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6FY 02 Autodesk, Inc.
Discreet
Whether our customers are working on an
effects-rich feature film, a sophisticated televi-
sion commercial, a fast-action computer game,
or streaming media for the Web in two or
three dimensions, digital media software from
our Discreet Division can help them deliver
the most compelling visual experiences
around. All of this year’s nominees for the
Academy Award for Visual Effects—including
the winner, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship
of the Ring—used Discreet software on their
projects. Our integrated solutions are designed
not only to address client needs but also to
anticipate and set industry standards, so our
customers can apply their talents to create
digital media once, from start to finish, and use
it anywhere.
Location Services
With Location Services, reported in the design
solutions segment, we’ve entered a new mar-
ket where we aim to become the leading
global platform and solution provider of per-
sonalized and localized data services for wired,
mobile, and wireless location applications. Our
wireless data technology offers wireless carri-
ers and developers the software, support, and
business experience needed to deliver loca-
tion-based services that will keep them ahead
of the competition.We’ve established key cus-
tomer and partner relationships with Ericsson,
Fiat, and Telecom Italia Mobile. And that’s only
the beginning.
geospatial information, and they want to see
it in a form that’s relevant to them.The objec-
tive we help them reach? Enter data once
and retrieve it anytime, anywhere.
Manufacturing
Autodesk manufacturing solutions help our
customers create more effectively and efficiently
so that every product is more advanced, start-
ing from design inception. Using Autodesk
Inventor, they make fewer errors, get contri-
butions from their design teams earlier, and
manage design changes more easily. And
teams can work online with the hosted collab-
oration services of Autodesk Streamline.When
product development begins with the best
data, it’s finished faster, with better quality and
increased profit. All those factors account for
the accelerated growth of the Autodesk
Inventor installed base and the move to 3D
that continues to grow in every geography.
Platform Technologies
The Platform Technology Group’s extension
strategy, part of our successful new subscrip-
tion program, has brought invigorated upgrade
activity to the latest general design applica-
tions, AutoCAD 2002 and AutoCAD LT 2002.
Our frequent, modular enhancements are
widely accepted by our customers, who now
have the advantage of using the latest soft-
ware the moment it becomes available.
Autodesk Point A, our personalized website
for design customers, complements our
desktop software and seamlessly connects
members to a world of information, product
updates, services, and support.
Design Solutions
Building Industry
The building industry is one of the largest in
the world. Accounting for more than 10 per-
cent of the world’s gross economic product,
it is an engine of economic growth and
progress.Today’s fast-track construction
projects demand speed and depend on the
contributions of people all over the world.
Continued strong sales of Autodesk
Architectural Desktop, along with new prod-
ucts, including the complementary Autodesk
Building Mechanical and Autodesk Building
Electrical, indicate that our robust object
model technology is gaining acceptance.
In the face of growing complexity, building
design solutions from Autodesk, including
the hosted online collaboration services of
Autodesk Buzzsaw, are helping the building
industry move from traditional drafting
techniques to model-based design.
Geographic Information Systems
We understand the needs of mapping, civil
engineering, and infrastructure management
and are providing focused, easily deployed
tools that meet those needs.The streamlined,
integrated family of Autodesk GIS desktop
software products, including the new
Autodesk Civil Series, continues to be the
industry’s only comprehensive GIS solution.
Our customers need real-time access to