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Autodesk has also developed a few vertical programs for discipline-specific enhancements. AutoCAD Architecture (formerly Architectural Desktop), for example, allows architectural designers to draw 3D objects such as walls, doors, and windows, with more intelligent data attached to them, rather than simple objects such as of lines and circles.The data can be programmed to represent specific…

The Student version of AutoCAD is identical to the full commercial version, with the exception that DWG files created or edited by the Student version have an internal bitflag set (educational flag). The student version of AutoCAD is cheaper than the full version. When such a DWG file is printed from any version of AutoCAD…

AutoCAD LT is a version of AutoCAD with more limited capabilities. It is cheaper than AutoCAD full version. In addition to being sold directly by Autodesk, it is available for purchase at computer stores, unlike full AutoCAD which must be purchased from an official Autodesk dealer. It was developed so that Autodesk would have an…

AutoCAD is a CAD software application for 2D and 3D design and drafting, developed and sold by Autodesk, Inc. Initially released in late 1982, AutoCAD was one of the first CAD programs to run on personal computers, and specifically the IBM PC. At the time, most CAD software ran on graphics terminals attached to mainframe…

Before the development of CAD, the manufacturing world relied on tools controlled by numbers and letters to produce complex shapes accurately and repeatably. During the 1950s, these numerically controlled (NC) machines used the existing technology of paper tapes with regularly spaced holes to feed numbers into controller machines that machine tools. were wired with working…

Since the 1980s, the development of inexpensive CAD programs that can be run on personal computers has led to a massive downsizing of drafting departments in many small to medium-sized companies. As a general rule, a CAD operator can easily replace at least three to five drafters with conventional methods. Additionally, many engineers began doing…

Most CAD computers are Windows-based PCs. Some CAD systems run on one of the Unix operating systems and also on the Linux operating system. Some CAD systems such as QCad, NX or CATIA V5 provide multi-platform support including Windows, Linux, UNIX and Mac OS X. Generally, depending on the CAD software used, no special hardware…

Computer-aided design or CAD is a technique of designing objects, real or virtual, with the help of computer technology. The design of geometric models for object shapes, in particular, is often referred to as computer-aided geometric design (CAGD).In the manual drafting of technical and engineering drawings, the output of CAD often must convey symbolic information…