Autodesk was created on this day January 30, 1982 and would bring Computer Aided Design (CAD) down from the expensive mainframe systems to the PC with a new product named AutoCAD. Since that time CAD has grown and branched out into other CAD specialty processes like Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Digital Prototyping. Autodesk also helped pioneer design visualization growing it from the DOS based 3D Studio in the early 80s to an entire business division of media and entertainment covering not only design visualization but 3D animation, gaming, movie visual fx, and more.

Autodesk Flying founders
”Autodesk Founders. They didn't walk on water, but they could fly pretty well.”

Here's to the next 30+ years of Autodesk, Computer Aided Design, and Visualization - and the changes it will bring the world of design!

Autodesk History Gallery

Cheers,
Shaan