Facts about AutoCAD 2025 (16 Unknown Secret Fact) Aug'24

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Hello friends, today we are talking about amazing facts about AutoCAD and its 5 benefits with the best features of AutoCAD.

The facts about AutoCAD

1. AutoCAD 2.5 was released in June 1986. It was the first version to have a hardware lock-in in the USA and Canada.

2. Autodesk responded to customer complaints and sent all customers AutoCAD 2.52, which took out the lock.

3. Mike Riddle created the program that would become AutoCAD. It was initially called Interact.

4. Although it was originally called “Interact“, its name was changed to “microCAD” when a different company created the same program. It was then renamed “AutoCAD“.

5. Autodesk, the company we know today, was founded in Mill Valley, CA by 17 friends and acquaintances. They pooled $59,000 to finance the startup.

6. Autodesk is valued at nearly $13 billion today.

7. Autodesk was initially called Marin Software Partners. This partnership was formed by 17 founders.

8. Did you know that many AutoCAD releases came with code names? AutoCAD Release 9 was sometimes referred to as “The White Album“, after the Beatles’ double album which included the song Revolution 9.

9. The company’s first product was “Cardfile“, a filing program. It was first shown at the 6th West Coast Computer Faire. Later, it was renamed “Autodesk“.

10. The company was still called Desktop Solutions at the time, but the founders changed their company name to Autodesk when they filed paperwork to become a California corporation.

11. AutoCAD’s most popular version was the one that ran on the Victor 9000 computer in the fall of 1982.

12. Desktop Solutions spent $1,200 on its booth at the West Coast Computer Faire (March 1982), possibly the most significant marketing investment in the software industry.

13. AutoCAD 2009 was a significant milestone.

14. The ribbon interface, Quick Properties, the ViewCube, and Steering wheels.

15. AutoCAD R13 was the most disliked version of AutoCAD since its introduction in November 1994.

16. The bug was so severe that AutoCAD R13 was quickly released by the company as a series of incremental updates to try and fix the problem.