: Mechanical engineers model gear systems and parts, while civil engineers design infrastructure like roads and bridges [1, 7, 23].
: Autodesk supports learning by providing eligible students and educators with free one-year educational access to its software suite [27, 29]. Autodesk AutoCAD
: Within four years of its release, it became the most widely used design application globally [4]. : Mechanical engineers model gear systems and parts,
Before the launch of AutoCAD, commercial CAD programs in the 1970s required expensive mainframe computers or minicomputers [4]. John Walker , the founder of Autodesk, envisioned a more accessible tool that could run on microcomputers [4, 13]. the founder of Autodesk