Brian Ekins
Owner at Ekins Solutions, LLC
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Ekins is a seasoned CAD software veteran and founder of Ekins Solutions, with a unique blend of hands-on design experience and API-centric automation for major CAD platforms. Over a 20-year tenure at Autodesk, he designed and documented the Fusion 360 and Inventor APIs, mentoring thousands of users through classes, courses, and blog posts, and served as Principal UX Designer and Product Owner for API tooling. Earlier in his career, he shaped Solid Edge API design at Intergraph and provided advanced customization and training across mechanical CAD systems. Based in Portland, Oregon, he helps clients tailor CAD systems to their specific workflows, delivering custom automation and API training to empower in-house capabilities. His deep understanding of internal CAD architectures informs practical, end-to-end solutions that streamline design-to-manufacturing processes.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Associates, Drafting, Engineering, Associates, Drafting, Engineering at Snow CollegeBS, Design Engineering Technology, BS, Design Engineering Technology at Brigham Young University
English
Stackoverflow
138reputation
3kreached
7answers
3questions
Github Skills (27)
fusion-3608
intellisense7
python-extension7
fusion7
pylint7
highlighting6
autodesk6
vbnet6
api6
3d6
physics-engine6
solidworks6
autodesk-inventor6
voronoi6
fusion3606
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
brianekins/MeshIntersect
Jun 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
brianekins/FusionHackathonSamples
Oct 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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