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'''Computer-aided design''' (usually denoted by the acronym, '''CAD''') is the name given to [[software]] used to help engineers design systems; the concept (as with most software) is to remove the burden of non-imaginative 'book-keeping' effort, to allow the designer (and a smaller group of workers, overall) to focus on the higher-level (and more 'value-added') work.

An important precursor was the [[SKETCHPAD]] system of [[Ivan Sutherland]] (which itself used on prior work at [[Whirlwind]], used in the [[SAGE]] system), which was a key step in the development of [[graphical user interface]]s; necessary for efficient interaction with a CAD system by the engineer working with it.

Among the first ones created were targeted in the [[digital]] [[circuit]] design area (such as [[Stanford University Design System|SUDS]]), although similar ideas had appeared in other fields as well. CAD tools now exist, and are widely used, in all fields of engineering (and related/similar fields, such as building architecture).

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==See also==

* [[SCALD]]

==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201227113758/https://www.cadhistory.net/03%20MIT%20CAD%20Roots%201945-1965.pdf Computer-Aided Design’s Strong Roots at MIT]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121107151904/http://www.ll.mit.edu/publications/labnotes/LookingBack_19_1.pdf Looking Back: The TX-2 Computer and Sketchpad]

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 '''Computer-aided design''' (usually denoted by the acronym, '''CAD''') is the name given to [[software]] used to help engineers design systems; the concept (as with most software) is to remove the burden of non-imaginative 'book-keeping' effort, to allow the designer (and a smaller group of workers, overall) to focus on the higher-level (and more 'value-added') work.
-An important precursor was the [[SKETCHPAD]] system of [[Ivan Sutherland]] (which itself was based on prior work at [[Whirlwind]], later used in the [[SAGE]] system), which was a key step in the development of [[graphical user interface]]s; necessary for efficient interaction with a CAD system by the engineer working with it.
+An important precursor was the [[Sketchpad]] system of [[Ivan Sutherland]] (which itself was based on prior work at [[Whirlwind]], later used in the [[SAGE]] system), which was a key step in the development of [[graphical user interface]]s; necessary for efficient interaction with a CAD system by the engineer working with it.
 Among the first ones created were targeted in the [[digital]] [[circuit]] design area (such as [[Stanford University Design System|SUDS]]), although similar ideas had appeared in other fields as well. CAD tools now exist, and are widely used, in all fields of engineering (and related/similar fields, such as building architecture).

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 '''Computer-aided design''' (usually denoted by the acronym, '''CAD''') is the name given to [[software]] used to help engineers design systems; the concept (as with most software) is to remove the burden of non-imaginative 'book-keeping' effort, to allow the designer (and a smaller group of workers, overall) to focus on the higher-level (and more 'value-added') work.
-An important precursor was the [[SKETCHPAD]] system of [[Ivan Sutherland]] (which itself used on prior work at [[Whirlwind]], used in the [[SAGE]] system), which was a key step in the development of [[graphical user interface]]s; necessary for efficient interaction with a CAD system by the engineer working with it.
+An important precursor was the [[SKETCHPAD]] system of [[Ivan Sutherland]] (which itself was based on prior work at [[Whirlwind]], later used in the [[SAGE]] system), which was a key step in the development of [[graphical user interface]]s; necessary for efficient interaction with a CAD system by the engineer working with it.
 Among the first ones created were targeted in the [[digital]] [[circuit]] design area (such as [[Stanford University Design System|SUDS]]), although similar ideas had appeared in other fields as well. CAD tools now exist, and are widely used, in all fields of engineering (and related/similar fields, such as building architecture).
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 ==External links==
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201227113758/https://www.cadhistory.net/03%20MIT%20CAD%20Roots%201945-1965.pdf Computer-Aided Design’s Strong Roots at MIT]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201227113758/https://www.cadhistory.net/03%20MIT%20CAD%20Roots%201945-1965.pdf Computer-Aided Design's Strong Roots at MIT] - excellent detailed history of early CAD work (mostly in mechanical engineering)
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121107151904/http://www.ll.mit.edu/publications/labnotes/LookingBack_19_1.pdf Looking Back: The TX-2 Computer and Sketchpad]
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