Aparajit Pratap
Software Development Engineer at Autodesk
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAparajit Pratap is a seasoned software development engineer with 12 years of experience designing programming languages, computational geometry libraries, and visual programming tools for CAD, simulation, and automation workflows. Based in Boston, he has spent much of his career at Autodesk leading development of Dynamo and Revit integrations, driving features for desktop and cloud-based computational design environments. His background spans engineering roles at GE and startups where he built geometric engines, data acquisition and simulation-validation products, demonstrating a rare blend of academic rigor (MS from UT Austin) and hands-on product delivery. Aparajit contributes to open-source Dynamo projects, focusing on backend stability, Excel integration and test automation that keep complex design workflows reliable. Colleagues rely on him for inventing practical geometric methodologies and for resolving thorny merge and automation issues in large codebases. He brings deep domain knowledge of 3D modeling and visual IDEs coupled with a pragmatic engineering approach to shipping robust design tooling.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceM.S., M.S. at The University of Texas at AustinHigh School, High School at Sishya
Github Skills (15)
revit10
net10
asp-net10
bim10
dotnet10
visual-programming10
csharp10
revit-api10
dotnet-core10
testing10
test-automation9
excel9
debug8
debugging8
git6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
DynamoDS/Dynamo
Feb 2014 - Jan 2023
Open Source Graphical Programming for Design
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 1828 reviews, 1740 commits in 9 years
Contributions summary:Aparajit's commits primarily focused on modifying code within test files. Specifically, they revised comments in a test case involving the ExcelTests.cs file and merged changes from master into a branch called "readExcelAsString," potentially indicating an interest in or work on reading excel data. Furthermore, their work includes adding or updating tests in the core/excel directory, indicating they might be working on features related to excel document processing in the software.
graphical-programminggraphicaldynamo-apidynamovisualprogramming
DynamoDS/DynamoRevit
Jan 2015 - Aug 2022
Dynamo Libraries for Revit
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:10 reviews, 237 commits, 236 PRs in 7 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Aparajit primarily contributed to the Revit add-in's functionality by modifying and updating the existing code to improve node re-execution, address merge conflicts, and implement minor fixes. They modified various aspects of the add-in, including elements, the Revit dynamo model, sun path settings, and selection-related code. Furthermore, the user addressed merge conflicts and fixed failing test cases which likely involved test automation.
dynamodbdynamorevitbimdynamorevit
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