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An interview with Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost on settling the proxy fight with Starboard Value, serving the "design and make" workforce, US reshoring, and more (Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/07/02/2025

Autodesk’s Andrew Anagnost on surviving an activist attack
The design software CEO says resolving an investor standoff starts with admitting which critiques are fair.

I've archived 2 forums on Autodesk's site related to the RV player. There's a big banner on top that these have been temporarily restored in read-only mode. Apparently ADSK shut them down and in doing so disappeared a large knowledge base for their products.
They'll disappear again sooner or later and there is a frustratingly low amount of developer info about #RV and

That event also has talks about #OpenRV and the mysterious #XStudio amongst many other VFX pipeline tools. Even about recommendations for h264 encoding of video clips you want to send somebody for review.
#VFX

Autodesk reports Q2 revenue up 17% to $1.76B, vs. $1.73B est., forecasts Q3 revenue above est., and raises its annual forecasts; ADSK jumps 10% after hours (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/autodesk-raises-annual…

Continuing our 3D print today of the Shenzhou capsule and Tiangong space station! Tune in to see the progress on this cool space model. #3dprinting