22 Facts About Autodesk

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

Autodesk is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has offices worldwide.

Autodesk software has been used in many fields, and on projects from the One World Trade Center to Tesla electric cars.

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.

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

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In 2007, Timothy Vernor sued Autodesk, alleging that he was entitled to resell "used" copies of AutoCAD software on eBay.

Autodesk had obtained the software from an Autodesk licensee at an office liquidation sale.

Autodesk introduced a new logo at the TED conference in Long Beach, California, on February 26,2013.

Autodesk announced the largest lay off in its history on November 27,2017, with the lay off of 1,150 jobs.

The number of Autodesk employees decreased from approximately 9,200 to 7,200 in less than 2 years.

In 2022, Autodesk moved their headquarters to San Francisco from San Rafael, California — which served as their headquarters since 1994.

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

Autodesk Life Sciences is an extensible toolkit for genetic engineering.

In January 2006, Autodesk acquired Alias, a developer of 3D graphics technology.

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.

Autodesk software 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.

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 CFD includes modeling and thermal modeling tools for architectural and MEP applications.

Autodesk introduced C-FACT, an open-source, science-driven approach to setting greenhouse gas reduction targets, which calls for greenhouse gas reductions to be made in proportion to a company's gross domestic product.

Autodesk will derive its own targets using this approach through 2020.

In 2006, Autodesk sponsored a PBS program named e² Design, which focused on green building design around the world, describing the leaders and technologies that drive sustainable design.