Review of AutoCAD, and Computers

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In this post I will be talking about AutoCAD 3D, computers, and other programs and how it has improved the way civil engineers design.  AutoCAD first came out in 1982, and this AutoCAD could only use basic shapes, line segments, and a little more.  AutoCAD was very rare the 1980's and 1990's for anyone to have.  It was also very slow because of the computing power of the computers back then.  I wasn't until about the mid 2000's that AutoCAD started to become more popular.  The 2007 version of AutoCAD that came out in 2006 made it more user friendly, easier to use, and efficient because of the better computers.  That is when AutoCAD really took off in the civil engineering world. 

AutoCAD 2013

In 2006 the computers were becoming faster,and AutoCAD was easy to work with and had way more option with designing, and there were other computer programs coming out that could simulate how all the different materials would hold up in all the different designs.  Civil engineers use computer to design and simulate how they design is going to with stand time and different variables like earthquakes and other natural disasters.  Civil engineers need computers and AutoCAD because it is a better way of designing then using paper and pencil. 

I have some experience with AutoCAD, other software that is design to test the weaknesses of your design, and I have a lot of experience dealing with computers.  Computers in general are the way of the future for civil engineer because they make it easier to do their job and design their projects.  AutoCAD is one of the better computer programs for designing and that is why it is so well known.  Once you learn how to use AutoCAD you are not done there because there are always new ones coming out so it is a continual learn process.  I thing that I have notice is that AutoCAD 2013 has a limited viewing window so you want to make sure to set that first.  Using AutoCAD uses a lot of you computers ram or memory, and also requires a good CPU in your computer, so to use AutoCAD you are going to need a good computer which can be expensive, but with all the new leaps in technology the computers with amazing computing power are becoming more and more affordable.  One thing you want to do when your using AutoCAD is to save your work all the time because computers when using AutoCAD have a tendency to crash or freeze then you loose all your work. 

Computers are being used by Civil engineers all the time now.  That is because of the accessibility of the computers and their programs.  Civil engineers need computers now days because the computers make the process of designing faster and faster.   One thing you should take away from it is that computers, AutoCAD, and other software all have their problems and that they all have flaws, but it is the way of the future.  Civil Engineers are using these things more and more everyday so they can produce a better product! 



 Reference from:
http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/autocad_history/