Autodesk Expands AI Capabilities for Design and Manufacturing

Autodesk, based in the U.S., has announced an expansion of AI utilization in the design and manufacturing industry, introducing new AI workflows and enhancing 'Autodesk Assistant.' The company positions AI not merely as a chat tool, but as an agentic AI that understands 3D design data and business context to support and automate actual tasks. With this announcement, AI Assistant features have been introduced to core products such as Fusion, Inventor, Moldflow, and Vault to support productivity. In Fusion, the 'Prompt-to-API' feature enables operation via natural language. Additionally, the publicly released 'Model Context Protocol (MCP)' facilitates integration with internal systems and workflow automation. Furthermore, a partnership with Anthropic's 'Claude' has begun, allowing natural language instructions to be converted into design actions. Autodesk views AI as a technology to augment creativity and aims to address industry complexity and talent shortages.