A timeline outlining many of the major events that have taken place in the world of CAD throughout the past quarter of a century.

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Engineers-to-be at Dartmouth College design and manufacture robots that aim to improve military and emergency first response missions.

Custom car designer Eddie Paul uses Rhinoceros software to help create real-life, drivable vehicles based on 2D animations

SCP Plastics competes worldwide after implementing CNC milling tools and automation software for engineering and machining molds.

NX CAM Express is latest tool in Velocity Series for midsize companies

Seco improves performance by moving from CAD to NX CAM

Hybrid surface/solids modeler integrates CAM

FeatureCAM will continue as an independent product line.