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 "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
 "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "cite_as": "Nozzle4, https://nozzle4.com/data/",
 "note": "Compiled by Nozzle4 from the sources linked on each row. The facts belong to their sources; the compilation is licensed CC BY 4.0, so use it with a credit and a link.",
 "slug": "autodesk",
 "name": "Autodesk",
 "status": "listed",
 "status_label": "Listed",
 "segment": "Software and simulation",
 "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/autodesk/",
 "listing": {
  "exchange": "NASDAQ",
  "ticker": "ADSK",
  "tradingview_symbol": "NASDAQ:ADSK"
 },
 "headquarters": "San Francisco, California, United States",
 "founded": 1982,
 "ownership": "Listed on Nasdaq (ADSK)",
 "technologies": [
  "Netfabb",
  "Fusion",
  "build preparation",
  "process simulation"
 ],
 "description": "Bought its way into build preparation with Netfabb in 2015 and has since folded it into Fusion. The product it sells to print shops is software for fixing meshes, nesting, supports and simulating metal builds.",
 "last_checked": "2026-10-23",
 "timeline": [
  {
   "date": "Sep 2015",
   "title": "Announces it will buy Netfabb from FIT AG and make a strategic investment in FIT; terms not disclosed",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/additive-manufacturing-3d-printing-news/autodesk-acquires-netfabb-and-enters-strategic-partnership-fit/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Nov 2015",
   "title": "Completes the Netfabb acquisition",
   "detail": "Stated in the annual report for the year to January 2016.",
   "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000769397/000076939716000067/adsk-0131201610xk.htm"
  },
  {
   "date": "Sep 2016",
   "title": "Releases Netfabb 2017, its first major release since the acquisition, as a subscription toolkit for additive professionals",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.digitalengineering247.com/article/autodesk-unveils-netfabb-2017/additive-manufacturing"
  },
  {
   "date": "Jan 2021",
   "title": "Integrates Netfabb into Fusion 360, with metal job preparation in an Additive Build Extension",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://3dprint.com/277720/autodesk-integrates-netfabb-3d-printing-software-into-fusion-360/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Apr 2025",
   "title": "Netfabb 2026 adds richer 3MF support, better powder bed nesting and shorter thermal and mechanical simulation times",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/autodesk-updates-netfabb-with-enhanced-workflow-tools-and-new-3mf-support-in-2026-release-238996/"
  }
 ]
}