<p>which engineering has the most extensive use of the software AutoCad(graphics for engineers)? Aero/electrical/computer.</p>
<p>Id go exclusively for industrial or systems. Computer engineers will never use autocad neither will electrical. aerospace and mechanical are more likely to use proengineering. Civil,stuctural and enviormental may use autocad also.</p>
<p>as an EE student I spend a lot of time with MATLAB and the like, but will never touch autocad</p>
<p>thats good because i hate autocad too. and whats proengineering??</p>
<p>Dude are you serious?
I love autocad. It's so simple and amazing drawings can be made on it. I'm currently taking a full year course of that in my senior year and I plan to go for Aero Eng. I think I will have to use some of that and other programs. But autocad should set a good foundation for whatever programs aero. engineers use.</p>
<p>i am a senior in high school and in my autocad class, i can barely understand anything. maybe its because the teacher is too old. anyways do aeropsace engineers take any autocad or engineering graphics courses in college? i dont hate autocad but i just cant get the hang of it.</p>
<p>people in academics are using SolidWorks more and more for mechanical stuff... (plugins can do linear/nonlinear stress, CFD, ect)</p>
<p>JPL uses UniGraphics if that means anything to anyone.</p>
<p>Anyone heard of MultiSim?</p>
<p>lol when I TA'ed for an undergrad analog electronics class, the professor for the class LOVED to make the students use MultiSim. In fact, he usually makes them do it in Mathcad first, then verify in both MultiSim and PSpice.</p>
<p>Civils use AutoCAD heavily in academics and in the workplace. Those that don't use AutoCAD use Microstation.</p>
<p>Engineering graphics is a required for ME here at ucla. I remember one of my instructors was saying that most engineers hate teaching graphics?!</p>
<p>Real engineers do it with pen and paper.</p>
<p>yea i hate graphics tooo. i would rather do it with a pen and a paper. do Aero or electrical/computer Enngineers use computer graphics?? i like engineering but i just cant get graphics?</p>
<p>I was kidding about pen & paper. I don't think you should avoid engineering because you don't like to CAD, you'll find that in any topic there are a lot of things you don't like. The point is not to avoid the topics but to conquer the things you don't like and become good at them.
To avoid AutoCAD and the like try: Computer Science, Chemical E, Biomedical Engineering (depends on the progam some BME programs resemble meche and ee programs a lot), and Enviromental Engineering (maybe?)
I imagine that Aero, EE, and CE do use computer graphics but probably have someone in the firm that knows AutoCAD do the final drafting while the rest of the group comes up with the designs.</p>
<p>Aha</p>
<p>Multisim?? Pfft … Nothing beats MATLAB/Simulink of Mathworks.</p>
<p>AutoCad/Proengineering/Alibre is not only used for design aid, but also for pre-processing software for FEA- structural analysis, be it aero/mech/civil. </p>
<p>Yeah, nothing beats pen & pencil for quick design/analysis check. But sometimes, your boss/customer wants more- you need more detailed analysis, there you need a FEA type engineering analysis, and hence autocad/proengineering/alibre comes in handy.</p>
<p>For EE/CS application or dynamics/control in ME/AE, not much of cad package, but much of matlab/simulink/maple type software is used.</p>
<p>Yea try to solving 50x200 matrices by pen and paper. I'm sure you'll finish some time next year. ;)</p>
<p>Electrical Engineers do sometimes use autocad. Last summer I did an internship at an engineering firm, and most of the electrical work was done in autocad. When designing the power systems in a building, it would be dumb not to use it. The electrical engineers just imported the building layout from the mechanical and civil engineers, and added in the electrical stuff, like wiring, lights, and communications. They also used some sort of cool lighting CAD so lighting calculations did not have to be done by hand.</p>
<p>Also, I imagine that electronics or computer engineers might use PCB schematic creation CAD. Hand-drawing PCB traces would be a pain. I have some experience with PCB creation CADs, and it makes the job much easier than routing traces by hand.</p>
<p>It's highly dependent on what subfield of engineering we are talking about. In my field of work (IC design), AutoCAD is never used (that I've seen/heard). We make use of a lot of EDA (electronic design automation) tools from companies like Synopsys, Mentor, Cadence, Xilinx etc.</p>
<p>is it possible to pursue engineering if i dont like autocad? imean i can get better at it but im not enjoying it right now. i prbly do something like Aero or computer/software engineering.</p>
<p>I don't think EE/ECE's use AUTOCAD too often and I'm sure ASE's might take an introductory course but nothing serious.</p>
<p>ME/CivilEs do however use Solidworks and other AUTOCAD software frequently.</p>
<p>thats a relief</p>