Originally posted by PA 3L SVT:
AutoCAD is good for 2D drafting for the casual user. That's about it. When I learned CAD in college, we learned on AutoCAD 11, and solid modeling was stupid. Not a bad program to put on a PC for an engineer in a plant who uses CAD occasionlly, but the serious drafters generally won't touch it. My old school started using I-DEAS to teach after I had the class (I think that's the acronym) and it was super cool. IIRC, Ford used Pro-Engineer for their product designs. Our facilities engineers did use AutoCAD for the plant layout (2D).
Exactly! AutoCad is used 75% of the time for 2D drafting; however, there are a few companies that use it for simple solid objects.
I for one uses it for plant layout as I have industrial engineering duties, but for my products that I cover, I only use Pro/Engineer.
Sometimes, I hate being a multi-versatile engineer because I want to spend alot more time with fixture and product designs, but I cant complain since the pay compensates my work overload.
