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Autodesk, Inc.
Autodesk Logo.svg
Type
Public
Traded as NASDAQ: ADSK
NASDAQ-100 Component
S&P 500 Component
Industry Software,
Media & Entertainment,
Manufacturing & Industrial
Founded January 30, 1982; 37 years ago
Mill Valley, California, U.S.
Founders John Walker, Dan Drake
Headquarters 111 McInnis Parkway San Rafael, 94903 California, U.S.
Key people
Crawford W. Beveridge
(Chairman)
Andrew Anagnost
(CEO)
Products See products
Revenue Decrease US$2.03 billion (2017)[1]
Operating income
Decrease US$-499 million (2017)[1]
Net income
Decrease US$-582 million (2017)[1]
Total assets Decrease US$4.79 billion (2017)[1]
Total equity Decrease US$733 million (2017)[1]
Number of employees
9,000+ (2016) 7,000 (2017)
Website www.autodesk.com
Autodesk, Inc. is an American multinational software corporation that makes
software services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing,
media, education, and entertainment industries. Autodesk is headquartered in San
Rafael, California, and features a gallery of its customers' work[2] in its San
Francisco building. The company has offices worldwide. Its U.S. locations are
Northern California, Oregon, Colorado, Texas, Michigan, New England, New Hampshire
and Massachusetts. Its Canada offices are located in Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta.

The company was founded in 1982 by John Walker, who was a coauthor of the first
versions of AutoCAD. AutoCAD, which is the company's flagship computer-aided design
(CAD) software and Revit software are primarily used by architects, engineers, and
structural designers to design, draft, and model buildings and other structures.
Autodesk software has been used in many fields, and on projects from the One World
Trade Center[3] to Tesla electric cars.[4]

Autodesk became best known for AutoCAD, but now develops a broad range of software
for design, engineering, and entertainment�and a line of software for consumers,
including Sketchbook. The company makes educational versions of its software
available at no cost to qualified students and faculty through the Autodesk
Education Community, and also as a donation to eligible nonprofits through TechSoup
Global. The manufacturing industry uses Autodesk's digital prototyping
software�including Autodesk Inventor, Fusion 360, and the Autodesk Product Design
Suite�to visualize, simulate, and analyze real-world performance using a digital
model in the design process.[5] The company's Revit line of software for building
information modeling is designed to let users explore the planning, construction,
and management of a building virtually before it is built.[6]
Autodesk's Media and Entertainment division creates software for visual effects,
color grading, and editing as well as animation, game development, and design
visualization.[7] 3ds Max and Maya are both 3D animation software used in film
visual effects and game development.

Contents
1 Products
1.1 Platforms
1.2 Training And Certification
1.3 Architecture, engineering and construction
1.4 Genetic engineering
1.5 Manufacturing
1.6 Media and entertainment
1.7 Renderers
1.7.1 Cloud rendering services
1.7.2 Visualization tools
1.8 Discontinued products
1.9 Maintenance-mode products
1.10 Formerly owned and have since been divested
2 History
2.1 Corporate acquisitions
3 Sustainability
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Products
Platforms

A screenshot of AutoCAD, Autodesk's flagship product.

Platform Solutions and Emerging Business (PSEB) division develops and manages the
product foundation for most Autodesk offerings across multiple markets, including
Autodesk's flagship product AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD for Mac, and AutoCAD
mobile app (formerly AutoCAD 360). Autodesk Suites, Subscription and Web Services,
which includes Autodesk Cloud, Autodesk Labs, and Global Engineering are also part
of PSEB. In what was seen as an unusual step for a maker of high-end business
software, Autodesk began offering AutoCAD LT 2012 for Mac through the Apple Mac App
Store.[8] Also part of PSEB is the Autodesk Consumer Product Group, which was
created in November 2010 to generate interest in 3-D design and �foster a new wave
of designers who hunger for sophisticated software�.[9] The products from the group
include Motion FX, and SketchBook. Users range from children, students and artists
to makers and DIYers.[10]

Training And Certification

Autodesk offers certificates in two categories: Autodesk Certified User and
Advanced Certified Professional.

Autodesk Certified User- Verifies entry-level skills in key Autodesk products.

Designed for students and instructors who wish to demonstrate basic proficiency.
Curriculum, courseware, and exams offered for independent study or institutional
integration.
Advanced Certified Professional- Validates more advanced skills, including complex
workflow and design challenges. Designed for students seeking a competitive
advantage in a specific product area.
Architecture, engineering and construction
The Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry group is
headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, in a LEED Platinum building[11] designed
and built using Autodesk software.[12] Autodesk's architecture, engineering, and
construction solutions include AutoCAD, and Revit, which is their flagship product
for relational Building information modeling. The AEC division also develops and
manages software for the Construction industry, including BIM 360, Advance Steel,
and the NavisWorks (acquired 2007) product tools; the Infrastructure industry,
including Civil 3D, and InfraWorks; and the MEP industry, including Fabrication
CADmep. The Autodesk Services Marketplace offering helps its clients train their
team in AEC Industry.[13] Projects that have used software from the Autodesk AEC
division include the NASA Ames building,[14] the San Francisco Bay Bridge,[15] the
Shanghai Tower, and New York's One World Trade Center.[16]

Genetic engineering
Autodesk Life Sciences is an extensible toolkit for genetic engineering. It
visualises DNA code (Molecule Viewer), and has a tool for writing DNA code (genetic
constructor). The tool allows work on molecule-level, rather than nucleobase-level
(A, C, G, T) constructs.

In 2018, all projects were suspended.[17]

Manufacturing
Autodesk's manufacturing industry group is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The
company's manufacturing software is used in various manufacturing segments,
including industrial machinery, electro-mechanical, tool and die, industrial
equipment, automotive components, and consumer products. Products include Fusion
360, the Product Design & Manufacturing Collection, Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD,
PowerShape, Alias Products, Factory Design Utilities, Autodesk Vault, Nastran In-
CAD, Autodesk CFD (formerly Autodesk Simulation CFD), Moldflow, Netfabb, Autodesk
HSM (formerly Inventor HSM), FeatureCAM, PowerMill, PowerInspect, and VRED.

Media and entertainment

Autodesk Media and Entertainment products are designed for digital media creation,
management, and delivery, from film and television visual effects, color grading,
and editing to animation, game development, and design visualization. Autodesk's
Media and Entertainment Division is based in Montreal, Quebec. It was established
in 1999 after Autodesk, Inc. acquired Discreet Logic, Inc. and merged its
operations with Kinetix. In January 2006, Autodesk acquired Alias, a developer of
3D graphics technology. In October 2008, Autodesk acquired the Softimage brand from
Avid.[18] The principal product offerings from the Media and Entertainment Division
are Flame, Smoke, and the Media & Entertainment Collection, which include Maya, 3ds
Max, Arnold, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, and ReCap Pro.

Much of Avatar's visual effects were created with Autodesk media and entertainment
software. Autodesk software enabled Avatar director James Cameron to aim a camera
at actors wearing motion-capture suits in a studio and see them as characters in
the fictional world of Pandora in the film.[19] Autodesk software also played a
role in the visual effects of Alice in Wonderland, The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Inception, Iron Man 2, King
Kong, Gladiator, Titanic, and other films.[20]

Renderers
Autodesk develops and purchased many specific-purpose renderers but many Autodesk
products had been bundled with third-party renderers such as NVIDIA Mental Ray or
Iray.

Autodesk Raytracer (ART; aka RapidRT[21]) - a simple path tracing renderer based on
Opticore technology.[22][23]
Autodesk Real Time Ray Tracing (Autodesk RTRT; formerly Opus RTRT) - a ray tracing
rendering engine used in Autodesk Opticore Studio[24] and Autodesk Real-Time Ray
Tracing Cluster
Autodesk VRED - a OpenGL/Raytracing real-time and offline renderer that supports
direct NURBS ray tracing
RenderGin (formerly Augenblick MMV) - a discontinued realtime NURBS ray tracing
renderer the technology was merged into VRED.[25]
Autodesk Realtime Renderer (formerly VSR Realtime Renderer) - a discontinued ray
tracing renderer for Rhinoceros 3D.
Arnold Renderer - a CPU-only unidirectional path tracing renderer for animation and
visual effects
Turtle - a primary texture-baking renderer in Maya LT; its baking technology was
also used in Beast, a discontinued lighting middleware with baking tools.
Maya Software - a scanline/raytracing hybrid renderer in Maya
3ds Max Scanline - a scanline/ray tracing/radiosity hybrid renderer in 3ds Max
Lightscape - a discontinued radiosity renderer; its technologies were merged within
Autodesk VIZ (later 3ds Max Design).[26]
Maya Vector - a vector renderer based on Electric Rain's RAViX technology.[27]
One Graphics System - a GPU photorealistic/non-photorealistic renderer, aka
Nitrous/Quicksilver[28] in 3ds Max and Viewport 2.0/Hardware 2.0 in Maya
Maya Hardware - a legacy GPU rasterize renderer in Maya 2017 or earlier.
Cloud rendering services
Autodesk Rendering (formerly A360 Rendering) - a simple cloud renderer
Lagoa MultiOptics - a discontinued cloud renderer for visualization
3ds Max Cloud Rendering - a technology preview cloud rendering system for Arnold on
3ds Max.[29][30]
Azure Batch Rendering - a cloud rendering system for Maya, 3ds Max and Arnold,
which is provided by Autodesk and Microsoft.[31]
Visualization tools
Autodesk ImageStudio (formerly Alias ImageStudio) - a discontinued visualization
tool based on mental ray, marketed for Autodesk Alias
Autodesk Showcase - a discontinued design visualization tool
Autodesk Opticore Studio (formerly Opus Studio) - a discontinued design
visualization tool
Autodesk VRED (formerly PI-VR VRED)
3ds Max Interactive - a real-time visualization tool based on Autodesk Stingray,
shipped within 3ds Max.
Revit Live - a real-time visualization service for Autodesk Revit
Discontinued products
Some of Autodesk's "retired" products are listed here:

Lightscape 3.2 Was the world's only radiosity rendering package at the time (1991)
developed from work done by Donald Greenberg at the Cornell University Department
of Computer Graphics. The problem with this part of Autodesk's history is that it
was a time of discovery in computer graphics, and Cornell was one of the
birthplaces for the technology. In this sense Lightscape was more than just another
product, it was an essential part of the development of rendering technology
generally, and part of its evolution. Additionally the software came from a
university research department and represented the start of a development cycle
that users the world over were watching closely. Regardless, Autodesk purchased
rights to the software and promptly discontinued its sale. A primitive version of
the radiosity renderer was incorporated into the companies 3d Studio Max product,
while existing Lightscape customers and the product were simply dropped.[citation
needed]
Volo View was a web-enabled review and markup tool from Autodesk for engineering
data, including support for Autodesk's DWG, DXF, and DWF formats. Volo View enabled
design teams to communicate ideas and review designs without access to AutoCAD
software. Autodesk discontinued sales of Volo View on May 1, 2005. The latest
version of the software, Volo View 3, worked with the following file formats:
AutoCAD 2004, DWG and DXF; Design Web Format (DWF 6); Autodesk Inventor 7 IPT, IAM,
and IDW and raster files. The functionality of this product is largely replaced by
Autodesk DWF Composer (versions 1 and 2) later replaced by the free Autodesk Design
Review. Autodesk has also released a free product called DWG TrueView. This product
enables users to view and plot AutoCAD DWG and DXF files, and to publish these same
files to the DWF file format.
Autodesk Animator Pro (DOS) and Autodesk Animator Studio (Windows) were products
designed for cel-based animation produced between the early-to-mid-1990s. At the
time Autodesk was also advertising an Autodesk Media product similar in description
to Macromedia Director but this product was never released to the public.
Cyberspace by Autodesk was an early real-time 3D environment capable of producing
basic phong shaded walkthroughs of DXF format models in "realtime". No textures
were supported, and the system was able to support a maximum DXF model size of
around 35 KB.[citation needed] A popular demo model of the Parthenon in Greece was
shown around the United States in a tour of the portable demo system � complete
with virtual reality goggles.
AutoSketch
AutoShade
AutoCAD Survey (Autodesk Survey)
Civil Design
AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion (AutoCAD Land Desktop)
Autodesk Mechanical Desktop
AutoCAD Freestyle, released in April 26, 2010 and discontinued January 31, 2011.
Autodesk Fluid FX
Autodesk Time FX
Inventor Fusion was discontinued August 23, 2014 due to redundancies with Fusion
360.[32]
Sketchbook designer has been discontinued as of November 1, 2012[33]
Softimage was discontinued after the release of Softimage 2015 in April 14, 2014.
Face Robot
Lagoa Multiphysics
Autodesk Stitcher Unlimited
Autodesk ImageModeler
Autodesk Movimento (formerly Realviz Movimento)
Autodesk Combustion
Discreet Effect (formerly Illuminaire Composition)
Discreet Paint (formerly Illuminaire Paint)
Cleaner Streaming Studio
Cleaner Live
Cleaner
Cinestream (formerly EditDV)
3D software for game modification
gmax
Maya PLE[34]
XSI Mod Tool
Autodesk Topobase Client - its feature was merged into AutoCAD Map 3D.[35]
Autodesk Topobase Web - its feature was merged into Autodesk Infrastructure Map
Server.[35]
Autodesk Opticore Realizer (formerly Opus Realizer)
Autodesk Opticore Studio (formerly Opus Studio)
Autodesk AutoCAD ecscad - the product was replaced by AutoCAD Electrical.[36]
AutoCAD Structural Detailing[37]
tsElements for SolidWorks[38]
FBX Converter
FBX QuickTime Viewer
Autodesk Scaleform Unity Integration[39]
Revit variants
Autodesk Revit Architecture - its features were merged into Revit itself.[40]
Autodesk Revit Structure - its features were merged into Revit itself.[40]
Autodesk Revit MEP - its features were merged into Revit itself.[40]
Autodesk Ecotect Analysis[41]
Buzzsaw[42] - the service was replaced by BIM 360 Docs.[42]
Mockup 360[43] - the tool was replaced by A360 Viewer.[43]
Autodesk Remote[44]
Inventor Engineer-to-Order[45]
Autodesk Advance Concrete[46]
Autodesk Quantity Takeoff - some features of the product were merged into Autodesk
Navisworks Simulate.[47]
Autodesk 123D
Autodesk 3D Print Utility - its features were merged into the Meshmixer.[48]
Autodesk 123D CNC Utility
Autodesk 123D Sculpt+ (formerly 123D Sculpt and Sculpt 123D)
Autodesk 123D Make - its slice feature was now in "Slicer for Fusion 360" add-in.
[49][50]
Autodesk 123D Catch (formerly Project Photofly)
Autodesk 123D Circuits (a.k.a. Circuits.io) - its "Electronics Lab" feature was
merged in Tinkercad.[51][52][53]
Tinkerplay (formerly Modio)
Autodesk plugins for Rhino
Autodesk T-Splines Plug-in for Rhino[54]
Autodesk Shape Modeling Plug-in for Rhino[54] (formerly VSR Shape Modeling)
Autodesk Realtime Renderer[54] (formerly VSR Realtime Renderer)
Autodesk ForceEffect family[55]
Autodesk ForceEffect
Autodesk ForceEffectMotion
Autodesk ForceEffectFlow
Autodesk Spark[56] - the 3D Print API in Autodesk Forge was also discontinued.[57]
Print Studio[58] - the tool was replaced by Netfabb.[58]
Autodesk Footwear CAM Software (formerly Delcam Crispin[59])[60]
Autodesk Delcam for Solidworks CAM Software
Autodesk Delcam Dentmill CAM Software
Autodesk Delcam Orthomill CAM Software
Autodesk Artcam CAM Software
Autodesk Partmaker CAM Software
Autodesk Inventor Publisher - the product was replaced by the presentation feature
of Autodesk Inventor Professional.[61]
AutoCAD Utility Design[62]
Pixlr for Desktop[63]
Autodesk Showcase[64][65]
Autodesk Real-Time Ray Tracing Cluster
Autodesk Simulation Mechanical[66]
Autodesk Homestyler[67]
Autodesk ReMake - the product was replaced by ReCap Photo in ReCap Pro.[68]
Autodesk Gameware
Autodesk Scaleform[69]
Autodesk Beast[69]
Autodesk HumanIK[69]
Autodesk Navigation[69] (the successor of Autodesk Kynapse)
Autodesk Population
Autodesk Cognition
Lagoa[70]
Autodesk Stingray[71] (formerly Bitsquid) - the product is now part of 3ds Max as
"3ds Max Interactive".
Autodesk Infrastructure Map Server[72] (formerly Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise
Server)
Autodesk Live Viewer[73] - The presentation published by Autodesk Live (Revit Live)
now comes with internal viewer[73] but its mobile publishing feature was dropped.
[74]
Autodesk Flow Design[75]
AutoCAD variants
AutoCAD P&ID[76] - the product was replaced by AutoCAD Plant 3D.[76]
AutoCAD Architecture (formerly Autodesk Architectural Desktop) - the product was
merged into AutoCAD itself.[77]
AutoCAD Electrical - the product was merged into AutoCAD itself.[78]
AutoCAD Mechanical - the product was merged into AutoCAD itself.[79]
AutoCAD MEP (formerly Autodesk Building Systems) - the product was merged into
AutoCAD itself.[80]
AutoCAD Map 3D - the product was merged into AutoCAD itself.[81]
AutoCAD Plant 3D - the product was merged into AutoCAD itself.[82]
AutoCAD Raster Design - the product was merged into AutoCAD itself.[83]
Structural Analysis for Revit[84] - the product was replaced by Robot Structural
Analysis Professional.
A360 Desktop[85]
Autodesk InfraWorks 360 iPad app[86]
Autodesk MatchMover (formerly RealViz MatchMover)
Autodesk Composite (formerly Autodesk Toxik[87])
BIM 360 Team[88] (formerly A360 Team)
P&ID Modeler for Revit - deprecated to expand the use of the product.[89]
Collaboration for Plant 3D (C4P) - deprecated to expand the use of the product.[89]
Autodesk Revit Extensions[90]
Autodesk TruFiber - the product was merged into TruComposites.[91]
Autodesk TruLaser - the product was merged into TruComposites.[92]
Autodesk TruPlan - the product was merged into TruComposites.[93]
Autodesk Life Sciences' products[17]
Genetic Constructor[94]
Molecule Viewer[95]
Maintenance-mode products
Autodesk Constructware
Formerly owned and have since been divested
Autodesk Seek - acquired by BIMobject AB.[96][97]
Autodesk Pixlr - acquired by 123RF.[98]
History
Autodesk's first notable product was AutoCAD, a computer-aided design application
designed to run on the systems known as "microcomputers" at the time, including
those running the 8-bit CP/M operating system and two of the new 16-bit systems,
the Victor 9000 and the IBM Personal Computer (PC). This tool provided made it
affordable for smaller design, engineering, and architecture companies to create
detailed technical drawings.

Autodesk became a public company in 1985. John Walker did not enjoy the process of
writing the prospectus, relating the process to "lying on the beach or juggling
chainsaws".[99]

Release 2.1 of AutoCAD, released in 1986, included AutoLISP, a built-in Lisp

programming language interpreter initially based on XLISP.[100] This opened the
door for third party developers to extend AutoCAD's functionality, to address a
wide range of vertical markets, strengthening AutoCAD's market penetration.

Subsequent to AutoCAD Release 13, the company stopped supporting the Unix
environment and the Apple Macintosh platform. After AutoCAD Release 14 (R13 was
last DOS & Unix release), first shipped in 1997, Autodesk discontinued development
under DOS, and focused exclusively on Microsoft Windows.

AutoCAD has grown to become the most widely used CAD program for 2D non-specialized
applications.[101] The native file formats written by AutoCAD, DXF and DWG, are
also widely used for CAD data interoperability.

In 1989, Autodesk's sales grew to over $100,000,000 after just four operational
years.[102]

In the 1990s, with the purchase of Softdesk in 1997, Autodesk started to develop
specialty versions of AutoCAD, targeted to broad industry segments, including
architecture, civil engineering, and manufacturing. Since the late 1990s, the
company has added a number of significant non-AutoCAD-based products, including
Revit, a parametric building modeling application (acquired in 2002, from
Massachusetts-based Revit Technologies for $133 million), and Inventor, an
internally developed parametric mechanical design CAD application.

In 2007, Timothy Vernor sued Autodesk (Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc.), alleging that he
was entitled to resell "used" copies of AutoCAD software on eBay. He had obtained
the software from an Autodesk licensee at an office liquidation sale.[103] A
federal district judge in Washington state denied Autodesk's initial motion to
dismiss in early 2008. In February and March 2009, both sides filed motions for
summary judgment addressing the issue whether the First Sale Doctrine applies to
previously licensed software.[104] The Court ruled in Vernor's favor, holding that
when the transfer of software to the purchaser materially resembled a sale (non-
recurring price, right to perpetual possession of copy) it was, in fact, a "sale
with restrictions on use"[105] giving rise to a right to resell the copy under the
first-sale doctrine. As such, Autodesk could not pursue an action for copyright
infringement against Vernor, who sought to resell used versions of its software on
eBay. Autodesk appealed the decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit, which reversed the lower court ruling, denying Vernor the right to
resale Autodesk software due to Autodesk's nontransferable licensing restrictions.
[106] In October 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals ruling.[107]

Autodesk introduced its current logo at the TED conference in Long Beach,
California on February 26, 2013.[108][109][110]

Autodesk announced the largest lay off in its history on Nov 27th 2017 with the lay
off of 1,150 jobs. This is in addition to the almost 1,000 job cuts announced in
January 2016. The number of Autodesk employees has shrunk from approximately 9,200
to 7,200 in less than 2 years. http://fortune.com/2017/11/28/autodesk-slash-
workforce/

Corporate acquisitions
On October 16, 1992, Autodesk acquired Micro Engineering Solutions (MES) Inc., a
developer and marketer of manufacturing CAD / CAM software.[111][112][113]
On August 4, 1993, Autodesk acquired Ithaca Software, a 3D computer graphics
company founded by Autodesk's former CEO Carl Bass and Garry Wiegand.[114][115]
On December 10, 1996, Autodesk announced its plan to acquire Softdesk, a developer
of architecture, engineering and construction software.[116]
On May 6, 1998, Autodesk acquired assets of Genius CAD-Software to strengthen the
functionality of its core mechanical products.[117]
On August 21, 1998, Autodesk agreed to acquire Discreet Logic Inc. for about $520
million in stock.[118]
On April 22, 1999, Autodesk acquired VISION* Solutions, a vendor of enterprise
automated mapping/facilities management/geographic information systems (AM/FM/GIS)
from MCI Systemhouse Corp.[119]
On January 24, 2001, Autodesk acquired Gentry Systems, a supplier of specialized
software tools and services in the electric utility industry. The asset were used
to strengthen Autodesk's position in the utility industry.[119]
On September 24, 2001, Autodesk acquired Buzzsaw.
On February 21, 2002, Autodesk acquired Revit Technology Corporation, a developer
of parametric building technology for building design, construction, and
management.
On August 6, 2002, Autodesk acquired CAiCE Software Corporation, a developer of
surveying and engineering applications for transportation agencies and consultants.
On December 18, 2002, Autodesk acquired the assets of truEInnovations, Inc. to
create the application Autodesk Vault.
On March 4, 2003, Autodesk acquired Linius Technologies, Inc. and purchased certain
assets of a third software company�VIA Development Corporation.
On February 24, 2004, Autodesk acquired MechSoft, Inc., the developer of the
MechSoft product.
On March 2005, Autodesk acquired the assets of COMPASS systems GmbH, to strengthen
Autodesk's position in the European product data management market.[120]
On January 10, 2006, Autodesk acquired Alias, with its automotive styling and
digital content creation applications such as FBX file format.[121]
On August 6, 2007, Autodesk announced the acquisition of Skymatter Inc, developer
of Mudbox.[122]
On August 9, 2007, Autodesk Completes Acquisition of NavisWorks Limited.[123]
On August 20, 2007, Autodesk announced that it completed the acquisition of
technology and product assets of Opticore AB in Gothenburg, Sweden.[124] Opticore
is specialized in real time visualization primarily for the carmakers industry.
On August 28, 2007, Autodesk announced the acquisition of PlassoTech, developers of
CAE applications.[125]
On January 15, 2008, Autodesk completed the acquisition of Robobat, a France-based
developer of structural engineering analysis applications.[126][127]
On February 12, 2008 Autodesk announces that it completed the acquisition of the
assets of Carmel Software Corporation.
On May 1, 2008, Autodesk announced agreed to acquire Moldflow Corporation, a
leading provider of injection molding simulation software.[128]
On May 7, 2008, Autodesk announced that it completed the acquisition of Kynogon SA,
the privately held maker of Kynapse artificial intelligence middleware.[129] Paris-
based Kynogon specialized in video game middleware and simulation.
The same day, Autodesk also announced the acquisition of REALVIZ S.A.[130]
REALVIZ's flagship products are "Stitcher" software for the creation of panoramas
and 360 degree virtual tours, and "ImageModeler" software to produce 3D models from
photographs.
On June 26, 2008, a press release announced the acquisition of Square One Research
and its flagship product, Ecotect.[131]
On October 23, 2008, Autodesk announced the acquisition on Avid's Softimage, Co.
business, developers of 3D application Softimage (formerly Softimage|XSI).[132]
On December 15, 2008, Autodesk announced the acquisition of BIMWorld, plans to
combine BIMWorld with Autodesk Seek.
On December 17, 2008, Autodesk agreed to acquire ALGOR, Inc. for approximately $34
million.[133]
On December 2009, Autodesk announced the acquisition of VisualTAO (also known as
PlanPlatform), an Israeli start-up that developed cloud-based web and mobile
applications that enable users to view and edit AutoCAD files online. VisualTAO
became part of PSEB, and the product was released during 2010 as "AutoCAD WS".[134]
On July 21, 2010, Autodesk announced the acquisition of Illuminate Labs, the maker
of Beast (a global illumination middleware) and Turtle (a global illumination
plugin for Maya) used for video game development.[135]
On February 17, 2011, Autodesk announced the acquisition of Blue Ridge Numerics,
Inc., a leading provider of simulation software.[136]
On March 1, 2011, Autodesk announced the acquisition of Scaleform, a UI middleware
for video games.[137]
On July 19, 2011, Autodesk announced the acquisition of Pixlr, online photo editing
and sharing service.[138]
On August 1, 2011, Autodesk announced the acquisition of Instructables, a website
and platform where users can share their ideas and collaborate with a variety of
do-it-yourself projects.[139]
On August 25, 2011, Autodesk announced the acquisition of Numenus, which optimizes
CAD and construction processes by using NURBS technology.[140]
On November 6, 2011, Autodesk announced the acquisition of Grip Entertainment,
which develops behavior control systems for computer-controlled characters in video
games.[141]
On December 16, 2011, Autodesk announced the acquisition of Horizontal Systems, a
provider of cloud-based BIM (Building Information Modeling) collaboration solutions
for the AEC (architecture, engineering and construction) industry.[142]
On October 4, 2012, Autodesk announced the acquisition of Qontext, Inc., an
enterprise social collaboration platform to accelerate Autodesk's ongoing move to
the cloud and expansion of social capabilities in the Autodesk 360 cloud-based
service.[143]
On March 19, 2013, Autodesk completed the acquisition of Firehole Technologies, a
developer of design and analysis software for composite materials.[144]
On May 18, 2013, TinkerCAD announced it had been bought by Autodesk.[145] TinkerCAD
is a browser-based 3D solid modeling tool for rapid prototyping known for its
simple interface and entry-level ease of use.[146]
On October 2, 2013, Autodesk signs agreement to acquire structural fabrication and
detailing software- Advance Steel from Graitec.[147]
On February 6, 2014, Autodesk completed the acquisition of Delcam, a UK based
supplier of advanced CAD/CAM software for the manufacturing industry.[148]
On March 19, 2014, Creative Market announced it had been bought by Autodesk.[149]
Creative Market is a platform for handcrafted, mousemade design content from
independent creatives around the world.
On May 2014, Autodesk acquired Within Technologies, a company founded by Siavash
Haroun Mahdavi.[150]
On June 25, 2014, Shotgun Software announced that it had been acquired by Autodesk.
[151] Shotgun Software are the publishers of the popular "Shotgun" project tracking
software for media and entertainment content creation.
On July 11, 2014, Autodesk acquired Topolabs Technology, a company founded by James
Page which pioneered the use of 3D toolpaths for FDM/FFF additive manufacturing
systems.
On August 27, 2015, Autodesk signs agreement to acquire SeeControl.[152]
On April 18, 2016, Autodesk announced that it had acquired SolidAngle, creator of
the Arnold rendering software.[153]
On June 27, 2016, Autodesk acquired CadSoft Computer GmbH, creator of the PCB
design software EAGLE, from Premier Farnell.[154]
On July 9, 2018, Autodesk announced that it had acquired Assemble Systems.[155]
On November 20, 2018, Autodesk announced that it would acquire PlanGrid, a San
Francisco-based provider of construction productivity software.[156]
On December 20, 2018, Autodesk announced that it would acquire BuildingConnected, a
San Francisco-based construction bid-management platform.[157]
Sustainability
Autodesk CFD (formerly Autodesk Simulation CFD) includes modeling and thermal
modeling tools for architectural and MEP applications. Common applications for
environmental sustainable design include mechanical ventilation, external flow
(wind loading), natural ventilation, and occupant comfort. Other energy
applications include analysis for building energy, solar load, advanced energy and
heating and cooling.[158][159] Autodesk introduced C-FACT, an open-source, science-
driven approach to setting greenhouse gas reduction targets, which calls for
greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions to be made in proportion to a company's gross
domestic product (GDP). Unlike other carbon accounting methods, Autodesk's C-FACT
measures carbon dioxide emissions that are proportional to a company's global GDP
contribution.[160] Autodesk will derive its own targets using this approach through
2020.

In 2006, Autodesk sponsored a PBS program named e� Design,[161] which focused on

green building design around the world, describing the leaders and technologies
that drive sustainable design.

See also
Digital Prototyping
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