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. Autodesk Suites, Subscription and Web Services, which includes Autodesk Cloud, Autodesk Labs, and Global Engineering are also part of PSEB. 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). 3ds Max and Maya are both 3D animation software used in film visual effects and game development.Ī screenshot of AutoCAD (2006), Autodesk's flagship product. Īutodesk's Media and Entertainment division creates software for visual effects, color grading, and editing as well as animation, game development, and design visualization. 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. 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. Īutodesk 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. Autodesk software has been used in many fields, and on projects from the One World Trade Center to Tesla electric cars. 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. The company was founded in 1982 by John Walker, who was a coauthor of the first versions of AutoCAD. Its Canada offices are located in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta.

locations are in the states/commonwealths of California, Oregon, Colorado, Texas, Michigan, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Autodesk is headquartered in San Rafael, California, and features a gallery of its customers' work in its San Francisco building.

is an American multinational software corporation that makes software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education, and entertainment industries.

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