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The opening line of this article is blatant press release style double speak. "global design innovation software and services company" ??? I am removing "design innovation" 12.49.153.2 ( talk) 18:31, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
I find the last sentence "Autodesk is now using llamas.net to manage its in-house intranet" useless. That's a detail. I would like to delete it, except if several people can explain me it's interest. Jean-Philippe B ( talk) 16:18, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
I disagree with Jpgordon's removal of my comments, which he removed entirely and simply described as "removed Garbargio." My comments of the PR drivel (though I've noticed some of it has since been removed) and my comment on the "Last Days of Autodesk" documents stands. I've got just as much right t comment on this entry as you. You've got no right to strip stuff out just because you don't like it, and my comment stands: This is one of the sloppiest, most unprofessional wiki entries I've ever seen. Jpgordon, reinstate my original comments and you have no right to remove my comments, particularly since they raised valid points and didn't break Wiki rules. [05:10, 13 Dec 2006 UTC)
I want to edit this extensively, but I'm not sure most of the information belongs here at all (rather, it belongs in the AutoCAD article.) And some of the information here is incorrect anyway. The characterization of the original AutoCAD as "mediocre" is at the very least POV. The versions where DOS and Unix support were dropped are wrong. I don't know when Autodesk started "working closely with Microsoft", but it was later than R15. The expression "basement-CAD" is rather peculiar.
But as I said, this information really should be in the AutoCAD article. If it isn't going to go there, it needs a ton of editing here. Jpgordon 04:09, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I'm not an Autodesk customer, employee, or stockholder, nor have I ever been any of those types (although I was a HOOPS customer and Autodesk bought Ithaca Software). Anyway, I was under the impression that a key to Autodesk's early success had to do with their distribution model, where the product was sold by Autocad dealers and it was easy for people to become Autocad dealers. I don't mean to make that sound like some kind of pyramid scheme; I just thought it was interesting. Thomas144
banana phone
The history section is in desperate need of work. Parts of it are utter garbage. For example, the company's ultimate goal was to achieve a major software brand (AutoCAD) running upon IBM's recently born PC platform. "Ultimate"? When? Says who? A lot of the history can be gleaned from The Autodesk Files [1]. I'd do it myself but I'm too intimately involved, having worked there for a decade. -- jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 21:23, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Funny how even a mention of the Autodesk File gets removed.
I still have my paper version from my time at Autodesk in an attic somewhere :) Ambitus ( talk) 12:04, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
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The following sentence is currently incomprehensible:
"The Platform Solutions and Emerging Business division develops and manages Autodesk's flagship product, AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, Autodesk's Geospatial solutions, Plant solutions, Extended Design offerings such as Design Review, Content and Search solutions, Autodesk Labs, and worldwide engineering."
Items in this list need to be separated with semicolons, with commas used for the parenthetical information given for the individual items. I would do this if I knew which were main items and what was parenthetical, but it's impossible to tell unless you are acquainted with the products mentioned, and I am not. — Paul G 07:44, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
why is this article just talking about autocad? what about autodesk's other products like 3dsmax and how they bought Alias Systems Corporation, and now own maya —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.27.232.197 ( talk) 18:11, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
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Autodesk has made many acquisitions, perhaps we should put them in a unified bulleted list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wariner ( talk • contribs) 07:56, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
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I am watching Canada AM and they are promoting the hell out of Autodesk and saying that it's a Canadian company... What gives?... -- Diefromevileye ( talk) 13:42, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I haven't an idea how to edit Wiki articles, but Autodesk just acquired Tinkercad. (see: http://blog.tinkercad.com/2013/05/18/autodesk_tinkercad/ ) Perhaps this would be of use to put into the article? 121.217.185.101 ( talk) 07:59, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
How was Lightscape the only radiosity rendering package available in 1991? I can think of at least Radiance, which had been in development since 1985 although distributed as source code. This part needs editing for clarification or accuracy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.208.97.156 ( talk) 23:19, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
Can we get a spreadsheet of the various software currently offered by Autodesk? Much like Adobe has..... seems slightly surprising it doesnt already exist. — Preceding
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I heard that ART is based on OptiCore in here. Are there any reliable source of it? I want to know. thx. -- 120.75.65.162 ( talk) 06:57, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
No 😊😊 Ultrastarine ( talk) 05:40, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
There is no information about controversies about Autodesk, particularly the transition to subscription-only licensing. -- 185.183.104.83 ( talk) 15:48, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
Most licence agreements were precisely that - a licence to use, not “own” the software. Ambitus ( talk) 13:57, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
All those press releases are available on Autodesk's press web site. None of them give us any perspective on the *meaning* of the acquisitions. We love press clippings on WP because they are so verifiable, but this is not supposed to be an indiscriminate collection of facts, but an encyclopedia. -- Wtshymanski ( talk) 23:19, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
Date | Company acquired | Comment |
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October 6, 1992 | Micro Engineering Solutions | Leading developer of CAD/CAM systems |
October 4, 1993 | Ithaca Software | Founded by future Autodesk CEO Carl Bass |
I think the discontinued products list also belongs in a collapsable table. It's not very helpful or informative, and certainly isn't very attractive. Also, where does the grossly POV section regarding Lightscape come from? And why isn't the one Autodesk product I had primary responsibility for -- CHAOS, The Software -- mentioned at all? --jpgordon 𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇 16:02, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
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@ Justlettersandnumbers and Onel5969: Fusion 360 is notable enough for its own article. The article was deleted by redirection on grounds of copyright violation. Unfortunately, version 21:47, 1 March 2019 has been salted so the alleged copyright violation can not be checked. Jonpatterns ( talk) 14:21, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
Sources for Fusion 360, VW uses Autodesk Fusion to design Type 20 concept van Jonpatterns ( talk) 07:25, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
In discontinued products : advance concret it's a french software (sorry I'm french and I'm not used to speaking English) -- Bm10 ( talk) 00:11, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
font is not catchy 165.16.166.105 ( talk) 01:41, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
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The opening line of this article is blatant press release style double speak. "global design innovation software and services company" ??? I am removing "design innovation" 12.49.153.2 ( talk) 18:31, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
I find the last sentence "Autodesk is now using llamas.net to manage its in-house intranet" useless. That's a detail. I would like to delete it, except if several people can explain me it's interest. Jean-Philippe B ( talk) 16:18, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
I disagree with Jpgordon's removal of my comments, which he removed entirely and simply described as "removed Garbargio." My comments of the PR drivel (though I've noticed some of it has since been removed) and my comment on the "Last Days of Autodesk" documents stands. I've got just as much right t comment on this entry as you. You've got no right to strip stuff out just because you don't like it, and my comment stands: This is one of the sloppiest, most unprofessional wiki entries I've ever seen. Jpgordon, reinstate my original comments and you have no right to remove my comments, particularly since they raised valid points and didn't break Wiki rules. [05:10, 13 Dec 2006 UTC)
I want to edit this extensively, but I'm not sure most of the information belongs here at all (rather, it belongs in the AutoCAD article.) And some of the information here is incorrect anyway. The characterization of the original AutoCAD as "mediocre" is at the very least POV. The versions where DOS and Unix support were dropped are wrong. I don't know when Autodesk started "working closely with Microsoft", but it was later than R15. The expression "basement-CAD" is rather peculiar.
But as I said, this information really should be in the AutoCAD article. If it isn't going to go there, it needs a ton of editing here. Jpgordon 04:09, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I'm not an Autodesk customer, employee, or stockholder, nor have I ever been any of those types (although I was a HOOPS customer and Autodesk bought Ithaca Software). Anyway, I was under the impression that a key to Autodesk's early success had to do with their distribution model, where the product was sold by Autocad dealers and it was easy for people to become Autocad dealers. I don't mean to make that sound like some kind of pyramid scheme; I just thought it was interesting. Thomas144
banana phone
The history section is in desperate need of work. Parts of it are utter garbage. For example, the company's ultimate goal was to achieve a major software brand (AutoCAD) running upon IBM's recently born PC platform. "Ultimate"? When? Says who? A lot of the history can be gleaned from The Autodesk Files [1]. I'd do it myself but I'm too intimately involved, having worked there for a decade. -- jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 21:23, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Funny how even a mention of the Autodesk File gets removed.
I still have my paper version from my time at Autodesk in an attic somewhere :) Ambitus ( talk) 12:04, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
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The following sentence is currently incomprehensible:
"The Platform Solutions and Emerging Business division develops and manages Autodesk's flagship product, AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, Autodesk's Geospatial solutions, Plant solutions, Extended Design offerings such as Design Review, Content and Search solutions, Autodesk Labs, and worldwide engineering."
Items in this list need to be separated with semicolons, with commas used for the parenthetical information given for the individual items. I would do this if I knew which were main items and what was parenthetical, but it's impossible to tell unless you are acquainted with the products mentioned, and I am not. — Paul G 07:44, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
why is this article just talking about autocad? what about autodesk's other products like 3dsmax and how they bought Alias Systems Corporation, and now own maya —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.27.232.197 ( talk) 18:11, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
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Autodesk has made many acquisitions, perhaps we should put them in a unified bulleted list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wariner ( talk • contribs) 07:56, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
BetacommandBot ( talk) 19:59, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I am watching Canada AM and they are promoting the hell out of Autodesk and saying that it's a Canadian company... What gives?... -- Diefromevileye ( talk) 13:42, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I haven't an idea how to edit Wiki articles, but Autodesk just acquired Tinkercad. (see: http://blog.tinkercad.com/2013/05/18/autodesk_tinkercad/ ) Perhaps this would be of use to put into the article? 121.217.185.101 ( talk) 07:59, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
How was Lightscape the only radiosity rendering package available in 1991? I can think of at least Radiance, which had been in development since 1985 although distributed as source code. This part needs editing for clarification or accuracy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.208.97.156 ( talk) 23:19, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
Can we get a spreadsheet of the various software currently offered by Autodesk? Much like Adobe has..... seems slightly surprising it doesnt already exist. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
69.181.61.6 (
talk) 03:33, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
I heard that ART is based on OptiCore in here. Are there any reliable source of it? I want to know. thx. -- 120.75.65.162 ( talk) 06:57, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
No 😊😊 Ultrastarine ( talk) 05:40, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
There is no information about controversies about Autodesk, particularly the transition to subscription-only licensing. -- 185.183.104.83 ( talk) 15:48, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
Most licence agreements were precisely that - a licence to use, not “own” the software. Ambitus ( talk) 13:57, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
All those press releases are available on Autodesk's press web site. None of them give us any perspective on the *meaning* of the acquisitions. We love press clippings on WP because they are so verifiable, but this is not supposed to be an indiscriminate collection of facts, but an encyclopedia. -- Wtshymanski ( talk) 23:19, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
Date | Company acquired | Comment |
---|---|---|
October 6, 1992 | Micro Engineering Solutions | Leading developer of CAD/CAM systems |
October 4, 1993 | Ithaca Software | Founded by future Autodesk CEO Carl Bass |
I think the discontinued products list also belongs in a collapsable table. It's not very helpful or informative, and certainly isn't very attractive. Also, where does the grossly POV section regarding Lightscape come from? And why isn't the one Autodesk product I had primary responsibility for -- CHAOS, The Software -- mentioned at all? --jpgordon 𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇 16:02, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
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@ Justlettersandnumbers and Onel5969: Fusion 360 is notable enough for its own article. The article was deleted by redirection on grounds of copyright violation. Unfortunately, version 21:47, 1 March 2019 has been salted so the alleged copyright violation can not be checked. Jonpatterns ( talk) 14:21, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
Sources for Fusion 360, VW uses Autodesk Fusion to design Type 20 concept van Jonpatterns ( talk) 07:25, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
In discontinued products : advance concret it's a french software (sorry I'm french and I'm not used to speaking English) -- Bm10 ( talk) 00:11, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
font is not catchy 165.16.166.105 ( talk) 01:41, 21 April 2024 (UTC)