ABSTRACT
Contents 1.1 CAD: What’s in an Acronym? .....................................................................1 1.2 First CAD Paradigm: Emergence of CAD (1960-79) ..................................4 1.3 Second CAD Paradigm: Emergence of Specialized Computing
(1980-1994) .................................................................................................7 1.4 Third CAD Paradigm: Large Data Models and BIM (1995-2004) ............10 1.5 The Future of CAD: 2005 and On .............................................................13
