<s>
Autodesk	O
ShapeManager	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
3D	O
geometric	B-Algorithm
modeling	I-Algorithm
kernel	I-Algorithm
used	O
by	O
Autodesk	B-Device
Inventor	I-Device
and	O
other	O
Autodesk	O
products	O
that	O
is	O
developed	O
inside	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
forked	B-Application
from	O
ACIS	O
7.0	O
in	O
November	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
became	O
available	O
in	O
Inventor	O
5.3	O
in	O
February	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
day	O
of	O
the	O
announcement	O
,	O
VP	O
of	O
Autodesk	O
,	O
Robert	O
Cross	O
,	O
denied	O
that	O
the	O
genesis	O
of	O
ShapeManager	B-Algorithm
was	O
the	O
purchase	O
by	O
Dassault	O
Systèmes	O
of	O
ACIS	O
from	O
Spatial	O
Corp	O
in	O
July	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
,	O
though	O
industry	O
experts	O
commented	O
on	O
Autodesk	O
's	O
exposure	O
to	O
dependence	O
on	O
technology	O
controlled	O
by	O
its	O
main	O
competitor	O
(	O
Dassault	O
owns	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
