Overview:

AutoCAD is a commercial computer-aided design (CAD)

and drafting software application. Developed and
marketed by Autodesk, AutoCAD was first released in
December 1989 as a desktop app running on
microcomputers with internal graphics controllers.

Benefits:

AutoCAD software saves a huge time, saving time is

equal to earn more income by more output, It is a simple
enough software with the real user friendly interface, It is
easy to grasp and it can provide you the basic exposure,
It is very beneficial in designing 3D and 2D.
It offers powerful and quick dimensions, You can use the
simplified tools, you can generate the dimensions to
control and expand only the important variables for
manufacturing easily.
AutoCAD software is incorporation for International
Drafting Standards, Compliance with the industry
standards improves the internal communication and the
results in reliable production outputs, It presents easy
data swapping, It comes with in-built industry.
AutoCAD software comes with specific drafting tools for
generating standards Industry based geometric
dimensions, surface texture symbols, the mechanical
symbols, and the wild symbols, and AutoCAD firm can
increase their productivity manifold. It enables you to
produce very accurate designs, and drawings can be
created in 2D or 3D.
AutoCAD software offers a professional look, It has
flexibility in design changes, It has auto specification
check feature, It has reduced design time, It offers easy
reuse of the designs, The costly mistakes in the design
or the production can be avoided, and you can modify
the existing ideas that save the time. It can be more
accurate than hand-drawn designs. It reduces the
human error. it easier and cheaper to modify your
design. AutoCAD software offers rapid prototyping. So it
helps the clients to check the progress of functional and
semi-functional prototypes.

Some of the Advantage of AutoCAD are as follows:

 Storage and accessibility: AutoCAD files can be
saved on a computer or archived in any storage
media. Software files occupy lesser storage space
as compared storage space required for keeping
manually drafted paper drawings. Paper drawings
also need care and protection from loss or
damage due to floods, fires or other calamities
and can get damaged over time. The software
files can also be stored on any cloud storage, from
where they are easily accessible at anytime from
anywhere provided there is an internet connection.
 3D View: Although it is possible to sketch 3D
drawings manually, they are not as effective and
realistic as computer aided drawings. AutoCAD
help model 3D objects with colors, materials
and/or textures applied to various surfaces making
them vivid and easier for the user to visualize the
end product.

 Revisions and modifications: Any changes in

manually drafted paper drawings would require
the draftsman to draw the drawing again. Since
this involved a lot of effort, the draftsmen just
scratched out the older details and draw new
details, resulting loss of older details. CAD has
inbuilt tools that allow any number of revisions and
changes easily and quickly. You can edit or delete
details easily using simple user-friendly
commands. You can also save the previous
versions of the file in case you wish to re-use
them.

 Speed: Creating a drawing in AutoCAD is much

faster than drawing manually. You can also save
time and effort by creating re-usable block library.
Easy edits are possible with commands like copy,
mirror, stretching, rotate and scale and many more
such commands.

 Accuracy: AutoCAD enables you to draw with

fractional dimensions and also define precision to
any number of decimal places, which is not
possible to achieve in hand-drafted manual
drawings, hence offering accuracy in all
dimensions.