VISION
AND
MISSION
MARINDUQUE STATE COLLEGE
VISION
Marinduque State College is a
research-driven higher education
institution pursuing excellence and
innovation by 2025.
MISSION
Marinduque State College is committed to pursue
progressive and innovative lifelong education
founded on humanistic, professional and
technologically advanced programs across cultures
and communities by establishing centers of
excellence and development and research-driven
outreach programs.
What is CAD/CADD?
Computer-aided design (CAD), also known as computer-aided
design and drafting (CADD)
It is the use of computer technology for the process of design
and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes
the process of drafting with a computer.
CADD software, or environments, provide the user with input-
tools for the purpose of streamlining design processes; drafting,
documentation, and manufacturing processes.
CADD output is often in the form of electronic files for print or
machining operations
Before the age of computers,
drawings and blueprints
were drafted by hand. CAD
is more efficient because the
software records lines as
vectors based on
mathematical equations.
Portions of a drawing can be
twisted, stretched, or moved.
The picture as a whole will
automatically adjust.
CAD Software will let the designer:
Switch between two-dimensional (2D) and three-
dimensional (3D) views.
Zoom in and out for close-up and distant views.
Rotate images to view them from different perspectives.
Change the scale of images: When one value changes,
related values are automatically adjusted.
Manipulate the shape of images: Changing one portion
of an image automatically changes the entire picture.
Popular CAD programs used by architects and
engineers include:
Engineering Drawing and Sketching
It is an Engineering
Language
We dream in 3D
We draw in 2D (2D
Projection)
We build in 3D
Traditional Drawing Tools
Drafting Board – pencil,
eraser and ink
2D AutoCAD is essentially an
automated drafting board
The basic drawing standards
and conventions are the same
regardless of what design
tool you use to make the
drawings.
Paper is still the best creative
tool!
What is AutoCAD?
AutoCAD is a CAD (Computer Aided Design or
Computer Aided Drafting) software application for
2D and 3D design and drafting.
It was developed and sold by Autodesk, Inc. First
released in December 1982.
AutoCAD was one of the first CAD programs to run on
personal computers, notably the IBM PC.
AutoCAD is a vector graphics drawing program, as
opposed to a raster graphics program (ie Photoshop)
It uses primitive entities —such as lines, polylines,
circles, arcs, and text —as the foundation for more
complex objects.
AutoCAD in the world of CAD
CAD Packages widely used
AutoCAD (from AutoCAD AutoCAD LT MiniCAD
AutoDesk) is widely Architectural Desktop Vectorworks AEC
used MicroSTATION ArchiCAD Others
DWG and DXF file 5%
5%
5% 4%
29%
formats are standard 5%
25% 17%
5%
Origin of AutoCAD
AutoCAD was derived from a program called Interact, which was
written in a proprietary language (SPL) and ran on the Marinchip
Systems 9900 computer (Marinchip was owned by Autodesk co-
founders John Walker and Dan Drake.)
When Marinchip Software Partners (later to be renamed Autodesk)
was formed, they decided to re-code Interact in C and PL/1 -- C,
because it seemed to be the biggest upcoming language, and PL/1.
In the end, the PL/1 version was unsuccessful. The C version was, at the
time, one of the most complex programs in that language to date.
Autodesk even had to work with the compiler developer (Lattice) to
fix certain limitations to get AutoCAD to run
Vertical Program
Autodesk has also developed a few vertical programs, for discipline-specific
enhancements.
AutoCAD Architecture (formerly Architectural Desktop)
AutoCAD Electrical
AutoCAD Civil 3D
AutoCAD Map 3D
AutoCAD Mechanical
AutoCAD MEP
AutoCAD P&ID
AutoCAD Plant 3D
AutoCAD Structural Detailing
File formats
AutoCAD's native file format, DWG, and to a lesser
extent, its interchange file format, DXF, have become de
facto standards for CAD data interoperability.
AutoCAD in recent years has included support for DWF,
a format developed and promoted by Autodesk for
publishing CAD data. In 2006, Autodesk estimated the
number of active DWG files to be in excess of one
billion.
AutoCAD Released Version
Official Name Release Date of release Comments
DWG R1.0 file format
AutoCAD Version 1.0 1 1982, December
introduced.
DWG R1.2 file format
AutoCAD Version 1.2 2 1983, April
introduced.
AutoCAD Version 1.3 3 1983, August
DWG R1.4 file format
AutoCAD Version 1.4 4 1983, October
introduced.
DWG R2.05 file format
AutoCAD Version 2.0 5 1984, October
introduced.
DWG R2.1 file format
AutoCAD Version 2.1 6 1985, May
introduced.
DWG R2.5 file format
AutoCAD Version 2.5 7 1986, June
introduced.
DWG R2.6 file format
AutoCAD Version 2.6 8 1987, April introduced. Last version to run
without a math co-processor.
DWG R9 file format
AutoCAD Release 9 9 1987, September
introduced.
DWG R10 file format
AutoCAD Release 10 10 1988, October
introduced.
DWG R11 file format
AutoCAD Release 11 11 1990, October
introduced.
DWG R11/R12 file format
AutoCAD Release 12 12 1992, June introduced. Last release for
Apple Macintosh till 2010.
DWG R13 file format
introduced. Last release for
AutoCAD Release 13 13 1994, November
Unix, MS-DOS and Windows
3.11.
DWG R14 file format
AutoCAD Release 14 14 1997, February
introduced.
DWG 2000 file format
AutoCAD 2000 15 1999, March
introduced.
AutoCAD 2000i 16 2000, July
AutoCAD 2002 17 2001, June
DWG 2004 file format
AutoCAD 2004 18 2003, March
introduced.
AutoCAD 2005 19 2004, March
AutoCAD 2006 20 2005, March
DWG 2007 file format
AutoCAD 2007 21 2006, March
introduced.
Annotative Objects
introduced. First release
AutoCAD 2008 22 2007, March
for the x86-64 versions of
Windows XP and Vista.
Revisions to the user interface
AutoCAD 2009 23 2008, March including the option of a Microsoft
Office 2007-like tabbed ribbon.
DWG 2010 file format introduced.
Parametrics introduced. Mesh 3D
solid modeling introduced. Both 32-
AutoCAD 2010 24 2009, March 24 bit and 64-bit versions of AutoCAD
2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010 are
compatible with and supported under
Microsoft Windows 7.
Surface Modeling, Surface Analysis
and Object Transparency introduced.
AutoCAD 2011 25 2010, March 25
October 15, 2010 [AutoCAD 2011 for
Mac was released.
Interface of AutoCAD
Title Bar Menu Bar
Standard Toolbar Object Properties Toolbar Object Snap Toolbar
User Coordinate
System Icon Crosshair Cursor Modify Toolbar
Command Window
Model and Layout Tabs
Draw Toolbar
Status bar
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Command Window
Definition of Terms
Title bar – It contains the program name and the title of the current drawing.
Menu bar – It contain the drop down menus for Microsoft and AutoCAD.
Standard Toolbar – It contain 27 command buttons. Several of this button will be
familiar to Windows user; the rest are AutoCAD command.
Object Properties Toolbar – It contain two command button and five dropdown list
for editing object properties.
Object Snap Toolbar – Allow the user to pick specific points on object like endpoints,
midpoints, the center of a circle, etc.
Crosshair Cursor – It is moved and controlled by the mouse with a little box at the
intersection of the 2 crosshair lines.
User Coordinate System (UCS) Icon – An icon with double arrow which is used to
indicate the positive direction of x and y coordinates.
Definition of Terms
Modify Toolbar – It contains the commands for making changes to
objects already existing in the drawing.
Draw Toolbar – It holds the commands for putting new objects (like
lines or circles) on the screen.
Command Window – It is where the user tell the program what to do,
and where the program tells the user what’s going on.
Status Bar- It contain eight readout buttons that indicates the various
drawing modes and also indicates the coordinates of the cursor.
Model and Layout Tabs – It contain 3 tabs: a Model and 2 Layout
Tabs. These are used for switching between viewing modes
Drawing Area – The black middle section of the screen
