Among the most used in architecture are 3DS Max, Maya, Rhino, V-Ray, or Mental ray. Since CAD applications are focused on technical drawings, additional pieces of software are often used together, for rendering realistic images of the project. ![]() Nowadays, all of them can be used to make 2-dimensional drawings directly (similarly to drawing on a sheet of paper), or to build a 3-dimensional model of your project, from which the software will extract 2D drawings that will be printed on paper. Those applications are generally used to design whole architecture or engineering projects, often from scratch, and to produce the printed drawings that will be used to discuss the project with involved people such as project partners, authorities and clients, and the execution documents that will be used by the building team to actually build the project. Almost all engineering and architecture offices on the planet use one of them, so knowing at least some of them is very important in the professional world, and usually the most important requirement on architecture job offerings. Among the most used worldwide, are Autocad, Archicad, Inventor, Microstation, Vectorworks or Allplan. Therefore most of them are highly expensive software. Besides this, computer generally allows you to work in real-world units, and does the scaling automatically, so your drawing fits on the printer sheet.ĬAD Applications are nowadays complex and very carefully conceived. ![]() ![]() There are several advantages to this, for example the drawing can be subdivided in smaller parts, that can be reused or be worked on by several architects, updating the drawing is much faster than with hand-made drawings (where you often needed to redraw the whole drawing), and several tools can help you to check your drawing for errors. Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) means using the computer, instead of the classical tools (pencil, ink, rulers, paper) to create drawings.
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