The 2nd most popular 3D graphics tool on Windows
AutoCAD is a suite of CAD software products for 2- and 3-dimensional design and drafting, developed and sold by Autodesk, Inc.. The original concept of AutoCAD in the 1980s was to promote customization and feature extensibility, and was what made it especially appealing to customers. Most contemporary CAD products at that time offered little if any customization capability and most were far more expensive. Modern AutoCAD includes a full set of basic solid modeling and 3D tools, but lacks some of the more advanced capabilities of solid modeling applications. AutoCAD can be used as a platform for other products such as Bentley AutoPLANT and COADE CADWORX. AutoCAD is a vector graphics drawing program. It uses primitive entities — such as lines, polylines, circles, arcs, and text — as the foundation for more complex objects. AutoCAD supports a number of application programming interfaces (APIs) for customization and automation. These include AutoLISP, Visual LISP, VBA, .NET and ObjectARX. ObjectARX is a C++ 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, DXF, have become de facto standards for interchange of CAD data. AutoCAD in later years has adopted another file format known as DWF. These files allow selected DWG drawings to be compiled to one file. This allows distribution of the drawings to those without AutoCAD or similar packages. It also protects the drawings from manipulation by others as the drawings are rasterized inside the DWF file. DWF files can be viewed with a free program from Autodesk called "DWF Viewer" — this program allows users to both view and print DWF files. Another advantage of DWF files is that a large number of drawings can be compiled to a single DWF and be of a very small to reasonble file size for electronic distribution. In 2006, Autodesk estimated the number of active DWG files to be in excess of one billion. In 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 Macintosh were released in the 1980s and 1990s, but these were later dropped. AutoCAD can run on an emulator or compatibility layer like Virtual PC or Wine, keeping in mind the performance issues that can arise when working with 3-dimensional objects or large drawings. AutoCAD exists in 14 language localizations, including many European and Asian languages.… More Edit
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Did you create this app?| Website: | autodesk.com/ |
| Developer: | Autodesk, Inc. |
| License: | Commercial |
| Price: | $3,295.00 |
| Version: | r18 |
| Rating: | Features: Interface: Performance: Price/value: Overall: |
| Usage: | 1 year, 6 months, 3 weeks, 12 hours, 48 minutes and 53 seconds |
| Usage since: | 02 May 2007 |
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It's the best and the most important tools for an engineering student.
some features amazes you, section plane, polysolid, Express tools, and the price is, Come on!
Used it at school. It's alright.
Using 2006, Electricans use this software because it is more techanical to use and it very usful. Once u figure out how to use the software u can draw any circuit u want.
anyone recommend 2010 ?? is it better and faster than 2009 - 2008 ??
Great softtware, i use it alot at work.
Great for general structures, but not really suitable for specific products, e.g. tower lines. And hefty price to pay to use this software...
09版做毕设中
ACAD 2009 is a great engineering programm. Usin' it at least 6 years. Start usin' from 2000 version.
autocad is a awsome tool for Ingineering disgning... aCad 2009-2010 has a big change in the interface, is looks alike office 2007
tmm güzel çok iyi programda 3 gün başında sabahlayınca adamı pert ediyo.
AutoCAD 2010出来了！功能更强大了！
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its all my life :P
ooor not :P
iam architectural student so i have to used daily..
The features and powers of AutoCAD is practically its downfall. It's tough to develop a specific and uncluttered display without creating custom buttons. Some of the interface options are non-intuitive and the scripting language is somewhat weak.