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Everything about AutoCAD
Computer-aided design and drafting software
AutoCAD is a 2D and 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software application developed by Autodesk. It was first released in December 1982 for the CP/M and IBM PC platforms as a desktop app running on microcomputers with internal graphics controllers. Versions were later released for other platforms including Classic Mac OS (1992), Windows (1993), and macOS (2010), iOS (2010), and Android (2011). Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: AutoCADA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Full scope 3D analysis of a VVER-1000 containment pressurization during a LB-LOCA by employing AutoCAD and GOTHIC codeInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: AutoCAD and its applicationsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Direct Slicing from AutoCAD Solid Models for Rapid PrototypingCited 53 times
- Go sideways: .dwgA closely related topic
- Go sideways: AutoCAD DXFA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Direct Slicing from AutoCAD Solid Models for Rapid Prototyping
Auto MOC—A 2D neutron transport code for arbitrary geometry based on the method of characteristics and customization of AutoCAD
Establishing an Autonomous Cascaded Artificial Dynamic (AutoCAD) regulation system for improved pathway performance
From AutoCAD to 3ds Max: An automated approach for animating heavy lifting studies
A maintainability analysis visualization system and its development under the AutoCAD environment
AutoCAD-based prediction of 3D dynamic ground movement for underground coal mining
Human: An autocad based three dimensional anthropometric human model for workstation design
Gender differences in the form of maxillary central incisors analyzed using AutoCAD software
🆕 Influential since 2022
Full scope 3D analysis of a VVER-1000 containment pressurization during a LB-LOCA by employing AutoCAD and GOTHIC code
SACETraj: An AutoCAD Catmull-Rom Spline Trajectory Interpolator
The Geometric Design of Horizontal Curves Using The Autocad Civil 3D® Method: A Case Study of Trans Flores Roads
Use of computer modeling AUTOCAD in the educational process for students of technical directions of higher education institution
Case Method-Based Learning in AUTOCAD-Assisted CAD Program Courses
📚 Books worth reading
AutoCAD and its applicationsTerence M. Shumaker · 1989
Autocad and Its ApplicationsDavid A. Madsen · 1995
Engineering design graphicsJames H. Earle · 1969
The AutoCAD BookJames M. Kirkpatrick · 1992
Applying AutoCADTerry T. Wohlers · 1986
AutoCADSham Tickoo · 1995
AutoCAD Platform CustomizationLee Ambrosius · 2014
Instant AutoCADStephen J. Ethier, Christine A. Ethier · 2000
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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