Autocad 2D Design

Whether design companies use 3D CAD or 2D CAD, 2D drawings are used to detail designs and to communicate with other companies, especially manufacturers. However, mainstream 3D CAD products have a unique environment for creating 2D drawings that is mainly used for detailing the 3D data while using unfamiliar user interfaces and techniques. This can slow the learning curve when companies move to a 3D CAD product from legacy 2D applications. Customers that choose the IronCAD family of products have access to a powerful, yet familiar, 2D

application that helps to reduce the learning curve for creating 2D detail drawings as well as broaden a company’s ability to communicate. This is provided in two unique ways.

The first is that with IRONCAD, our award winning 3D design application, customers have the ability to use a fully embedded 2D design interface that is similar to mainstream 2D CAD applications such as AutoCAD™. This allows IRONCAD users the ability to open and edit legacy DWG files and the ability to create fully detailed 2D drawings. Since this environment is fully integrated into IRONCAD, users can leverage 2D designs in the 3D environment to construct 3D geometry and users can easily generate fully associative view layouts of 3D data to detail the designs. Customers can even create detail layouts from imported formats such as Pro/E (Creo) and UG/NX that are associative to the source data allowing for changes to be automatically updated and reflected in the 2D detailed drawings. Customers are therefore assured when they move to IRONCAD, they will be able to effectively work with their 2D legacy data like they never could before.

The second is IRONCAD DRAFT, an extremely powerful 2D mechanical drafting tool with an easy to learn, industry standard user interface and a unique 3D integration capability, enabling users work in 2D but also to view, leverage, analyze, animate, render, and reference 3D data created by suppliers, customers, and colleagues. With IRONCAD DRAFT, customers can edit DWG files (similar to IRONCAD as mentioned above) as well as import 3D models from virtually any CAD system to annotate, measure, assemble, communicate and reuse. With DRAFT, customers also have the ability to create animations and renderings of 3D designs to communicate outside of engineering and manufacturing including sales and directly with customers. Customers can even build libraries of components that can be used in other applications within the IronCAD Design Collaboration suite extending the use of data throughout the organization.

With IRONCAD and IRONCAD DRAFT, companies have the ability to quickly create and edit 2D drawings as well as the ability to work with various 3D formats to create 2D drawings, assemblies, animations and renderings as well as annotating and verification of 3D assembly structures and fit. These technologies allow customers to fully embrace the power of embedded mechanical detailing at both the 2D and 3D level.

In addition to IRONCAD and IRONCAD DRAFT, click the "Learn More" to learn about these solutions and to view other products such as IRONCAD COMPOSE that can be used to view design data throughout the organization at no cost!Demonstrate mastery through any two-dimensional medium or process, such as graphic design, digital imaging, photography, collage, fabric design, weaving, fashion design, fashion illustration, painting and printmaking. Develop technical skills and familiarize yourself with the functions of visual elements as you create an individual portfolio of work for evaluation at the end of the course.

CAD, or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), is the use of computer technology for design and design documentation. CAD software replaces manual drafting with an automated process.
If you work in the fields, you’ve probably used 2D or 3D CAD programs. These programs can help you explore design ideas, visualize concepts through photorealistic renderings, and simulate how a design will perform in the real world. AutoCAD software was the first CAD program, and it is still the most widely used CAD application.

depending on whether your design process involves 2D vector-based graphics or 3D modeling of solid surfaces. Most let you apply multiple light sources, rotate objects in three dimensions, and render designs from any angle.