SAN RAFAEL, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), the world leader in 2D and 3D design and engineering software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets, announced that more than 300 members of its Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) are now shipping products and applications compatible with the Autodesk 2010 product family including AutoCAD 2010, Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 and Autodesk Inventor 2010 software. More than 600 specialized products developed on Autodesk design software for niche markets are currently available from ADN members who are providing Autodesk customers around the world with the ability to more efficiently create innovative and sustainable designs, increasing their return on investment in Autodesk technology.

"Our development partners make it possible for engineers, architects and designers worldwide to maximize their productivity, efficiency and gain an even greater competitive advantage," said Jim Quanci, Director, Autodesk Developer Network. "By providing our ADN members with extensive business, software and support, as well as access to millions of potential customers and our sales partners around the world, we make it possible for ADN members to grow their business as they help our joint customers be more competitive."

In developing innovative, industry-tailored applications based on Autodesk's leading 2D and 3D digital design technology, the Autodesk Developer Network comprises more than 3,300 third-party software developers. Just a few of the many members of the Autodesk Developer Network now supporting Autodesk's 2010 software include:

    3 AM - UK
    Autodesk Product Supported: AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010
    www.3am-solutions.com/
    3 AM develops cutting-edge visualization software for the civil
    engineering industry. Their products are used by many of the world's
    leading civil engineering consultants and government agencies. The
    company's flagship product, Dynamite VSP, is designed specifically to
    enable civil engineers to produce rich and compelling rendered
    visualizations of their projects with little prior knowledge of 3D
    visualization techniques.

    AKG - Germany
    Autodesk Product Supported: AutoCAD 2010
    www.akgcivil.com/
    AKG is a leader in highway design software in Europe.  Their flagship
    product VESTRA has been used to design numerous highways and high speed
    train routes in Europe - including the German Autobahn.

    Blue Ridge Numerics - USA
    Autodesk Product Supported: Autodesk Inventor 2010
    www.cfdesign.com
    Blue Ridge Numerics is a leader in the development of easy to learn and
    use CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulation tools with their
    flagship CFdesign software. CFdesign provides engineers a fully integrated
    and certified digital prototyping solution for solving CAD-driven fluid
    flow and heat transfer challenges within the Inventor environment.

    CGS - Slovenia
    Autodesk Product Supported: AutoCAD Civil 3D
    www.cgscivil3d.com/
    CGS is a provider of design productivity tools for AutoCAD Civil 3D
    software users in central and Eastern Europe.  AutoCAD Civil 3D users
    greatly increase their productivity and design quality with the CGS
    AutoCAD  Civil 3D Extensions including design standard checking,
    roundabout design, Code Checking, piping network design, road signage and
    more.

    Eagle Point - USA
    Autodesk Product Supported: AutoCAD Civil 3D
    www.eaglepoint.com
    Eagle Point has been providing software solutions for Civil Engineers
    worldwide for over 15 years.  Their groundbreaking Pinnacle Series helps
    civil engineers learn AutoCAD Civil 3D software faster, minimizing the
    learning curve and helping to ensure they get the full power and benefits
    of AutoCAD Civil 3D software object based design approach.

    GSA - Japan
    Autodesk Product Supported: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010, Autodesk
    Revit Structure 2010
    www.gsa-network.com/
    GSA is a leading developer of the Autodesk Revit application in Japan.
    Their sun-shadow calculation software is used by Architects to simulate
    building sun-shadow and sky factor to Japanese building codes with Revit
    software.

    HydraTEC - USA
    Autodesk Product Supported: AutoCAD 2010
    www.hydratecinc.com
    HydraTEC is a leader in fire protection design software.  Their flagship
    product HydraCAD is used to design fire sprinkler systems for buildings of
    all types and sizes.  HydraTEC customers include designers, contractors
    and fabricators of fire protection systems across North America.

    Hongye - China
    Autodesk Product Supported: AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010
    www.hongye.com.cn/
    Hongye's goal is to advance the engineering and design community in China
    through software development and deployment. Hongye primarily focuses on
    developing software for municipalities to aid in road design and
    construction. In 2000, Hongye won China's Ministry of Science and
    Technology Innovation Fund.

    Innovaya - USA
    Autodesk Product Supported: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010, Autodesk
    Revit Structure 2010
    www.innovaya.com/
    Innovaya is a leader in BIM based cost estimating interfaces.  Their
    flagship Visual Estimating product brings the power of BIM to users of
    Sage Timberline Estimating. Their groundbreaking Visual Simulation
    product interfaces Revit with the most popular project management tools -
    MS Project and Primavera.

    RDV Systems - Israel
    Autodesk Product Supported: AutoCAD Civil 3D
    www.rdvsystems.com
    RDV Systems brings ground breaking interactive design visualization to
    users of AutoCAD Civil 3D software.  RDV's interactive visualization tools
    help enable civil engineers to create better designs and helps them
    communicate their designs to local government and community organizations.

    ShipConstructor - Canada
    Autodesk Product Supported: AutoCAD 2010
    www.shipconstructor.com
    ShipConstructor is the leading supplier of ship design and construction
    software based on AutoCAD technology.  Their flagship product,
    ShipConstructor, is used by ship designers and shipyards around the world
    to design and construct commercial and military ships of all shapes and
    sizes as well as offshore platforms.

    SOFiSTiK AG - Germany
    Autodesk Product Supported: AutoCAD 2010, Autodesk Revit Architecture
    2010, Autodesk Revit Structure 2010
    www.sofistik.de
    SOFiSTiK is the leading developer of structural design and analysis
    software for concrete structures in central Europe. Their flagship product
    SOFiCAD is used by the leading consulting engineering and construction
    firms across Europe to design a wide variety of concrete bridges and
    buildings.

    SolidCAM - Israel
    Autodesk Product Supported: Autodesk Inventor 2010
    www.inventorcam.com
    SolidCAM is the developer of InventorCAM - one of the most powerful CAM
    solutions on the market.  InventorCAM is both certified and seamlessly
    integrated with Inventor 2010. The single-window user interface and the
    full associativity between the CAD model and NC tool path delivers a short
    learning curve and an efficient flow from the 3D design model to the
    machined part.

    Striker Systems - USA
    Autodesk Product Supported: AutoCAD 2010
       www.striker-systems.com
        Striker  Systems  specializes  in  sheet  metal  nesting  and  die  design
        software.    Their  SS-Nest  and  SS-Die  Design  products  are  used  by  leading
        sheet  metal  fabricators  across  North  America.

        Struc-Soft  -Canada
        Autodesk  Product  Supported:  Autodesk  Revit  Architecture  2010
        www.strucsoft.ca/
        Struc-Soft  is  a  developer  of  tailored  structural  engineering  software
        solutions.  They  bring  structural  engineering  expertise  to  the  development
        of  structural  engineering  software  applications  giving  their  customers  a
        competitive  edge.

        THSOFT  (Tianhe  Software)  -  China
        Autodesk  Product  Supported:  AutoCAD  2010
        www.thsoft.com.cn/
        Tianhe  Software  is  dedicated  to  enterprise  information  solutions  for
        manufacturers  (CAD/CAPP/EDPS/PKM/MES).  Tianhe  Software's  services  include
        application  development,  consulting,  implementation  services  and
        integrating  high-tech  enterprises.  Product  lines  cover  design,  management,
        and  production  technology  for  machinery.

        THSWARE  -  China
        Autodesk  Product  Supported:  AutoCAD  2010
        www.thsware.com
        THSWARE  specializes  in  software  development  and  related  services  in
        construction,  environmental  protection  and  health  care  industries.  In
        2005,  the  company  was  elected  as  an  'Outstanding  Industrial  Corporation  of
        Software  R/D'  by  China  Ministry  of  Construction,  and  certified  as  'Hi-Tech
        Company',  'Key  Software  Company',  and  'Certified  Information  System
        Integration  Company  (1st  Class)'  by  the  Shenzhen  government.

        Transoft  -  Canada
        Autodesk  Product  Supported:  AutoCAD  2010
        www.transoftsolutions.com
        Transoft  is  a  leading  supplier  of  software  for  transportation  engineers
        worldwide.    Their  flagship  product,  AutoTURN,  is  used  by  government
        transportation  departments  and  consulting  engineering  firms  around  the
        world  to  model  the  movement  of  vehicles.  Their  ground  breaking  AeroTURN
        product  is  used  to  in  use  by  consulting  engineering  firms  to  redesign
        airport  gates  at  the  leading  international  airports  to  handle  the  next
        generation  of  very  large  airliners.

        Trelligence  -  USA
        Autodesk  Product  Supported:  Autodesk  Revit  Architecture  2010
        www.trelligence.com
        Trelligence  creates  process-oriented,  architectural  software  for  the
        planning  and  pre-design  stages  of  building  projects.  Their  Affinity
        products  are  designed  to  make  all  players  in  the  building  team  more
        productive  and  more  successful.  Affinity  provides  a  way  to  evaluate  owner
        requirements  and  deliver  estimates  before  design  starts,  as  well  as  track
        progress  against  requirements  throughout  the  design  process.