COMPUTER TRAINING COURSE- AUTOCAD

Source:- Freshersworld

What is AutoCAD?
Autocad is a software application for computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting in both 2D and 3D. It is developed and sold by Autodesk, Inc. It is a combination of hardware and software that enables engineers and architects to design everything from furniture to airplanes. In addition to the software, CAD systems require a high-quality graphics monitor; a mouse, light pen, or digitizing tablet for drawing; and a special printer or plotter for printing design specifications.

CAD systems allow an engineer to view a design from any angle with the push of a button and to zoom in or out for close-ups and long-distance views. In addition, the computer keeps track of design dependencies so that when the engineer changes one value, all other values that depend on it are automatically changed accordingly.

Until the mid 1980s, all CAD systems were specially constructed computers. Now, you can buy CAD software that runs on general-purpose workstations and personal computers.

So it saves a lot of time and bring more accurate results.

Why Autocad?

CAD is an important industrial art extensively used in many applications, including automotive, shipbuilding, and aerospace industries, industrial and architectural design, prosthetics, and many more. As in the manual drafting of technical and engineering drawings, the output of CAD must convey information, such as materials, processes, dimensions, and tolerances, according to application-specific conventions.

CAD may be used to design curves and figures in two-dimensional (2D) space; or curves, surfaces, and solids in three-dimensional (3D) space.

CAD is also widely used to produce computer animation for special effects in movies, advertising and technical manuals. The modern ubiquity and power of computers means that even perfume bottles and shampoo dispensers are designed using techniques unheard of by engineers of the 1960s. Because of its enormous economic importance, CAD has been a major driving force for research in computational geometry, computer graphics (both hardware and software), and discrete differential geometry.[3]

The design of geometric models for object shapes, in particular, is occasionally called computer-aided geometric design (CAGD).

Current computer-aided design software packages range from 2D vector-based drafting systems to 3D solid and surface modelers. Modern CAD packages can also frequently allow rotations in three dimensions, allowing viewing of a designed object from any desired angle, even from the inside looking out. Some CAD software is capable of dynamic mathematical modeling, in which case it may be marketed as CADD - computer-aided design and drafting.

Scope of Autocad

• Manufacturing and design industry
• Computer-aided engineering (CAE)
• Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) including instructions to Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines
• Producing highly realistic designs
• Document management and revising the designs
• Simulating the designs and analyse the results
• Solid modelling
• High Speed Machining, including streamlining of tool paths
• Multi-function Machining
• 5 Axis Machining
• Automation of Machining processes

Eligibility

Any undergraduate with machine drawing concepts can learn Autocad.