This page lists some of the Autodesk products that are no longer sold or for which end-of-life or no-more-development have been announced. This is provided as-is for historical interest and with no guarantee of accuracy. However, corrections and additions are most welcome: please comment on the post Autodesk products are falling like parrots.
Product | Born | Died | Notes |
123D Catch | 2011 | 2017 | |
123D CNC Utility | 2011 | 2017 | |
123D Make | 2011 | 2017 | |
123D Sculpt | 2011 | 2017 | |
3D Concepts for Windows | 1992 | 1993 | |
3D Print Utility | 2013 | 2017 | MeshMixer? |
3D Studio Viz | 1997? | 2008? | Different features, file format and price to 3DS Max |
A360 Desktop | 2013? | 2017 | See here for expiration notice and FAQ |
Actrix Business / Technical | 1998 | 2000 | |
Advance Concrete | 2013 | 2017 | |
AE/CADD / AEC Architectural | 1985 | 1990 | |
Advanced Modeling Extension (AME) | 1990 | 1994? | |
Animator Pro (DOS) | 1991 | 1994 | |
Animator Studio (Win) | 1995? | 1995 | |
Application Manager | 2014? | 2016 | Autodesk desktop app |
Architectural Studio | 2002? | 2004? | |
ArtCAM | 2014 | 2018 | Born 1993, acquired from Delcam 2014 |
AutoCAD AEC Mechanical | 1987 | 1990 | |
Autodesk Animator | 1989 | 1994 | |
AutoFlix | 1988 | ? | |
AutoScreen | 1983 | 1984 | |
AutoShade | 1987 | 1993 | |
AutoSketch | 1986 | 2008 | See also Drafix |
AutoSolid | 1988 | 1990 | |
AutoSurf | 1992? | 1997? | |
Beast | 2010 | 2017 | |
Buzzsaw | 2001 | 2017 | No longer sold |
CAD/camera | 1985 | 1987 | |
CAiCE Visual Transportation / Roads / Survey | 2003? | 2008? | Released one version, stopped development & used technology in Civil 3D |
Cellular Automata Lab | 1989 | 1993 | |
Chaos | 1989 | 1994 | |
Civil Design | 1999? | 2009? | |
Combustion | 2000 | 2007 | |
Composite | ? | 2014 | Discontinued and free |
Delcam for Solidworks | 2010? (acquired 2014) | 2016 | |
Design Review | 2005? | 2013 | But undiscontinued 2017 |
Drafix | 1998? | 1999? | Bought to kill competition, renamed as AutoSketch 6 |
DWF Composer | 2005? | 2006? | |
Ecotect Analysis | 2008 | 2015 | Development ceased in 2010 |
Envision (formerly OnSite Desktop) | 2002? | 2004? | |
Field Survey | 2001 | 2004? | |
FMDesktop | 2006 | 2009 | Customers prodded over to FM:Systems |
Footwear | 2014 | ? | |
Freestyle | 2010 | 2011 | |
Freewheel | 2012 | 2014 | |
ForceEffect, ForceEffectMotion and ForceEffectFlow | 2012? | 2016 | |
Generic CADD | 1989 | 1994 | Sales ended 1997 |
GMax | 2001? | 2005 | Last version made available as freeware |
Graphic Impact | 1992 | 1993 | |
Home Series | 1991 | ? | |
Homestyler | 2010 | 2017? | |
HyperChem | 1992 | 1994 | |
HumanIK | 2011 | 2017 | |
ImageModeler | 2008 | 2009 | combined with other products |
Impression | 2007 | 2009 | Free download for subscription customers |
Instant Artist | 1992 | 1993 | |
Inventor ETO | 2011 | 2016 | |
Inventor Fusion | 2011 | 2012 | Fusion 360 |
Inventor Optimization | 2011 | 2015 | |
Inventor Publisher | 2011 | 2016 | Rent Inventor Pro 1 year – legacy data not supported |
Land Development Desktop | ? | 2004? | Provided with Civil 3D until 2009? |
Logoa | 2011 (acquired 2014) | 2017 | End announced 2 Nov 2017, executed 22 Dec |
Lightscape | 1999 | 2003 | 1991???? |
MatchMover | ? | 2014 | Discontinued and free |
Mechanical Desktop | 1995 | 2008 | |
Movimento | 2008 | 2014 | Discontinued and free |
Navigation | 2012 | 2017 | |
Office Layout | 1992 | 1993 | |
Pixlr | 2011 | 2017 | Sold to 123RF |
Plasma | 2002 | 2004 | |
QuickCAD | 1997? | 2004 | |
ReMake | 2010? | 2017 | Replaced with ReCap Photo |
Revit verticals (Architecture, MEP and Structure) | 2005 | 2016 | Incorporated into Revit |
Scaleform | 2011 | 2017 | |
Seek | 2008? | 2017 | Sold to BIMobject AB |
Showcase | 2006 | 2017 | |
Simulation Mechanical / Algor Simulation | 2009 | 2017 | |
Sketchbook designer | 2010 | 2012 | |
SocialCam | 2012 | 2015 | |
Softimage | 2008 | 2015 | |
Spark | 2014 | 2016 | Merged into Forge |
Stingray | 2015 | 2018 | |
Stitcher Unlimited | 2008 | 2011? | |
Structural Detailing | 2008 | 2014 | |
Survey | 1999? | 2009? | |
Tinkerplay | 2015 | 2016 | Thingmaker 3D Printer |
Toxik / Composite | 2007 | 2012 | Incorporated into Maya but discontinued |
tsElements | 2011 | 2014 | |
T-Splines for Rhino | 2011 | 2017 | |
Utility Design | 2013? | 2016 | Shuffled off to SBS |
Volo View | 2000? | 2005 | Design Review |
WorkCenter | 1995 | 1998? | |
World | 1995? | 1998? |
Some information is from John Walker’s Autodesk File. Here’s a list of archived Autodesk community forums that may contain more information about defunct products. Some forums for defunct products are still listed among the living.
Here’s the list of Autodesk products that have not yet been discontinued.