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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Autodesk.\n\nJohn Walker co-founded Autodesk in 1982 with Dan Drake and a group of programmers, and the company's first product was AutoCAD.\n\n## What John builds\n\n- [Autodesk Platform Services](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/autodesk-platform-services.md), graded E, 44.3/100, in CAD, engineering \u0026 fabrication. Autodesk Platform Services (APS, formerly Forge) is Autodesk's cloud API set. Its Automation API runs AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, 3ds Max and Fusion headlessly on design files, beside Model Derivative, Data Management, OSS and Webhooks APIs under OAuth 2.0. Co-founder, Autodesk, researched 2026-11-03.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Andrew Anagnost](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andrew-anagnost/), President and Chief Executive Officer, Autodesk\n- [Dan Drake](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dan-drake/), Co-founder, Autodesk\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is John Walker?\n\nJohn Walker co-founded Autodesk in 1982 with Dan Drake and a group of programmers, and the company's first product was AutoCAD.\n\n### What does Autodesk, Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Autodesk Platform Services from Autodesk, Inc.. Autodesk Platform Services (APS, formerly Forge) is Autodesk's cloud API set. Its Automation API runs AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, 3ds Max and Fusion headlessly on design files, beside Model Derivative, Data Management, OSS and Webhooks APIs under OAuth 2.0.\n\n### How are John's tools graded?\n\nAutodesk Platform Services is graded E, 44.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://aps.autodesk.com/en/support/get-help\n- https://github.com/autodesk-platform-services/aps-sdk-openapi\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk\n- https://www.autodesk.com/robots.txt\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. If a page is about you, link your account from it to write the about and set the links yourself. For a photo, a correction or to have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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