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AutoCAD

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AutoCAD

Summary

AutoCAD is a computer-aided design software[1]. AutoCAD ranks in the top 3% of computer_aided_design_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,291 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • AutoCAD's instance of is recorded as computer-aided design software[3].
  • AutoCAD's instance of is recorded as proprietary software[4].
  • AutoCAD was published by Q628051[5].
  • AutoCAD's developer is recorded as Q628051[6].
  • AutoCAD's copyright license is recorded as proprietary license[7].
  • AutoCAD's copyright license is recorded as subscription[8].
  • AutoCAD's programmed in is recorded as AutoLISP[9].
  • AutoCAD's programmed in is recorded as Visual Basic[10].
  • AutoCAD's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[11].
  • AutoCAD's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[12].
  • AutoCAD's operating system is recorded as macOS[13].
  • AutoCAD's operating system is recorded as iOS[14].
  • AutoCAD's operating system is recorded as Android[15].
  • AutoCAD's operating system is recorded as Windows Phone[16].
  • AutoCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[17].
  • AutoCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2[18].
  • AutoCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 1.3[19].
  • AutoCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 1.4[20].
  • AutoCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0[21].
  • AutoCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1[22].
  • AutoCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 2.5[23].
  • AutoCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 2.6[24].
  • AutoCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 9[25].
  • AutoCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 10[26].
  • AutoCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 11[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

AutoCAD was published by Q628051[5].

Publication

AutoCAD was released on December 1982[28]. AutoCAD's language of work or name is recorded as multiple languages[29].

Why It Matters

AutoCAD ranks in the top 3% of computer_aided_design_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,291 views/month).[2] AutoCAD has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] AutoCAD is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

Android AutoLISP C++ iOS Jared Zimmerman Jim Boyce macOS Microsoft Windows proprietary software Visual Basic Windows Phone

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . jrrio.com. Retrieved . jrrio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . jrrio.com. Retrieved . jrrio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . jrrio.com. Retrieved . jrrio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . jrrio.com. Retrieved . jrrio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . jrrio.com. Retrieved . jrrio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . jrrio.com. Retrieved . jrrio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . jrrio.com. Retrieved . jrrio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . jrrio.com. Retrieved . jrrio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . jrrio.com. Retrieved . jrrio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . jrrio.com. Retrieved . jrrio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . jrrio.com. Retrieved . jrrio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1982-12-00T00:00:00Z
    Publisher → Q628051
    Inception → —
    Writable file format → Drawing Interchange File Format Family, AutoCAD Drawing, AutoCAD Drawing, version 1.0 +44
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17511, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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