History of CAD
There are two significant milestones in the development of CAD technology.
- The first major innovation in CAD technology occurred in 1963 when Ivan Sutherland created Sketchpad, a GUI-based system for generating x-y plots, as part of his PhD thesis at MIT.
- The second milestone was the founding of MCS (Manufacturing and Consulting Services, Inc.) in 1971 by P.J. Haranty, who introduced the CAD software ADAM (Automated Drafting And Machining).