. Founded as a non-profit back in 2000, MaRS is…
MIT Researchers Create ‘Fab Forms’ – Software That May Make 3D Modeling & Printing Easy for All
I must admit that, while I have been covering the 3D printing space for nearly two years now, and have had an interest in the technology long before that, when…
LLNL Teams with Autodesk for Next-Generation 3D Printed Helmet Project
Teams of researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Autodesk have signed an agreement which will see them begin work on exploring ways design software can be used to…
‘Tactum’ By MadLabs — Create 3D Printable Designs Using The Human Body As The Interface
Madeline Gannon is a researcher, designer, and educator at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Architecture where she’s completing work as a PhD candidate in Computational Design. She’s also the principal…
