AutoCAD
(Latest release –AutoCAD 2009, Version 23, March 2008,
Website - autodesk.com/autocad )
AutoCAD is a CAD (Computer Aided Design) 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 notably the IBM PC. Most CAD software at the time ran on graphics terminals connected to mainframe computers or mini-computers.
In earlier releases, AutoCAD used primitive entities — such as lines, polylines, circles, arcs, and text — as the foundation for more complex objects. Since the mid-1990s, AutoCAD has supported custom objects through its C++ API.
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's native file format, DWG, and to a lesser extent, its interchange file format, DXF, have become de facto standards for CAD data interoperability.
AutoCAD in recent years has included support for DWF, a format developed and promoted by Autodesk for publishing CAD data.
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.
Though there are Powerful 3D software’s, Still Blueprints of drawings AutoCAD is excessively using.
List of releases:
Version 1.0 – version 1.0 – release 1 –December 1982
Version 1.2 – version 1.2 – release 2 –April 1983
Version 1.3 – version 1.3 – release 3 –August 1983
Version 1.4 – version 1.4 – release 4 –October 1983
Version 2.0 – version 2.0 – release 5 –October 1984
Version 2.1 – version 2.1 – release 6 –May 1985
Version 2.5 – version 2.5 – release 7 –June 1986
Version 2.6 – version 2.6 – release 8 –April 1987
Version 9 – N/A – release 9 –September 1987
Version 10 – N/A – release 10 –October 1988
Version 11 – N/A – release 11 –October 1990
Version 12 – N/A – release 12 –June 1992
Version 13 – N/A – release 13 –November 1994
Version 14 – N/A – release 14 –February 1997
AutoCAD 2000 – version 15.0 – release 15 –March 1999
AutoCAD 2000i – version 15.1 – release 16 –July 2000
AutoCAD 2002 – version 15.6 – release 17 –June 2001
AutoCAD 2004 – version 16.0 – release 18 –March 2003
AutoCAD 2005 – version 16.1 – release 19 –March 2004
AutoCAD 2006 – version 16.2 – release 20 –March 2005
AutoCAD 2007 – version 17.0 – release 21 –March 2006
AutoCAD 2008 – version 17.1 – release 22 –March 2007
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