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[previous article]AutoCAD is one of the most popular general purpose Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs for preparing two-dimensional drawings and three-dimensional models. An AutoCAD drawing is a database containing precise locations, sizes, colors and attributes of objects you can draw. Many third-party application programs are available in the industry to create, examine, and process the information within an AutoCAD drawing.
AutoCAD is used as the drawing tool to create engineering drawings in the course ASM211, taught in the Agricultural and Biological Engineering department by Stan Harlow, the ABE ECN site specialist. ASM (Agricultural System Management) 211 is an introduction to the creation of technical drawings used by Agricultural Engineers, Agricultural System Managers, and Landscape Architects. For many students, ASM 211 offers the experience to create complete 2-D engineering drawings and 3-D graphical models of objects which students may be designing in their careers.
AutoCAD Release 12 is available on all ECN Sun computers. A customized startup script used in ASM211 this spring can be run from any ECN Sun account by typing /usr/site/abe/bin/acad12 in an OpenWin or CDE window. If you have questions, please contact Stan Harlow in ABE at harlow@ecn.purdue.edu.
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