Autodesk Unveils Inventor Fusion Technology to Help Engineers Speed Time to Market

Autodesk Unveils Inventor Fusion Technology to Help Engineers Speed Time to
Market

Technology Preview Now Available to Download from Autodesk Labs

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autodesk (Nasdaq: ADSK)
is offering a free* download of its Inventor Fusion Technology Preview on
Autodesk Labs starting June 25.

Autodesk Inventor Fusion is new Digital Prototyping technology that unites the
power and control of parametric, history-based modeling with the speed and
ease of use of direct, history-free modeling, enabling users to choose the
modeling approach that is right for the task at hand. The technology preview
is the first step in delivering the full vision of Inventor Fusion to
engineers everywhere.

"Our manufacturing customers have told us that direct modeling is opening up
new opportunities to accelerate product development. However, they've also
told us that they don't see the need for the power and control of
history-based parametric modeling going away," said Robert "Buzz" Kross,
senior vice president for the Manufacturing Industry Group at Autodesk. "We're
developing Inventor Fusion technology as part of a larger effort to combine
the best of both disciplines to further improve the product design process."

Inventor Fusion Technology Preview is ideal for companies that need to make
rapid, history-free design changes to a model through direct manipulation but
also have many years worth of feature- and history-based data and design
intent that they need to access, use and maintain.

The June 2009 preview is the first step toward Autodesk's goal of providing
seamless bidirectional parametric and direct workflows to users by allowing
them to adopt the modeling approach that best fits their needs in a single
application. The company is planning a second technology preview this fall
that will enable users to perform direct modeling for fast changes and then
see their changes updated in the model's parametric feature history,
maintaining crucial design intent. For more information or to download the
Autodesk Inventor Fusion Technology Preview, please visit
www.inventorfusion.com.

About Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc., is a world leader in 2D and 3D design software for the
manufacturing, construction, and media and entertainment markets. Since its
introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk has developed the broadest
portfolio of state-of-the-art Digital Prototyping solutions to help customers
experience their ideas before they are real. Fortune 1000 companies rely on
Autodesk for the tools to visualize, simulate and analyze real-world
performance early in the design process to save time and money, enhance
quality and foster innovation. For additional information about Autodesk,
visit www.autodesk.com.

* Free products are subject to the terms and conditions of the end-user
license agreement that accompanies download of the software.

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or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in
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trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to
alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice, and is
not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this
document.

(C) 2009 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.

Contact: Clay Helm 415.547.2425 Alyson Moses 312.297.7430
Email: clay.helm@autodesk.com alyson.moses@edelman.com

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SOURCE Autodesk, Inc.

Clay Helm of Autodesk, Inc., +1-415-547-2425, clay.helm@autodesk.com; or
Alyson Moses, +1-312-297-7430, alyson.moses@edelman.com, for Autodesk, Inc.