AutoCAD

AutoCAD is a commercial computer aided design (CAD) and drafting software application. Developed and marked by Autodesk, [1] AutoCAD was released in December 1982 as a desktop app running on microcomputer with internal graphics controllers. [2] Before AutoCAD was introduced, most commercial CAD programs ran on mainframe computer or microcomputers, with each CAD operator (user) working at a separate graphics terminals. AutoCAD is also available as mobile and web apps.

  Developer(s)                                                                                Autodesk

  Initial release                                                                              December 1982; 38                                                                                                                      years ago

   

 Stable release                                                                               2022/ March 24, 2021;

 Operating system                                                                         Window, macOS, iOS,                                                                                                                 android

  

 Available in                                                                                   14 languages

List of languages

English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, Czech, polish and Hungarian

Type                                                                                                Computer-aided design

License                                                                                            Trialware

website                                                                                              autodesk.com/AutoCAD

AutoCAD is used in industry, by architects, project manager, engineers, graphics designers, city planners and other professionals. It was supported by 750 training centers worldwide in 1994. 

Student versions 

AutoCAD is licensed, for free, to students, educators and educational institutions, with a 12 months renewable licenses available. License acquire before March 25, 2020 were a 36-month license, with its last renovation on march 24, 2020. The student version of AutoCAD is functionally identical to the full  commercial version with one exception: DWG files created or edited by a student version have an internal bit-flag set (the "educational flag) 

Interface of AutoCAD