Is Autocad important nowadays in marketplace?

[worldnats]

Is Autocad important nowadays in marketplace?

[ReMark]

Yes, it is still important but the move is towards programs such as Inventor and Solidworks.

Despite all the CAD software available there are still people who insist on doing their drawings by hand. Does CAD make manual drafting any less important?

[worldnats]

Yes, it is still important but the move is towards programs such as Inventor and Solidworks.

Despite all the CAD software available there are still people who insist on doing their drawings by hand. Does CAD make manual drafting any less important?

OMG! What is that words "inventor" and "solidworks" are they also needed in learning autocad?

[ReMark]

Neither is required to be learned as part of AutoCAD as they are both advanced CAD programs fully capable of standing on their own. They come with unique features that won't be found in AutoCAD or any of the AutoCAD clones like Draftsight.

You can find out more about each by visiting their respective websites. Inventor is an AutoDesk product. Solidworks is a Dassault Systemes product.

http://usa.autodesk.com/autodesk-inventor

http://www.solidworks.com/

[worldnats]

Neither is required to be learned as part of AutoCAD as they are both advanced CAD programs fully capable of standing on their own. They come with unique features that won't be found in AutoCAD or any of the AutoCAD clones like Draftsight.

You can find out more about each by visiting their respective websites. Inventor is an AutoDesk product. Solidworks is a Dassault Systemes product.

http://usa.autodesk.com/autodesk-inventor

http://www.solidworks.com/

I see. That is why Autocad 2012 have also Inventor. I have inventor here in my laptop. I can also learn it, like autocad? Which one is easiest; autocad or inventor? Is there any free tutorial for Inventor?

[JD Mather]

Is Autocad important nowadays in marketplace?

First,
What field are you interested in?
Civil? Architectural? Mechanical? Electrical? other?

[ReMark]

Plain AutoCAD does not include Inventor. I think it would be easier to learn Inventor if you did NOT know AutoCAD as they are worlds apart in the way they function.

I don't know about the availability of free tutorials for Inventor but I'm certain there must be some available. JDM has some at his website.

[JD Mather]

Students of any age, anywhere in the world can download Inventor for free from http://www.autodesk.com/edcommunity
there is a rather extensive set of free video tutorials linked from that website.

There are also Autodesk Graphics Arts - related softwares available from that site.
I think first you need to define your aptitude and interestest.
What would your dream career be?
Be specific. Provide url links to work examples similar to what you want to do for a living.

[StykFacE]

For anything related to Building Design and Construction, the Revit and Navisworks platforms are becoming more and more popular, with many companies dropping AutoCAD-based software applications altogether. AutoCAD still has a purpose and will for a good while longer I imagine.

[ReMark]

How long will we continue to hear that "AutoCAD is dead" before it actually gets the message and up and dies? LoL

Reminds me of the "DOS is dead" mantra we heard for such a long time. One can still get Free-DOS and DR DOS and I think there are even DOS emulators for people who want to run old games under a Windows GUI.