How Computer-Aided Design Changed the World
Computer-aided design (CAD) has evolved over the decades and changed the world for the better.
CAD is a term used to define software that engineers, designers, architects, and citizens can use to mock-up ideas digitally, revolutionizing the way professionals and creatives ideate.
In the 70s, blueprinting and prototyping became imperative to many industries, but this process was not yet digitized, relying on drafting tables, pens, rules, curves, templates, and scales, which was time-consuming, prone to error, and inaccessible to many.
CAD has made it easier and more accessible to access the tools needed to make new ideas come to life.
The inaccessibility of design was furthered by the high cost of these tools.
Author's summary: CAD revolutionized design and ideation.