How autocad is useful for engineers

A common misconception of engineers is that they want to be an engineer only or just become one too. It is not a case, many engineers are highly interested in applying their skills in other fields that could improve our planet. In this post I will show you ways on how Autocad plays a crucial role in the world of engineering and especially the field of civil engineering.

What is autocad?

Autocad is a widely used 3D computer programing language. Autocad was created by Microsoft to allow engineers to work with CAD and MEP (3-dimensional form) design files. These CAD/MEP files are created in.ECC format. An ECC file has several layers of instructions and a series of operations. Some programs require additional formatting operations, which would increase the required memory. Another benefit of using autocad which saves time and cost for engineering professionals is it makes working with various software much simpler and easier.

Autocrad allows us to visualize data on the sketch. We can use multiple layers in the sketch to represent different parts of our components. The component library in autoCAD allows us to add any part from sketch to the component library to save on time. This helps us save time and money in future when designing such components.

We have seen examples of industrial projects where AutoCAD has made things possible. You may ask yourself how do these projects look like? Many companies such as Cisco use AutoCAD for most of its designs. Other well known companies include Rolls Royce, Siemens, Airbus, Volvo, Ford, Chrysler, Boeing, Daimler, Lufthansa etc.

How does it help me work in my environment?

AutoCAD is quite useful in any scenario where we create parts that need engineering skill including geometry, shape, colour, materials, dimensions etc. Let's take an example where something similar to this is required.

Let say if we have two sheets of metal sheets where one sheet is stamped with some letter ‘A’ and another is stamped with a line ‘F’. Now we have a drawing of both the sheets. So you can easily see what kind of letters ‘A’ and ‘F’ the two sheets are. But now the question comes that what type of material is this sheet made of? Do we need more layers to make it look like paper? Do you need to change anything in order to make it look nice? What about colours? Which colour should it be painted? Or how strong does one piece of the sheet look like?

All the above questions can be answered by creating more layers, changing colours or changing surface areas. And so on. With all the above mentioned steps taken together, we can draw this figure to tell you how this project looks like.

It is important to understand that there is no point in making any changes in your component due to a new problem. If we start adding extra layers on top of layer for example. It wouldn't make much sense to replace layers only to remove layers later. Same thing applies for parts as layers.

That is why AutoCAD is useful: whenever we get the component, the designer can see a clear picture as per requirement. And also, at times we find parts of our models that we don't like. And here we can fix such issues, by changing the layers in the sketch. We cannot just add layers on top of other layers without changing its structure.

I am sure engineers will love talking about AutoCAD and share it online with friends and family.

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