Today, Autodesk is launching 123D Design. It’s the latest addition to their family of free 3-D modeling applications for the rest of us. 123D Design is a cross-platform 3-D modeling tool — it ...

The app has garnered 5.5 million downloads, with 1.5 million customers paying for the app. Cheung said the company is working on an in-app system for users to buy upgrades on the fly.

This is a market Autodesk has been approaching in the last year or two through 123D, building touch-screen design apps for mobile devices and giving them away for free.

With its first consumer hit, Autodesk now has more customers than it did in all its previous 29 years combined. “It’s the best advertising we’ve had in years,” says Autodesk CEO Carl Bass.

Autodesk has released a trio of new software applications and upgrades for the Mac: AutoCAD 2012 for Mac, AutoCAD LT 2012 for Mac, and AutoCAD WS for Mac.All are compatible with Lion and Snow Leopard.

The app is the brainchild of Autodesk, the company best known for its flagship AutoCAD design software. It's an evolution of Autodesk-acquired Modio, an iPad app that worked with desktop 3D printers.

Moreover, all the free and paid versions that have cropped up on mobile app stores over time will be replaced with this single app on Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store. Autodesk is ...

Autodesk Pixlr Mobile (Free or $1.99 for an ad-free version on a single device) is brimming over with things you can do to your photographs on your Android or iOS device. Thanks to a robust menu ...

Thanks to Apple's iOS App Store, Autodesk has attracted more new customers than it has ever had across its previous 29 years in business, transforming the company and causing it to launch a new ...