Platforms (2006), Autodesk's flagship product. The 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 the AutoCAD mobile app (formerly AutoCAD 360). Autodesk Suites, Subscription and Web Services, which include 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
App Store. 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”. Users range from children, students and artists to makers and DIYers.
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 designed and built using Autodesk software. Autodesk's architecture, engineering, and construction solutions include
AutoCAD, and
Revit, which is its flagship product for relational
Building information modeling. The AEC division also develops and manages software for the Construction industry, including
Autodesk Construction Cloud,
Advance Steel, and the
Navisworks (formerly JetStream) 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. Projects that have used software from the Autodesk AEC division include the NASA Ames building, the San Francisco Bay Bridge, the Shanghai Tower, and New York's One World Trade Center.
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.
PowerMill,
PowerShape,),
Autodesk Alias,
Autodesk Inventor,
Autodesk Vault,
Autodesk CFD (formerly Autodesk Simulation CFD),
Moldflow, VRED, and the Product Design & Manufacturing Collection, which includes
Inventor Nastran (formerly Nastran In-CAD), Inventor CAM (formerly Autodesk HSM and Inventor HSM), Inventor Nesting, Inventor Tolerance Analysis, and Factory Design Utilities.
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. The principal product offerings from the Media and Entertainment Division are
Flame,
Flow Production Tracking, and the Media & Entertainment Collection, which include
Maya,
3ds Max,
Arnold,
MotionBuilder,
Mudbox,
Golaem, 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. 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.
Walt Disney Animation Studios also utilizes Autodesk Maya for character rigging and animation, being used in films such as
Frozen II.
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) –- a simple
path tracing renderer based on Opticore technology. • Autodesk Real Time Ray Tracing (Autodesk RTRT; formerly Opus RTRT) - a ray tracing rendering engine used in Autodesk Opticore Studio and Autodesk Real-Time Ray Tracing Cluster • Autodesk VRED – an OpenGL/Raytracing real-time and offline renderer that supports direct NURBS ray tracing •
Autodesk Arnold – a CPU- or GPU-accelerated pathtracing renderer widely used in animation and visual effects for film and TV • 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 • Maya Vector – a vector renderer based on Electric Rain's RAViX technology. • One Graphics System – a GPU photorealistic/non-photorealistic renderer, aka Nitrous/Quicksilver 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 • 3ds Max Cloud Rendering – a technology preview cloud rendering system for Arnold on 3ds Max. • Azure Batch Rendering – a cloud rendering system for Maya, 3ds Max and Arnold, which is provided by Autodesk and Microsoft.
Visualization tools • Autodesk VRED (formerly PI-VR VRED) • 3ds Max Interactive – a real-time visualization tool based on
Autodesk Stingray, shipped within
3ds Max.
Discontinued products Some of Autodesk's "retired" products are listed here: • Lightscape 3.2 -
radiosity rendering package • Volo View - web-enabled review and markup tool for engineering data •
Autodesk Animator Pro (
DOS) and
Autodesk Animator Studio (
Windows) -
cel-based animation software • Cyberspace - real-time 3D environment • CAD Camera •
AutoSketch •
AutoShade • AutoCAD Survey (Autodesk Survey) • Civil Design • AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion (AutoCAD Land Desktop) • Autodesk Mechanical Desktop • AutoCAD Freestyle, released on 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. • Sketchbook designer has been discontinued as of November 1, 2012 •
Autodesk Softimage, a 3D computer graphics software, was discontinued after the release of Softimage 2015 on 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 • XSI Mod Tool • Autodesk Topobase Client – its feature was merged into AutoCAD Map 3D. • Autodesk Topobase Web – its feature was merged into Autodesk Infrastructure Map Server. • Autodesk Smoke Advanced • Autodesk Flint • tsElements for SolidWorks • FBX Converter • FBX QuickTime Viewer • Autodesk Scaleform Unity Integration • Revit variants • Autodesk Revit Architecture – its features were merged into Revit itself. • Autodesk Revit Structure – its features were merged into Revit itself. • Buzzsaw – the service was replaced by BIM 360 Docs. – the tool was replaced by A360 Viewer. • Inventor Engineer-to-Order • Autodesk Advance Concrete • Autodesk Quantity Takeoff – some features of the product were merged into Autodesk Navisworks Simulate. •
Autodesk 123D • Autodesk 3D Print Utility – its features were merged into the Meshmixer. • Autodesk 123D CNC Utility • Autodesk 123D Sculpt+ (formerly 123D Sculpt and Sculpt 123D) • Autodesk 123D Make – its slice feature was introduced in "Slicer for Fusion 360" add-in. • Autodesk 123D Catch (formerly Project Photofly) • Autodesk 123D Circuits (a.k.a. Circuits.io) – its "Electronics Lab" feature was merged into
Tinkercad. • Tinkerplay (formerly Modio) • Autodesk plugins for
Rhino • Autodesk T-Splines Plug-in for Rhino • Autodesk Shape Modeling Plug-in for Rhino • Autodesk ForceEffect • Autodesk ForceEffectMotion • Autodesk ForceEffectFlow • Autodesk Spark – the 3D Print API in Autodesk Forge was also discontinued. • Print Studio – the tool was replaced by Netfabb.) • 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. • Inventor Publisher Viewer • AutoCAD Utility Design •
Pixlr for Desktop • Autodesk Showcase • Autodesk Real-Time Ray Tracing Cluster •
Autodesk Simulation Mechanical • Autodesk Homestyler • Autodesk Within – its functionality was merged into Netfabb. • Autodesk ReMake – the product was replaced by ReCap Photo in ReCap Pro. •
Autodesk Gameware • Autodesk
Scaleform • Autodesk
Beast •
Autodesk Stingray (formerly Bitsquid) – the product is now part of 3ds Max as "3ds Max Interactive". • Autodesk Infrastructure Map Server (formerly Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise Server) • Autodesk Live Viewer – The presentation published by Autodesk Live (Revit Live) now comes with internal viewer • Autodesk Flow Design • AutoCAD variants • AutoCAD P&ID – the product was replaced by AutoCAD Plant 3D. • AutoCAD Electrical – the product was merged into AutoCAD itself. • AutoCAD Mechanical – the product was merged into AutoCAD itself. • AutoCAD MEP (formerly Autodesk Building Systems) – the product was merged into AutoCAD itself. • AutoCAD Map 3D – the product was merged into AutoCAD itself. • AutoCAD Plant 3D – the product was merged into AutoCAD itself. • AutoCAD Raster Design – the product was merged into AutoCAD itself. • Structural Analysis for Revit – the product was replaced by Robot Structural Analysis Professional. • A360 Desktop • Autodesk InfraWorks 360 iPad app • Autodesk MatchMover (formerly RealViz MatchMover) • Autodesk Composite (formerly
Autodesk Toxik) • BIM 360 Team (formerly A360 Team) • P&ID Modeler for Revit – deprecated to expand the use of the product. • Collaboration for Plant 3D (C4P) – deprecated to expand the use of the product. • Autodesk TruFiber – the product was merged into TruComposites. • Autodesk TruLaser – the product was merged into TruComposites. • Autodesk TruPlan – the product was merged into TruComposites. • Autodesk Life Sciences' products • Genetic Constructor • Molecule Viewer • Configurator 360 • Alias SpeedForm – its functionality was merged into other Alias products. • Alias Design • Revit Model Review – the product was replaced by Autodesk BIM Interoperability Tools. • Site Designer add-in for Revit • Slicer for Fusion 360 • A360 Drive – the product was replaced by Autodesk Drive. • Autodesk Constructware • Inventor LT • Inventor LT Suite – the product was replaced by Dynamo Sandbox. • Autodesk TruComposites • Autodesk TruNest • Autodesk Meshmixer – though it's still available as free, the development was discontinued; • Netfabb Online Service – the product was merged into Fusion 360. • Autodesk 3ds Max Asset Library • Autodesk
Smoke – the product was replaced by Flame Assist. • Autodesk Maya LT – the product was replaced by Maya Creative. • Autodesk Screencast • Autodesk EAGLE – the technology was merged into Fusion 360. • Autodesk Process Analysis 360 • Chaos: The Software, part of the "Science Series" • RenderGin (formerly Augenblick MMV) – realtime NURBS ray tracing renderer that was merged into VRED. • Autodesk Realtime Renderer (formerly VSR Realtime Renderer) – ray tracing renderer for
Rhinoceros 3D. • Lightscape – radiosity renderer merged into Autodesk VIZ (later 3ds Max Design). • Lagoa MultiOptics – cloud renderer for visualization • Autodesk ImageStudio (formerly Alias ImageStudio) – visualization tool based on
mental ray, marketed for
Autodesk Alias • Autodesk Showcase – design visualization tool • Autodesk Opticore Studio (formerly Opus Studio) – design visualization tool • Revit Live – real-time visualization service for
Autodesk Revit • FormIt Pro • FormIt for Windows • FormIt for iPad • FormIt Web •
Autodesk Lustre (formerly Colossus) • HSMWorks • BIM 360 Plan (a.k.a. BIM 360 classic) • BIM 360 Glue • Autodesk Fusion Signal Integrity Extension
Maintenance-mode products • PlanGrid - the product was replaced by Autodesk Construction Cloud. • BIM 360 - the product was replaced by Autodesk Construction Cloud.) – the product had become to provide through BIM 360 Build. • BIM 360 Build – the product was replaced by Autodesk Build. • BIM 360 Coordinate (formerly BIM 360 Glue) – the product was replaced by BIM Collaborate which is a subset of Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro (formerly BIM 360 Design).
Non-maintained products • Motion FX
Formerly owned and have since been divested • Autodesk Seek – acquired by BIMobject AB. • Autodesk Pixlr – acquired by 123RF. •
Creative Market – became independent again in funding by Palm Drive Capital and others. •
Autodesk SketchBook (formerly Alias Sketchbook Pro) – became independent ==Sustainability==