[Paris Mondial de l’Automobile] Autodesk Debuts at 2008 Paris Mondial de l’Automobile

Design Technology Leader Sponsors Key Events and Showcases European
Automaker Success

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Oct. 2 — Autodesk (Nasdaq:
ADSK), a world leader in design innovation technologies, will make its
debut appearance at the 2008 Paris Mondial de l’Automobile, one of the
world’s largest and most important auto shows, in Paris Porte de
Versailles, France, from October 4-19, 2008.

Autodesk’s participation reflects its focus on providing a solution for
Digital Prototyping that helps automotive industry manufacturers to better
concept, model and test designs before they are ever built, thereby
reducing costs and accelerating time to market. Sponsored by the
International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, the Paris
Mondial de l’Automobile has been the venue for the introduction of new
production automobile and concept cars for more than a century.

As part of its presence at the show, Autodesk will be serving as a gold
sponsor for several main events:

— AutoDesignNight. Scheduled to take place on October 2, AutoDesignNight
provides an unparalleled networking opportunity for the automotive
industrial design community in a casual, but professional, atmosphere.
For more information, visit http://www.autodesignnight.com/Paris.

— Interior Motives Design Awards. On October 3, this contest recognizes
automotive industrial design achievements in categories ranging from
Best Conceptual Interior, Best Use of Ambient Lighting, Best Safety
Innovation and more. For additional information, visit
http://www.interiormotivesawards.com.
“Historically, Autodesk has been a major partner of the global
automobile industry, delivering integrated conceptual design, engineering,
and manufacturing tools across all phases of product development,” said
Robert “Buzz” Kross, senior vice president of Autodesk Manufacturing
Solutions. “Our attendance at the Paris Motor Show, and our sponsorship of
AutoDesignNight and the Interior Motives Design Awards, is a natural
extension of our commitment to meeting the needs of global automotive
engineers and designers.”

Digital Prototyping on Display

Autodesk customer Estech, a French design firm specializing in the
industrial automotive field, will have a booth at the 2008 Paris Mondial de
l’Automobile (Hall 3, Lane 5, Stand 524) displaying its full-scale show
car, the Crysalys, which it developed using Autodesk Digital Prototyping
tools.

Digital Prototyping brings together design data from all phases of the
development process to create a single digital model. This digital model
simulates the complete product and gives designers and engineers the
ability to better visualize, optimize and manage designs before producing
physical prototypes.

“The Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping helps us to better
concept, model and test designs before they are ever built,” said Herve
Roman, chief executive officer of Estech. “A wide range of Autodesk
products, from Autodesk AliasStudio to Autodesk Showcase, worked together
seamlessly to create a digital workflow and speed the development of the
Crysalys.”

Venturi Automobiles, an ecologically minded French sports car
manufacturer, will also have a booth at the show (Hall 5, Lane 1, stand
101) to display animations of its latest prototype vehicle, which was
developed with Autodesk Opticore real-time raytracing visualization
software, which produces highly interactive and realistic 3D digital
product visualizations and presentations.

Gildo Pallanca Pastor, chief executive officer of Venturi Automobiles,
said, “Autodesk 3D visualization software solutions enable us to implement
a fully digital design process. Those tools reduce development costs of our
future models; the choice of production is not based on expensive physical
prototypes but on digital prototypes that are entirely explorable and
modifiable anytime.”

Autodesk in Automotive

Autodesk is the market leader in solutions for automotive design,
styling and marketing development and is a major supplier of engineering
and visualization software for the automotive industry. For more than 20
years, Autodesk has provided automotive original equipment manufacturers
with innovative 2D and 3D applications to simplify the
design-to-manufacturing process and provide creative professionals with
photorealistic tools that transform imagination into reality. Many of the
new vehicles presented by car manufacturers at the 2008 Paris Mondial de
l’Automobile were designed with Autodesk solutions for Digital Prototyping.

About Autodesk

Autodesk, Inc., is the world leader in 2D and 3D design software for
the manufacturing, construction, and media and entertainment markets. Since
its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk has developed the
broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art Digital Prototyping solutions to
help customers experience their ideas before they are built. Fortune 1000
companies rely on Autodesk for the tools to visualize, simulate and analyze
real-world performance early in the design process to save time and money,
enhance quality and foster innovation. For additional information about
Autodesk, visit http://www.autodesk.com.

Autodesk, AutoCAD, AliasStudio, Opticore, and Showcase are registered
trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or
affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names,
product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk
reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any
time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical
errors that may appear in this document.

(C) 2008 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Email: clay.helm@autodesk.com alyson.moses@edelman.com

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