Autodesk helps people imagine, design and create a better world. Everyone—from design professionals, engineers and architects to digital artists, students and hobbyists—uses Autodesk software to unlock their creativity and solve important challenges.

For the past 30 years, Autodesk, a world leader in 3D design engineering, and entertainment software, has played a pivotal role in the design and creation of things. From our humble beginnings as the desktop-based CAD company to becoming a leader in 3D design and engineer software, our products have been involved in iconic projects like the Panama Canal, the Shanghai Tower, New York’s World Trade Center, the redesign of the Ford Mustang, and memorable blockbuster movies, including the last 19 Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects.Today more than 115 million designers, engineers, architects, creative artists, students and hobbyists use Autodesk software and apps to unlock their creativity, build better products and solve important challenges impacting the world.

Autodeskis also committed to helping early-stage hardwarestart-ups and entrepreneurs in the social, cleantech, and environmental sectors. The Autodesk sustainability and foundation supports these social entrepreneurs to get tomarket faster through its technology impact initiatives. Based on a certain selection criteria, the start-ups are eligible for a software grant, and many other initiatives that involve, opportunities for co-marketing and promotion opportunities with Autodesk. The support initiatives are tailored based on individualorganization, mission, customer base and overall needs.

Autodesk is headquartered in San Rafael, California, and features a gallery of its customers' work in its San Francisco building. The company has offices worldwide, with U.S. locations in Northern California, Oregon, and in New England in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

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