Nearly 30 years ago, Autodesk led the charge to bring computer-aided design (CAD) to the masses, winning over millions of users. Some of the company's success is attributable to engaging the hearts and minds of entrepreneurial, third-party developers who built software businesses on top of the AutoCAD development platform. Today, Autodesk is poised to open up the point-cloud market for millions of its users with its point-cloud engine.

This time, the opportunity is potentially larger as the need for point-cloud computing extends far beyond design to construction, manufacturing, asset management, and asset operations. kubit is the first company out of the gate with a product on Autodesk’s new point-cloud engine.

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