1.125 Computer Aided Engineering
(AutoCAD presentation)
Applications of AutoCAD
There is virtually no limit to the kinds of line drawings using AutoCAD. If a drawing can be created by hand, it can be generated by AutoCAD. Here are a few of the applications of the AutoCAD:
- Architectural drawing of all kinds
- Interior design and facility planning
- Work-flow charts and organizational diagrams
- Proposals and presentations
- Graphs of all kinds
- Drawings for electronic, chemical, civil, mechanical, automotive and aerospace engineering applications
- Topographic maps and nautical charts
- Yacht design
- Plots and other representations of mathematical and scientific functions
- Theater set-lighting designs
- Musical scores
- Technical illustrations and assembly diagrams
- Company logos
- Greeting cards
- Line drawings for the fine art
As you draw with AutoCAD, you are creating much more than drawing. You can place associated objects on layers or group them, forming complex objects that you can manipulate as a whole. AutoCAD remembers the locations, sizes, and colors of the objects you draw, maintaining them in a database for subsequent retrieval, analysis, and manipulation.
Date: February 28, 1996