Great Timeline. I have tried to find out about AG or Applied Geometry who are mentioned at the start. I cant find anything about them online. I did find out that in 1992 Autocad acquired Micro Engineering Solutions MES who were the developer of SOLUTION 3000 who used NURBS based surface modelling. The companies two leading products at the time were called Design Expert and Manufacturing Expert. I assume that is when McNeel were reined in. I wonder if you know anymore about the company?
Thanks