Wikipedia
AutoCAD is a popular computer-aided design computer-aided drafting (CAD) computer softwaresoftware package for Dimension2D and 3D computer graphics3D design and drafting, developed and sold by Autodesk.Version 1.0 of AutoCAD was released in December 1982. The current version is AutoCAD 2006, which was released in March 2005.Initially a general-purpose 2D drafting program, AutoCAD has been extended into a family of products, used by Land_developmentland developers, architects, Mechanical engineeringmechanical engineers, and other design professionals. The AutoCAD family of products, taken as a whole, is by far the most widely used CAD software in the world.AutoCAD includes a full set of basic solid modelling and 3D tools, but lacks the advanced capabilities of dominant solid modelling applications such as CATIA, Unigraphics, Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, SolidEdge, and Autodesk's Autodesk_InventorInventor. AutoCAD co-exists with these products, primarily as a 2D drafting tool.Like other CAD programs, AutoCAD is a vector graphics drawing program. It uses primitive entities - such as lines, polylines, circles, arcs, and text - as the foundation for blocks (groups of entities which can be referenced and reused), and more complex objects.AutoCAD supports a number of Application programming interface (API) for customization and automation, including AutoLISP, Visual LISP, and VBA. For advanced tasks, AutoCAD's license-based API, ARX, can be used; a C plus plusC++ class library, which was also the base for products extending AutoCAD functionality to specific fields, to create products such as Autodesk Architectural Desktop, AutoCAD Electrical, or third-party AutoCAD based applications.AutoCAD's native file format, DWG, and to a lesser extent, its interchange file format, AutoCAD_DXFDXF, have become de facto standards for interchange of 2D CAD data. In 2006, Autodesk estimated the number of active DWG files to be in excess of one billion. It the past, Autodesk has estimated the total number of DWG files in existence to be more than three billion.AutoCAD currently runs exclusively on Microsoft desktop operating systems. Versions for Unix and Apple Macintosh were released in the 1980s, but these met with limited market acceptance and were later dropped. It usually suffers from poor performance when run in an emulator or compatibility layer like Virtual PC or Wine (software)Wine.A lower-cost version, AutoCAD LT (pronounced "ell tee", not "lite")the "LT" stood for "LapTop" as in Laptop computer.Laptop computers didn't have the memory that they have now, so AutoCAD LT was a scaled down version. It was first introduced in 1993. Compared with its more expensive sibling, LT lacks several features, has no useful 3D capabilities, and does not include AutoLISP or other programming interfaces. In this context the abbreviation CAD stands for Computer Aided Design, or Computer Aided Drafting.
Overlay programs - Autodesk has also developed overlay programs, sometimes called Desktops, for discipline-specific enhancements. Architectural Desktop, for example, permits architectural designers to draw objects such as walls, doors and windows, with more intelligent data associated with them, rather than simple objects such as lines and circles. The data can be programmed to represent specific architectural products sold in the construction industry, or extracted into a data file for pricing, materials estimation, and other values related to the objects represented. Similarly, Civil Design, Civil Design 3D, and Civil Design Professional allow data-specific objects to be used, allowing standard civil engineering calculations to be made and represented easily.
Version history - Version 1.0 (Release 1) - December 1982Version 1.2 (Release 2) - April 1983Version 1.3 (Release 3) - August 1983Version 1.4 (Release 4) - October 1983Version 2.0 (Release 5) - October 1984Version 2.1 (Release 6) - May 1985Version 2.5 (Release 7) - June 1986Version 2.6 (Release 8) - April 1987Release 9 - September 1987Release 10 - October 1988Release 11 - October 1990Release 12 - June 1992Release 13 - November 1994Release 14 - February 1997AutoCAD 2000 - March 1999AutoCAD 2000i - July 2000AutoCAD 2002 - June 2001AutoCAD 2004 - March 2003AutoCAD 2005 - March 2004AutoCAD 2006 - March 2005
AutoCAD blocks - In AutoCAD, blocks are objects that can be reused. On the Web there are many sites that provide AutoCAD blocks, linetypes, hatch patterns, etc. In version 2006, AutoCAD adds dynamic blocks, which have capabilities similar to the symbols used in Microsoft Visio.cadalot.co.uk - cadalot cadbot.net - cadbot.net DWG and DWF search enginecben.net - cben.netxoomer.virgilio.it - xoomer in Italiancaddepot.com - caddepod - shareware library
See also - AutodeskCADCP/MIGESQCad
External links - techsoft.home.pl - TechCAD 4.0autodesk.blogs.com - Official AutoCAD Blogmyfeedback.autodesk.com - Autodesk product beta and feedback programshyperpics.blogs.com - Beyond the UI an AutoCAD bloghyperpics.com - System Variable Matrix R12 - 2006hyperpics.com - Command Reference Matrix R12 - 2006autodeskpress.com - AutoCAD 2005 new commandsautodesk.com - Autodesk AutoCAD websiteusa.autodesk.com - Autodesk current products catalog, including overlay programs and stand-alone programsfbe.unsw.edu.au - AutoCAD tutorials Release 12, 13, 14www2.ncsu.edu:8010 - AutoCAD tutorials 2000i? betaprograms.autodesk.com - Shaan Hurley's AutoCAD History - 20 years of AutoCADfourmilab.ch - John Walker's Site - Early development of AutoCAD (John Walker (programmer)John Walker is a co-founder of Autodesk).tenlinks.com - Ultimate CAD directory Top Ten Links cad-drafting-services.com - How to Manage a CAD Outsourcing Project (Advertisement. Written by an outsourcing company in India)xarch.tu-graz.ac.at - Autocad Wiki Dead Link --> !http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/aut ocad/wiki/date=20040811004019 last version stored on archive.orgimages.autodesk.com - AutoCAD feature matrix (pdf) Compares features of AutoCAD versions among 2000 - 2006opendesign.com - Open Design Alliance, a non-profit industry consortium providing DWG/DXF compatible program libraries.genericcadd.com - What Happened to Generic CADD?, a company bought out by ACAD and then the product was killed! Dead link web.archive.org - last version on archive.orgaugi.com - Autodesk User Group International Autodesk User Group Internationaltheswamp.org - TheSwamp en.wikipedia.org - (wiki) AutoCAD discussion forum for operators / programmers / !administrators.AutoCAD_related _articles? Wikibooks Category:computer-aided design !softwarede:AutoCADes:AutoCADfr :AutoCADnl:AutoCADpl:AutoCADpt :AutoCADsl:AutoCADsv:AutoCADth :ออโต& #3649;คดtr:AutoCAD zh:AutoCAD
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CAD 4 Hydraulic
CAD 4 Hydraulic offers: - Circuit Design Package Hydraulic/Pneumatic - Power-System-Design - CADManager all under AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT or INVENTOR
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Groupboard
Interactive website tools for education, business and fun. Add whiteboard, chat, games, message boards, voice-over-ip conferencing and web conferencing to your site by simply copying a few lines of HTML code.
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AutoCAD Downloads, CAD Software, Autodesk & AutoCAD Software
AutoCAD Software and Add-ons from Cadopolis.com. Autodesk Resource Site featuring software downloads, shareware, links and forums. Many solutions for all AutoCAD versions.
http://www.cadopolis.com/
IT- und CAD-Lösungen
Eine EDV-Dienstleistung für jede Firma. Lassen Sie Ihre Mitarbeiter weiterbilden. Informieren Sie sich über ein Bildungsscheck und nutzen Sie diese Möglichkeit, damit Ihre Mitarbeiter leistungsfähig bleiben. Haben Sie Engpässe oder möchten Sie Ihr Produkt besser präsentieren...?
http://www.megaedv.de/
house plans
house plans, home plans, autocad drafting, renderings,
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NYacad
AutoCAD programs and Steel Detailing
http://www.nyacad.com/
homepage of martin karl
private homepage of martin karl, duesseldorf, germany
http://www.martinkarl.de/
Design- and Sales Automation, Software and Services for the Fluid Power industry
VEST, Inc. is the leading worldwide commercial provider of multi-platform design-automation and sales-automation services, software and data for the Fluid Power industry.
http://www.taunus-it.de/
http://www.multisuite.com
Leading structural steel and reinforced concrete detailing software for AutoCAD.
http://www.multisuite.com/
Autodesk Luxembourg
Cad Solutions, société accréditée par Autodesk pour la vente, formation et développement de ses produits, est spécialisée dans les métiers de l'Architecture, de l'Ingénierie et de la Construction. Elle met tout son potentiel au service des professionnels de ces domaines et vous souhaite une bonne découverte de ses possibilités.
http://www.cadsolutions.lu/
CAD Drafting and Detailing
Providing Structural/Steel Detailing, Architectural Drafting, Mechanical and drafting services to Architects, Surveyors, Structural Engineers, Fabricators and manufacturers worldwide since the year 2000. Please avail our free offer to evaluate how we can help meet your high quality design and drafting needs and provide you with quality solution in the best possible time frame, all through internet delivered to your computer at very low cost.
http://www.draftinganddetailing.com/
La vida en català
La vida en català, és una associació que es dedica a la traducció al català de programari i jocs informàtics en català.
http://www.vidacatala.org/
3D laser scanning and modelling
3D laser scanning and modelling
http://www.letech.org/
Autodesk
Developers of AutoCadMap
http://www.autodesk.com
CADalog
A directory of CAD resource files, an online parts library, and listings of CAD employment opportunities, with a searchable database.
http://www.cadalog.com/
University of New South Wales Faculty of the Built Environment
Gives information about the faculty, degrees and courses, students, staff, research, exhibits, special online computer tutorials and architecture seminars.
http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/
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