

CAD is also widely used to produce computer animation for special effects in movies, advertising and technical manuals, often called DCC digital content creation.

CAD is an important industrial art extensively used in many applications, including automotive, shipbuilding, and aerospace industries, industrial and architectural design, prosthetics, and many more. CAD may be used to design curves and figures in two-dimensional (2D) space or curves, surfaces, and solids in three-dimensional (3D) space. The term CADD (for Computer Aided Design and Drafting) is also used. CAD output is often in the form of electronic files for print, machining, or other manufacturing operations.

CAD software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve communications through documentation, and to create a database for manufacturing. Computer-Aided Design (CAD) is the use of computer systems (or workstations) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design.
