What exactly is AUTOCAD? Can i design anything with AutoCad?

Question

I was under the impression it was just used for buildings,structures ect. Can you design cars and other things with the program if you get good enough at it?

Answer 1

yes you can. autocad is a full featured 3-d design software. it can be used for architectural or mechanical design.

Answer 2

Autocad itself isn't a design program. You can't enter certain variables for an item and click for a design of a connecting rod. It is a design tool used to make a working drawing of the item you are designing. It is getting better and becoming more of a design tool in my area, civil engineering, with Civil3D. But up until now, you had to have additional software with design aids.

Answer 3

AutoCAD itself is simply a drafting program by Autodesk. Autodesk also sells software applications that interact with AutoCAD to help model buildings, structures, cars, widgits, pretty much anything. Autodesk has several branches that deal with different industry segments, including manufacturing, infrastructure, building and even media and entertainment.

Using those other applications you can actually design things in addition to just drawing or drafting. For example, Autodesk's Civil 3D program is based on AutoCAD but adds functions to help lay out roads, subdivisions, lots, etc. To do cars or other manufacturing items, they have other applications such as Inventor, Mechanical, Electrical, etc.

Answer 4

Autocad is a design program that architects and drafters can use to design and develop everything from tools to cars to Military aircraft to Nasa Spacecraft and beyond.

Answer 5

Yes.We can design everything in AUTOCAD including 3D animation visualizing and all.More than this, We can use LISP programs to do all animations.

Answer 6

Engineering drawing program. And yes you can design anything with it. I got my b/f to answer this one as he's a mechanical engineer.

Answer 7

it is used by engineers to design thins from motors to buildings