Engineering Design Revolution
I just found a great book which is now freely available on website for personal use. The book titled “The Engineering Design Revolution:The People, Companies and Computer Systems That Changed Forever the Practice of Engineering” is by David E. Weisberg. He is a computer graphics veteran an a CAD pioneer. Academically, David possessed BS and MS degrees in civil engineering from MIT. But rather than practice civil engineering, his professional career are mostly related to computer graphics industry, especially CAD.
As it title, this over 650 pages of material are discussing the people, companies and products that made the CAD industry what it is today. The book divided into 22 chapters where David documented all the CAD stories and remarks by his own observation and participation, not a researcher from a subsequent generation. There is also a foreword by Dr. Joel Orr, VP & Chief Visionary of Cyon Research Corporation.
I can say this is most comprehensive history of the CAD I ever read. If you are in engineering design or CAD industries, this is great book to read. You will learn the history of CAD industry and how today’s major CAD software or companies like CATIA, Pro/E, Unigraphics, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Dassault, PTC, Autodesk etc get started.
You can read all these at cadhistory.net
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