Collaboration with Amazon Web Services, OTOY and NVIDIA Enables
Developers to Access Powerful 3D Modeling from Anywhere, Anytime, with
Any Device Using a Simple Web Browser
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2013--
Autodesk,
Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) customers will now be able to access Autodesk
Inventor, Autodesk
Revit, Autodesk
Maya and Autodesk
3ds Max design tools via a web browser. For the first time ever,
customers can access full-fledged 3D design, engineering and
entertainment work in a browser without sacrificing performance, power
or functionality.
Today’s announcement furthers the company’s ongoing strategy to provide
access to its most popular tools from almost anywhere, anytime,
regardless of device and without compromising performance. Continuing to
build on Autodesk’s collaboration with Amazon
Web Services (AWS), OTOY
and NVIDIA
this new capability debuts as a tech preview and is an important
expansion of the remote access capabilities provided through Autodesk
Remote software. With this new capability, developers can access
90-day trials of Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Maya and
Autodesk 3ds Max software.
“Designers and engineers face deadline pressures and efficiency targets
that demand work be more mobile than ever,” said Jeff
Kowalski, chief technology officer at Autodesk. “It’s no longer a
requirement to run sophisticated 3D design applications such as
Inventor, Revit, 3ds Max or Maya on a powerful workstation. Now all you
need is a simple browser and an Internet connection. We are excited to
be first in the design industry to provide this capability.”
In August, Autodesk Remote was made available to Subscription
and rental plan customers worldwide. Remote allows users to drive
Autodesk software installed on their primary computer from a remote PC
or iPad, utilizing its full power in their 3D design and modeling work
regardless of the device. The collaboration with AWS and OTOY expands on
this capability to include access to Autodesk applications hosted in the
cloud.
Supporting Partner Quotes
“OTOY and Autodesk worked together to provide customers with a turn-key
solution for accessing 3D design applications through their HTML5
browser,” said Jules Urbach, CEO of OTOY. “For the first time ever,
design and engineering professionals can access all the features of
Autodesk 3DS Max, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Inventor
software to perform major design work, without ever having to download a
piece of software to their local PC. OTOY's OctaneRender further
enhances this experience by adding real-time, path-traced GPU rendering
inside Autodesk applications. All of these pieces will be cohesively
hosted on the cloud, leveraging the unprecedented scale and efficiency
of AWS’ on-demand Amazon EC2 GPU instances. We believe this solution
will not only translate to major cost savings for consumers, but greatly
impact the mobility and efficiency of their workflow.”
“With the launch of G2 instances for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
(Amazon EC2) today, we are enabling the delivery of high-quality,
client-agnostic 3D experiences to customers around the world,” said Matt
Wood, General Manager, Data Science, AWS. “We are working closely with
leading organizations such as Autodesk to leverage these powerful
capabilities to meet the needs of designers and engineers around the
world.”
"Design professionals need fast, fluid interactivity with their digital
creations to fully realize their vision and express their ideas,” said
Jeff Brown, general manager of Professional Visualization and Design at
NVIDIA. “With the availability of NVIDIA GRID GPUs and Autodesk
applications in the cloud from AWS, high-performance graphics are now
available to power the most demanding and advanced applications on
essentially any device.”
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About Autodesk
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Everyone—from design professionals, engineers and architects to digital
artists, students and hobbyists—uses Autodesk software to unlock their
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