The Man Who Built It First – Early Autodesk History
Mike Riddle wrote a CAD program in his spare time and became one of the most important — and most contested — figures in…
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The Accidental Empire – Early Autodesk History
The Accidental Empire How a band of UNIVAC hackers, a borrowed plotter, and five long-shot bets became one of the most influential software companies…
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The Browser That Ran Revit (And Why Autodesk Killed It)
In November 2013, Autodesk successfully ran full versions of its applications like Inventor and Revit in web browsers through a partnership with Mozilla, OTOY,…
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Documenting History: The USS Arizona and Underwater 3D Mapping
Every December 7th, I reflect on Pearl Harbor and the loss of my relative on the USS Arizona. Participating in remembrance events, I documented…
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Updated AutoCAD Release Timeline
In keeping with my long CAD history documentation hobby, I have updated my AutoCAD Timeline graphic covering the main releases of AutoCAD.
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Autodesk Founder John Walker’s GPTs on Autodesk History
Autodesk founder John Walker published his own GPT last week. This GPT is for learning about the startup History of a Startup and is…
Read MoreHappy 41st Birthday Autodesk
Today, I celebrate and acknowledge the 41st anniversary of Autodesk's founding on January 30, 1982. Over the past 41 years, Autodesk has established itself…
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Making your voice heard as an Autodesk Inventor User
If you are a user of Autodesk Inventor, the Autodesk Inventor Team wants to hear from you in many ways as well provide some…
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Throwback Thursday – Autodesk CAD Camera
Here is a very rare one from my Autodesk historic collection. CAD Cameras 1.0 was a utility to convert paper drawings “digitizing to AutoCAD…
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