How CAD has Transformed the Engineering Design Process

Engineers require a number of tools in the modern era to be effective during the design process. From Computer-aided design tools to 3D printers to virtual reality, technology today is only furthering just what engineering can do. Let's take a look back at some history of the engineering design process as well as look at some of the tools that allow modern engineers to effectively do their job. To many engineers out there of the younger persuasion, drawing out plans by hand may seem like a myth, but in days not too long past, teams of workers would spend weeks drawing out plans for a simple part.Examining the history of engineering drafting and design equivocally means looking at the history of man, the history of building things. Drafting and design have been around since the dawn of time. The earliest recorded history of engineering drafting was in 2000 B.C., of which we have a fossilized aerial view plan of a Babylonian castle.