2011 Projects

In the Autodesk IDEA Studio, Jin Kook Lee from Georgia Institute of Technology aimed to enhance object querying and rule checking of BIM models.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University explored using CAD models of cities to optimize the flight path of an autonomous drone for rescue missions.

Researchers from University of Southern California sought to revolutionize early stage building design by “designing in” energy and economics through automation and evolutionary optimization.

In the IDEA Studio, University of Washington Ph.D. candidate Deepak Chandran initiated development of an Autodesk® Maya® plug-in for 3D simulation of synthetic biology experiments.

David Benjamin, founder of architecture firm The Living, developed a software workflow in the IDEA Studio to model, simulate, and optimize synthetic biology systems.

In the Autodesk IDEA Studio, Marcelo Bernal used Autodesk® Revit® Architecture software to automate the generation of building cores for variable building shapes.

In the IDEA Studio, researchers from UC Berkeley integrated geospatial and parametric tools to craft a new kind of urban design.

In the Autodesk IDEA Studio, Olin College of Engineering students explored how gaming mechanics can enhance the software learning experience.