It’s Pi Day so let’s talking about an ever expanding pie — the home building market.
Part of Autodesk’s success is based on the fact that long ago the original founders:
- Recognized the computer industry was shifting from mainframe computers to personal computers.
- Entrusted a wide dealer and reseller network to sell our software.
- Developed application program interfaces (APIs) that allowed our software’s capabilities to be extended by third-parties.
These factors are still true today as we leverage the shift from desktop computing to cloud-based computing. Much like AutoCAD had an API that allowed AutoCAD to be extended, our web services are based on APIs that allow them to be extended. This is possibly by what we call Autodesk Forge.
Forge is actually 3 things:
- Platform (APIs)
- Community of developers who uses those APIs
- Fund where Autodesk bestows grants to 3rd parties to develop the web service ecosystem
“What might someone develop with Forge APIs?” one…