Autodesk opens generative design lab in Chicago

Autodesk has opened the doors to a new public workshop space in Chicago focused on generative design. The Autodesk Generative Design Field Lab is designed to help engineers and manufacturers understand how they can apply generative design to their end-to-end manufacturing processes and its potential for the future of product design.
The lab is located at the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), a 100,000 square foot manufacturing demonstration and collaboration centre which, since launching in 2015, is said to welcome over 1,000 visitors each month. The lab is equipped with a range of additive and subtractive manufacturing systems including a Farsoon eForm plastic powder bed machine, Datron Neo CNC mill, and a hybrid machine from Diversified Machine Systems (DMS) which combines metal additive manufacturing with a 3-axis router platform.