HISTORY OF CAD CAD involves the designer s use of the computer as a versatile alternative to move traditional modes of drawing

and modeling and is today an indispensible tool for graphic and product designers, engineers, interior designer and architects. Its basic two-dimensional graphics origins lay in the United States Air-Force s Sage air defense system in the mid-1950s and were developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory. In 1961 Ivan Sutherland, a doctoral student at MIT, first envisaged a computerized company had sold the first commercial cad system for production drafting to Xerox. By this time attention had begun to turn to the possibilities of computer added threedimensional modeling. However, in their early stages of development all CAD applications were phenomenally expensive as were the large computers that powered then. As a result they were generally restricted to large automotive and Aerospace Corporation such as Chrysler, ford, general motors and Lockheed. By the early 1970s General Motors had developed the first DAC(Design Automated by Computer) production interactive graphics manufacturing system and in 1975 Lockheed sold software equipment license to Avions Marcel Dassault(AMD) for purchased CADAM(Computer-Augmented Design and Manufacture). The development of increasingly sophisticated and accessible systems was rapid and, by the 1980s, applications were developed for personal computers. By the late 20th century the dramatically increased speed, enhanced memory, and very much smaller size of computers, together with highly sophisticated and affordable software have architectural studios and education. They are also readily available to everyday consumers using personal computers who are able to use software for designing bathrooms, kitchens, etc. The huge advantage affordable by digital systems for drawing and modeling is that they allow design to be seen from any angle as well as easily manipulated, whether in terms of choice of colors, textures, or revisions. Such digital design can be stored electronically and speedily transmitted, with relevant data feet directly into manufacturing process. ABOUT CAD:-

Computer Aided Design (CAD) or Computer Aided Design and drafting (CADD) from of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specification, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics and calculationintensive computer programs. The technology is used for a wide variety of products in such fields as architecture, electronics and aerospace, naval and automotive engineering. Although CAD systems originally merely automated drafting, they now usually include three-dimensionally modeling and computer simulated operation of the engineers can use computers to simulate operation to determine loads and stresses. For example, an automobile manufacturer might use CAD to calculate the wind drag on several new car-body designs without having to build physical models of each one. In microelectronics, as devices have become smaller & move compiled, CAD has development costs and a greatly shortened design cycle. While less expensive CAD system running or personal computer have become available for do-it-yourself home remodeling and simple drafting, state of the art CAD systems running on workstations and mainframe computers are increasingly integrated with computer-aided manufacturing systems. COORDINATE SYSTEMS:To work in AutoCAD is necessary to know the coordinate system:When we draw a line or any character or point, the start position will be set in relation to the coordinate system. Coordinate system understand as a plane that can be in a position if it a 2D drawing or more position which is currently located prior to drawing or more position when it comes to drawing in 3D Origins, to the position which is currently located prior to drawing. Each time when we are positioned somewhere. Our starting point is the starting point no matter when in the drawing arc. The position of the origin depends on the draw in the absolute or polar coordinate system (although we may in the course of combined system that we want). Be sure to good