Stephen Preston recently posted on the AutoCAD DevBlog that the Autodesk Exchange store is now open – for anyone* – to submit apps for hosting by Autodesk.
[* Hopefully this point is obvious: anyone can submit apps, but Autodesk clearly reserves the right to reject inappropriate submissions.]
Exchange Stores are available for the following products:
- AutoCAD
- AutoCAD Architecture
- AutoCAD Civil 3D
- AutoCAD ecscad
- AutoCAD Electrical
- AutoCAD Mechanical
- AutoCAD MEP
- Autodesk Alias
- Autodesk Inventor
- Autodesk Inventor Publisher
- Autodesk Revit
- Autodesk Simulation
- Autodesk Vault
As I’ve probably said before, these stores are a huge opportunity for developers to gain direct access to Autodesk customers, greatly reducing costs related sales & marketing. When someone downloads an app you’ve published to the store – even if it’s for free – then you, as publisher, will get notified by email (and will then be able to maintain a database of the downloaders’ email addresses).
More detailed information on the submission process is available on the Autodesk Exchange Developer Center (including AutoCAD-specific information).
I haven’t yet compared the new process with the information I’ve posted previously to see what’s different. Here are links to those posts for your information, but do bear in mind that some of the information may now be out-of-date, of course:
