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 is the company's flagship computer-aided design (CAD) software and, along with its 3D design software Revit, is 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. offices are located in the states of California, Oregon, Colorado, Texas, Michigan, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Autodesk is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has offices worldwide. is an American multinational software corporation that makes software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education, and entertainment industries. Financials as of January 31, 2023 Īutodesk, Inc.

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