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1973 Omicron started as a sole proprietorship out of a house in Warren. Initial business model was custom electronic design and fabrication.
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1976 Omicron becomes a pioneer in using the Apple II for test stands and data acquisition systems.
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1982 Autodesk was started by 13 programmers led by John Walker and Dan Drake
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1983 Omicron moves to present location, a 6,000 square foot industrial building.
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1984 Omicron becomes an Authorized Reseller for AutoCAD
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1988 AutoCAD R10 ships. AutoCAD has an installed base of 150,000 users. A Macintosh version of AutoCAD R10 ships.
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1990 Omicron mails its first newsletter to 2000 customers and prospects.
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1991 Martha Tattan, the co-founder of Omicron, is lost in a tragic car accident.
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1992 AutoCAD R11 ships and becomes the first version to support Windows
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1993 AutoCAD R12 ships and is the last version to support Macintosh
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1999 AutoDesk ships the first version of Inventor, full 3D mechanical design software.
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2000 The World's computers did not stop working (remember the Y2K scare?)
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2001 AutoCAD 2002 ships.
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2002 Mechanical Desktop is bundled with Inventor in the Inventor Series 5.3
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2003 AutoCAD 2004 ships. Omicron becomes an ASC Autodesk System Center.
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2007 AutoCAD 2004 retired. Inventor 2008 ships, the Autodesk "flagship" 3D design suite.
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2008 Omicron partners with Vivek Systems selling and supporting Autodesk Mechanical software.
