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Autodesk Launches Point A-Potentially the World’s Largest Online Community for Designers and EngineersSan Rafael, Calif., April 12, 2000—Autodesk, Inc., today introduced Autodesk® Point A, the company’s new portal serving designers and engineers. Located at http://pointA.autodesk.com, the site provides a centralized online community and resources for a broad range of designers, engineers and architects. The portal enables this important constituency—as well as their partners, customers and suppliers—to extend their knowledge, aggregate a wealth of information critical to their practice, and transform the way they work. Autodesk Point A will serve the design community by supplying necessary resources in four main areas including industry specific content, community, collaboration, and customer care. As an example of the rich community Autodesk Point A provides, there are more than 75 discussion groups and hundreds of links to industry organizations on the portal. The industry specific content area of Point A includes, for example, industry specific news and abstracts, the ability to lease industry specific applications and searching services for product information. Finally, the customer care area of the site ensures users have the latest tools and product information at their fingertips so they can maximize their productivity with Autodesk software. Starting today, the portal will be available in English only, to the millions of customers with access to Autodesk software through a new downloadable Internet extension plug in, AutoCAD® 2000 iX, available through Autodesk’s e-store at http://www.autodesk.com/estore. In addition, it will be available to millions of other designers through a direct web connection via Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Design and engineering professionals touch every facet of a product life cycle and supply chain. They are responsible for a wide variety of items people rely upon daily, including the design of everything from ballpoint pens to highway infrastructures. Because of this, the group’s scope of influence goes well beyond design, into other functional areas of the enterprise including marketing, manufacturing, inventory control, and sales. "I really like the philosophy behind this site," said Jim Brinkmeyer, CAD Manager at OTAK, Inc., an award-winning planning, engineering, and architecture firm that specializes in transportation, growth management and urban and community design. "Autodesk Point A will help bring our community together in one central place—and only Autodesk is uniquely positioned to do this. I believe it will also help us communicate better as an industry, and that makes a lot of sense." "Point A is the natural access point to the Internet for designers and engineers—especially those who are Autodesk’s customers," said John Sanders, executive vice president of the Design Solutions Division at Autodesk. "Because the design process is inherently iterative, Point A will help designers and their constituencies realize significant productivity and cost benefits from online resources and collaboration services." Point A is one example Autodesk’s strategy to bring design to the Internet. Autodesk is web-enabling is core desktop products, developing browser-based applications, and introducing Internet portals that foster commerce and communication between Autodesk users and their customers. About Autodesk Autodesk is the world's leading design and digital content creation resource. The company is providing software and Internet portal services to help customers drive business through the power of design. One of the largest software companies in the world, Autodesk helps designs become a reality for more than four million customers in over 150 countries. For more information, contact any Authorized Autodesk Reseller or visit www.autodesk.com. Discreet™ product information is available via the Web at www.discreet.com. Autodesk shares are traded on the Nasdaq national market under the symbol ADSK. Autodesk, the Autodesk logo, and AutoCAD are registered trademarks, and Discreet is a trademark, of Autodesk, Inc., in the United States and/or certain other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks are used solely for the purpose of identification and belong to their respective holders. www.autodesk.com
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