National CAD Day – August 2, 2025

History of National CAD Day

Infrastructural and technological development requires thorough planning. No matter where the development is needed, it might be a small change or a large innovation, but it all needs a plan to work out. We have to first visualize our current status, our objectives, what we want to happen, what we have, and finally make a plan of action. But once we have a plan of action in our mind, we still need to be able to convey the plan to others. After all, we can not do everything on our own.

At the start of civilization, we witnessed our ancestors change the topography of the planet based on our requirements. But back then, it was relatively easy. All we had to do was cut trees, move rocks, dig and construct simple buildings made of natural materials. But our needs have changed over time, and the changes that we need to make today are more complex. We can plan anything in our minds, but it is not always possible to execute such plans efficiently without visualizing them. The need to have a visualized plan gave rise to the design. Designing is an integral part of every innovation. It allows us to coordinate the ideas and requirements effectively within a team and systematize the entire plan.

But as we move into the modern age, it becomes increasingly difficult and tiresome to manually draw every design. computer-aided design, also known as CAD, was born out of this necessity. CAD simplified and automated the entire process and made it easy to edit, store, and access the designs. CAD gradually became popular after Dr. Patrick J. Hanratty created PRONTO, the first commercial numerical-control programming system. If you’re keen on a programming degree, here are some computer science scholarships to help cover your costs.