3. Modelling software overview

AutoCAD software

The program is designed for modelling two-dimensional and three-dimensional drawings, diagrams and images. There are numerous environments implemented in the software. These environments differ only in the tools icons in the menu bar. If you know name of the function, it doesn’t matter in witch environment you are working. The program communicates with the user via the command line. Starting from version 2018, for the convenience of the user, it is enough the cursor to be in the program window, when you start typing the name of the function, the program "offers" possible commands for the manipulation. Big advantage of this program is easy generation of projections from a three-dimensional model. Once a model has been created, a material or group of materials can be assigned to it. This program is not very suitable for visualization, because in order to get the most realistic image, it takes many computer resources for calculations – to adjust lighting, materials and other parameters.

^{Figure 16. AutoCad application environment}