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Autodesk was founded in 1982 by Ralph G. Palmer, Ken Unger, and E. Paul Dumais. Palmer had been one of the principal designers of the original VisiCalc spreadsheet software application, which was developed by VisiCorp and marketed by Apple Computer, Inc. Palmer and Unger were joined by Dumais in December 1983. At Autodesk, Palmer served as the company's first CEO and Unger became the president. The three men collaborated on the idea of a low-cost CAD application to be marketed under the name Cracked AutoCAD With Keygen, which stands for “Automatic Computer-Aided Design.”
Autodesk sold AutoCAD Crack Keygen to Corel in 1994. In December 2002, Corel acquired Autodesk for US$6.2 billion and simultaneously spun off AutoCAD Crack Mac as a new standalone company. On January 6, 2015, Autodesk announced that it had acquired Corel. In August 2016, Autodesk and Corel announced that they would no longer produce separate versions of AutoCAD Cracked Version, but rather only offer it as an integral part of AutoCAD Serial Key 360, Autodesk's range of all-in-one solutions.
The term CAD or Computer-Aided Design is often used by Autodesk's customers to describe a method of designing a product using a computer-aided design program. In the past, most designs were made using two-dimensional drafting tools such as a pencil and paper. The modern-day use of the term CAD is similar to the notion of CIM (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing), which has been discussed by the industry since the 1990s. The four-fold definition of CAD is "computer-aided design, 3-D modeling, simulation, and manufacturing".
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A variety of different CAD programs are available today, each of which can be used for many different purposes. Some CAD programs are used primarily to create two-dimensional drawings and plans, whereas others are more concerned with the development of three-dimensional models. Some CAD programs are more focused on the rapid design of products, whereas others are designed to be used primarily for a specific purpose, such as architectural design. Software programs of this type can be used to design a variety of different products, including automobiles, airplanes, retail stores, houses, computer chips, spacecraft, and even indoor plumbing fixtures.
There are many different CAD programs available to meet the needs of most designers and engineers. Even within the same
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the DXF format is also the file format for many CAD programs including Vectorworks and DraftSight. The format is primarily used for 2D drawing and related information. A few proprietary applications use the format as well.
AutoCAD Download With Full Crack also uses the.DWG (drawing) file format, which is similar to, but not compatible with, the.DXF file format.
AutoCAD Drawing files 
The AutoCAD drawing files, among other drawings, are usually saved in a.DWG (drawing) format. This is the native format for AutoCAD. It is a proprietary file format that works well with AutoCAD and other AutoCAD-related applications. The format was developed by Autodesk.
.DWG files can be freely distributed as long as the source code of the.DWG software is not included in the file. As a result, the software must be purchased separately.
AutoCAD also supports the.dwg,.dwgv and.dwgx file formats. These formats are specific to the Microsoft Windows platform. They are binary formats, which can be loaded by applications such as Microsoft Visual Studio and may be used in interoperability with.dwg files.
XML schema support for.dwg files was added with AutoCAD Release 12.0, and XML schema support for.dwgv and.dwgx files was added with AutoCAD Release 18.0.
SketchUp 
SketchUp, which is a 3D graphics application for creating 3D models of buildings, landscapes, and other objects and structures, has incorporated the.DWG format since version 3.0.2.  It supports several different drawing file formats, including.DWG,.DWGV,.DWGX and.DWGL.
See also 
 Comparison of CAD editors for architecture
 List of 3D modeling software
 Drawing (.pdf)
 VectorWorks
References
Further reading
External links 
.dwg File Format Description
 Introduction to.DWG File Format
 Discussion of AutoCAD's.DXF format (archived link)
 AutoCAD as an asset tracking tool
 Introduction to 3D Modeling with SketchUp
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