Overview
AutoCAD is a computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application. AutoCAD
is used in industry, by architects, project managers, engineers, graphic designers,
city planners and other professionals. It was supported by 750 training centers
worldwide in 1994. ESRI ArcMap 10 permits export as AutoCAD drawing files. Civil
3D permits export as AutoCAD objects and as LandXML. Third-party file converters
exist for specific formats such as Bentley MX GENIO Extension, PISTE Extension (France),
ISYBAU (Germany), OKSTRA and Microdrainage (UK);[13] also, conversion of .pdf files
is feasible