Still, that’s what 2D drafting is in AutoCAD.ģD modeling is a whole new world (cue the Aladdin Soundtrack), but AutoCAD can handle 3D modeling. There’s plenty of tools like geometry, dimension tools, polylines, array functions, rotation functions, and many other functions that make this process go efficiently and smoothly. You draw lines, circles, arcs, triangles, etc., add some words, and voila! Now, that may be an over-simplified rendition of drafting, but that is how CAD works. It’s one of the first CAD programs that ever hit the market, and it still holds firm as one of the most widely used drafting programs in the world. AutoCAD is an all-purpose drafting platform for 2D and 3D drawings. So this is why CAD is such an essential part of society. Someone has to design it and draft it (sometimes the designer and drafter is the same person, hence “CADD,” but you already know how I feel about that extra “D,” so moving on…). Houses need floor pans, utilities need schematics, products need precisely modeled parts, etc. So anyway, what is CAD? Everything built or manufactured in the world (which is probably 99% of everything around you right now) was designed and drafted so that it can be made to exact specifications. It just seems to me like we’re splitting hairs with that extra “D.” Some people think we should be more inclusive by replacing CAD with CADD (Computer-Aided Drafting & Design). So what is AutoCAD? CAD, of course, stands for Computer-Aided Drafting.
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