... this new technology. Computer Aided Design, or CAD, is the actual term for this new age drawing. AutoCAD is the most popular microcomputer drafting program and is what most schools teach and most architects use. Other programs are being developed rapidly and are supplying AutoCad with competition. Theses programs allow the designer to "walk" inside their potential building. This gives the architect a chance to interact with the design as each new element is added to the plan. As one architect said about a particular program, "you move freely, viewing the design from many different perspectives...it is a completely interactive spatial presentation, in fact, you could walk up to a wall, cut a hole in it, and instantly see the trees outside." The architect can, not only move the objects, but actually move around inside of them. Virtual reality, along with the internet will add yet another level ...

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