Autodesk Design for Audio Technology

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Challenge overview

Use Autodesk® Fusion 360™ to design Headphones, Speakers, and Hearables. You could win prizes, recognition, and (virtual) face-to-face time with industry leaders from from: 

• Bose®, a global leader in sound systems, headphones, and home audio and video products

• Sennheiser®, a global leader in headphones, headsets, and microphones

• Sonos®, a global leader in smart networked sound systems and speakers

• Turtle Beach®, a global leader in gaming headsets and headphones with microphones  

• ​Real Industry™, a global leader in behind-the-scenes education on skills and careers in the technology industry

Challenge details

The Autodesk® Design for Audio Technology challenge gives you a chance to amplify your skills in support of your future career and an opportunity to share your designs with industry professionals.     Compete against your design and engineering peers through your design entries judged by a panel of industry professionals from BOSE, Sennheiser, Sonos, Turtle Beach, and Real Industry.  

Simply create 3D models of your design concept in one of three categories: Headphones, Speakers, or Hearables considering aesthetics, comfort, portability, mobility, sound quality, and personalization. You can submit one or more designs in each of the three categories. Simply follow these guidelines. Learn more about participation and the Official Rules (coming soon).

Get inspired by peer designs uploaded to the Autodesk® Design for Audio Technology gallery, vote2  for your favorite designs, or share your design with peers via social media.

Judging Criteria

Judges will select the finalists and winners based on the following criteria in each category:

• Innovation and inventiveness (30%): How well does this new design “push the envelope” and enhance user experience?

• Software skills (30%): How well does the student designer demonstrate technical skills and quality of design submitted based on technical requirements?

• Suitability to purpose (20%): How well does the design prove useful and suited to serving its purpose, providing a positive user experience?

• Creativity (20%): How well does the entry reflect cleverness and originality of thought to support the challenge and add value?

Get Started

• Start by downloading Autodesk® Fusion 360™, free access is available for students, educators, and schools

• Confirm your category:

  • 13-17 years old student, or 18-24 years old – student

• Next, check out Autodesk how-to videos, tips, and online resources to get racing in no time:

  • (link to video playlists: beginner, intermediate, advanced)

  • (link to step-by-step instructions: beginner, intermediate, advanced)

• Once you feel comfortable with Autodesk® Fusion 360™ and the posted guidelines, start designing

• Be sure your final design/s have the Autodesk logo visible in the render.  Download logo here.

• ​Post your Headphones, Speakers, and Hearables designs as a Fusion 360 file (.f3z or .f3d files) and render (.JPG) to the Design for Audio Technology challenge website for consideration.

• Vote for your favorite designs and share news of the challenge with your peers via social media

Submitting an Entry

• Your model must be created exclusively using Autodesk® Fusion 360™

  • Submissions created in other software programs will not be accepted

• All individual components must be modeled by you. You cannot import existing CAD data into your design with the exception of the provided “start file” by Autodesk and/or components from McMaster-Carr 1

• Model components must be combined and submitted as one .F3D or one .F3Z file

  • Please see tips for exporting files from Fusion 360

• Submissions must include at least one rendering as a .JPG or .PNG file from Fusion 360

  • Local renders may be produced in Fusion 360 or the Fusion 360 cloud renderer

• You must be the sole owner of the project and all materials submitted to Autodesk. Projects sponsored or funded by third parties may not be used. No third party (including your school or project sponsors) should have any rights to materials you submit.

• Your model must have the Autodesk logo applied as a decal to its bodywork

Eligible Entrants & Submissions

1. Only entries uploaded to the Autodesk “Design for Audio Technology” challenge gallery website through the "File Upload " button on the challenge page will be considered an entry. Only public entries are eligible. 

2. You are required to exclusively use Autodesk® Fusion 360™ for developing design entries.

3. Entries are automatically given the tag "adskdesignforaudiotech" when uploading to the Autodesk “Design for Audio Technology” challenge gallery website. Please do not edit or delete this tag. Only entries with valid tag will participate in the challenge.

4. Ensure your design meets all of the above requirements.

5. Submit your final design to the “Design for Audio Technology” gallery.  You must include your finished model.

6. Please add [email protected] and [email protected] to your safe-sender list to ensure that updates reach you and email Autodesk with any questions.

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