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In the early 1990s, AutoCAD was ported to Microsoft Windows and Macintosh operating systems, both versions requiring separate purchase from Autodesk. By the mid-1990s, a version of AutoCAD was available for the IntelliPad, which competed against the popular SOHO softplotters of the day. Also in the 1990s, AutoCAD was ported to Unix-based operating systems, including Linux. AutoCAD LT, a version of AutoCAD without a graphics screen and therefore lighter on system resources, was released in 1998. Autodesk filed for bankruptcy in November 2002, and Autodesk Inc was sold to a consortium of investors for $1.36 billion. Autodesk sold Autodesk Design Suite software, which includes AutoCAD, in September 2005 to Corel. In April 2008, Autodesk sold Autodesk Softimage for $957 million to Total Environment.
History of AutoCAD
AutoCAD was the first major success for Autodesk Inc. The company was formed in 1982 by members of the Evans and Sutherland Inc., and the name Autodesk was coined by Douglas J. Evans, one of the company's cofounders, on an airplane flight home from an Evans & Sutherland board meeting. Since the beginning of the AutoCAD trademark in 1982, Autodesk has used it on everything from software to furniture, clothing, and real estate.
Name
The name Autodesk originated at the time of the company's formation in 1982, when cofounder Douglas J. Evans decided to name the company after a great run he made on an airline flight home from a company meeting. Evans and his team heard on the flight "the name was actually coming from the word "autodidact" or "auto-didact," meaning self-taught person."
Evans and his colleagues decided to use the name for their new software company. By the time they reached their home airport, however, word had spread among the team that the company was named "Autodesk," and Evans found himself fielding phone calls asking for his business cards. Evans was irritated by the unwanted attention and created the name "Autodesk" because he wanted a name he could use for everything. Evans then explained the origin of the name at a press conference held after the formation of Autodesk in 1982. Autodesk is also the name
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Applications 
 AutoCAD also includes many standalone applications and Windows add-ons. Some of the standalone applications include: a vector graphics editor, CAD viewer and text editor, an infrastructure development and management tool, a graphical and text based database management system, a CAD-based parametric modeling package, and many others.
 Extension platform 
AutoCAD's extension platform allows users to develop and distribute their own plugins.
 See also 
 List of CAD software
 Comparison of CAD editors for CAE
 Comparison of CAE platforms
 List of Autodesk applications
 Comparison of CAM software
 List of CAD software
References
Further reading
External links 
 
 * Official site at Autodesk, Inc.
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