Build on a good thing. Join the Network!
Arvind Thangli
ISVs, Developers & Complementors
1 © 2005 Autodesk
Ideas Realized with ADN

Criteria while choosing a Geospatial Platform
Platform Rationalization
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 Choose a scalable open system
 Multiple programming language support
 Multiple OS support
 Integrate business logic
Continuous support from the platform vendor through the
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product development lifecycle
Low cost of ownership
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Intuitive and fast to develop on and implement
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Large data source and pool to sell to
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The core capability of the platform vendor
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Ability to leverage your products/services on a global scale
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Ideas Realized with ADN

Autodesk Philosophy
Customer needs vary
\"Off-the-shelf\" or custom solution?
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 General or specialized need?
 Industry Standard or leading edge technology?
 Cost-sensitive or feature sensitive?
 Global or regional requirements?
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Ideas Realized with ADN

Autodesk Platforms & Technologies
A Growing Number of Users
AutoCAD 2.5 million+
Autodesk Inventor 450,000+
Autodesk Architectural Desktop 400,000+
Autodesk Revit Rapid
Autodesk Vault 7,000+ servers in Q2 2005
Autodesk Map 200,000+
Autodesk Civil 100,000+
DWF 7 million+
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The partner support program helping
professional software developers create
competitive advantage using Autodesk
products and technologies.
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TECHNOLOGY
+
SALES
+
MARKETING
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Who can be an ADN Members
• Commercial software companies
• Corporate developers
• Consultants and system integrators
• Government and university researchers
• Authors and creators of learning tools
• Hardware developers
• Anyone with a professional software
developer on staff
Over 2500 organizations and 10,000 people worldwide!
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Ideas Realized with ADN

Autodesk Platforms & Technologies
AutoCAD ObjectARX (C++)
.NET
VBA
Horizontal
COM/ActiveX
DWF ObjectARX (C++)
.NET
COM/ActiveX
A variety of state-of-
Autodesk RealDWG ObjectARX (C++)
the-art tools to .NET
maximize your software Autodesk Vault .NET
development flexibility
Infrastructure Building Mfg
Autodesk Inventor COM/ActiveX
and productivity .NET
Autodesk Architectural Desktop OMF (C++)
.NET
VBA
COM/ActiveX
Autodesk Revit .NET
Autodesk Map 3D and Civil 3D ObjectARX (C++)
.NET
VBA
COM/ActiveX
Autodesk MapGuide ASP.NET
Java
PHP
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Ideas Realized with ADN

9 © 2005 Autodesk
Ideas Realized with ADN

Enhanced Autodesk Interoperability
Automating Design-Geospatial Workflows
Web GIS
Geospatial
Design
Create/Edit
MapGuide
Civil 3D Map 3D MapGuide Enterprise
Studio
SDF
DWG DWG
Common Geospatial Layer
Data access Layer
MS SQL Server
Other Formats
Other Formats
Other RDBMS
Oracle Spatial
Point ODBC
MySQL
ArcSDE
FDO
Raster
SDF+
WMS
WFS
SHP
Providers
Data Formats
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Ideas Realized with ADN

Geospatial Platform & Solution Map
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Ideas Realized with ADN

YOU are very important to us!
YOU
YOU YOU
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Ideas Realized with ADN

A few Consulting & Product Partners
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Ideas Realized with ADN

What next – Action points
You
Sign up as a Consulting/System Integrator on A D N
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 Pick segments to play
 Understand customer industry, gain domain knowledge
 Go deeper on solving business issues
 Choose markets based on your understanding of market
opportunities
 Create pilots and prototypes for these segments
Autodesk
Provide training on APIs
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 Continuous interaction through DevHelp Online
 Marketing and Sales support
 Align other partners to put up consortiums at opportunities
14 © 2005 Autodesk
Ideas Realized with ADN

arvind.thangli@autodesk.com
15 © 2005 Autodesk
Ideas Realized with ADN