History & Vision | Then
In the same year the computer was named Time Magazine’s Man of the Year, Autodesk and its 16 employees used the technology of the day to change the world of design with the introduction of AutoCAD software. |
Those 25 years ago, the idea of marrying innovative technology and forward-looking ideas about how design can dramatically change the ways in which we live was born, and what began as a 2D revolution has become so much more. Addressing all phases of the design process, from 2D design to 3D modeling, Digital Prototyping to Building Information Modeling, Oscar-winning visual effects to model-based mapping, Autodesk offers the broadest and deepest product and solutions portfolio in the design world. | Designing What’s Next
Spending nearly half a billion dollars annually on research and development and committed to supporting the next generation of design professionals, Autodesk remains solely focused on 3D design innovation and the advantages it holds for our customers. |
Over 2 million students at 50,000 educational institutions are trained on Autodesk software every year. Autodesk is preparing tomorrow’s architects, designers, engineers, and digital artists with the software used by design professionals, and helping to supply a trained and ever-growing workforce to firms the world over. As design continues to play a pivotal role in the evolution of how we live, work, and play, Autodesk solutions will enable those who face the coming challenges to do so with the most powerful and innovative tools that today’s technology can generate. That same technology will ensure the realization of the most daring and important ideas that today’s minds can conceive. | 
