1950 | - The first graphic system was developed by US Air Force's SAGE (Semi Automatic Ground Environment) air defense system. The system was developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory.
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1957 | - Dr. Patrick J. Hanratty known as "the Father of CADD/CAM" for his pioneering contributions to the field of computer-aided design and manufacturing, developed PRONTO, the first commercial numerical-control programming system.
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1960 | - McDonnell Douglas Automation Company (McAuto) was founded. It played a major role on CAD developments with the introduction of CADD program.
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1962 | - SLS Environectics in Chicago began development of the Man-Mac machine, intended to draft plans for interior office space.
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1965 | - Donald Welbourn heard a lecture to the Engineering Society by Strachey of the Mathematical Laboratory (now the Department of Computer Science) on the early work at MIT on Computer Aided Design (CAD).
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1967 | - Dr. Jason R Lemon founds SDRC in Cincinnati.
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1972 | - The MCS company's first product, ADAM (Automated Drafting and Machining), was released in 1972, ran on 16-bit computers, and was one of the first commercially available mechanical design packages.
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1975 | - Electronic Data System Corporation (EDS) is founded.
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1975 | - Avions Marcel Dassault (AMD) purchased CADAM (Computer-Augmented Drafting and Manufacturing) software equipment licenses from Lockheed thus becoming one of the very first CADAM customers.
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1976 | - United Computing, developer of the Unigraphics CAD/CAM/CAE system, acquired by Mc Donnell Douglas Company.
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1977 | - Avions Marcel Dassault assigned its engineering team the goal of creating a three-dimensional, interactive program, the forerunner of CATIA (Computer-Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application).
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1979 | - Boeing, General Electric and NIST develops a neutral file format as a contract from Air Space called IGES (Initial Graphic Exchange Standard).
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1981 | - Unigraphics introduced the first solid modeling system, UniSolid. It was based on PADL-2, and was sold as a stand-alone product to Unigraphics.
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1982 | - CATIA Version 1 is announced as an add-on product for 3D design, surface modeling and NC programming.
- AutoCAD Release 1.0 was launched.
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1982 | - A company called P-CAD released a CAD program called CADplan. Later the product was purchased by CalComp and renamed CADVANCE.
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1983 | - Unigraphics II introduced to market
- AutoCAD Release 1.1 was launched.
- AutoCAD Release 1.2 was launched.
- AutoCAD Release 1.4 was launched.
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1984 | - AutoCAD Release 2 was launched.
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1985 | - CATIA Version 2 is announced with fully integrated drafting, solid and robotics functions.
CATIA becomes the aeronautical applications leader. - AutoCAD Release 2.1 was launched.
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1985 | - Diehl Graphsoft, Inc. is founded and the first version of MiniCAD is shipped in the same year. MiniCAD will become the best selling CAD program on the Macintosh.
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1986 | - Dassault acquires CADAM
- AutoCAD Release 2.5 was launched.
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1987 | - General Motors selects Unigraphics company as a Strategic Partner
- Pro/ENGINEER 1 - 1987 (Autofact 1987 premier)
- AutoCAD Release 13 was launched.
- AutoCAD Release 2.6 was launched.
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1988 | - CATIA Version 3 is announced with AEC functionality. CATIA is ported to IBM's UNIX-based RISC System/6000 workstations. CATIA becomes the automotive applications leader
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1988 | - Surfware Inc., ships the first version of SurfCAM, a CAD/CAM program.
- AutoCAD Release 10 was launched.
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1989 | - Parametric Technology ships the first version of Pro/ENGINEER.
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1990 | - McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) chooses Unigraphics as the corporate standard for mechanical CAD/CAM/CAE
- AutoCAD Release 11 was launched.
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1991 | - GE Aircraft Engine and GE Power Generation select Unigraphics as their CAD/CAM system
- Pro/ENGINEER 8.0 - 1991
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1992 | - CADAM was purchased from IBM and the next year CATIA CADAM V4 was published
- Pro/ENGINEER 9.0 - 1992
- AutoCAD Release 12 was launched.
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1993 | - Pro/ENGINEER 10.0 - 1993
- Pro/ENGINEER 11.0 - 1993
- Pro/ENGINEER 12.0 - 1993
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1994 | - Pro/ENGINEER 13.0 - 1994
- Pro/ENGINEER 14.0 - 1994
- AutoCAD Release 13 was launched.
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1995 | - Dassault Systems ships ProCADAM, a shorter version of CATIA for use on NT systems.
- Pro/ENGINEER 15.0 - 1995
- Unigraphics on Microsoft Windows NT debuted
- First Autodesk Web site www.autodesk.com
- CADKEY version 7 was launched.
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1996 | - Solid Edge version 3 from Intergraph hits the market at the price of around USD 6000.
- EDS Unigraphics version 11 with 4 new CAM modules.
- In August Autodesk ships Mechanical Desktop version 1.1
- Camand version 11, a CAM product from SDRC.
- Corel Visual CADD version 2 (a 2D program) and CorelCAD ( a 3D version) from Corel.
- Pro/E version 17 with a new module which allows files to be exported into VRML file format for display on the Internet.
- Pro/ENGINEER 16.0 - 1996
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1997 | - AutoCAD Release 14 was launched.
- TurboCAD Professional version 4 from IMSI.
- VGX technology from SDRC provides intuitive interaction for the design and modification of parametric feature - based solids. It will be used first in I-DEAS Master Series 5.
- Pro/ENGINEER 17.0 - 1997
- Pro/ENGINEER 18.0 - 1997
- First version of IDEAS Artisan Series from SDRC, fully compatible with Master Series, priced at ~ USD 5,000.
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1998 | - An entirely rewritten version of CATIA, CATIA V5 was released,
- First version of IronCAD for VDS market.
- Solid Edge version 3 from Intergraph with more than 150 new features.
- TurboCAD Professional version 5 from IMSI.
- Pro/ENGINEER 19.0 - 1998
- Pro/ENGINEER 20.0 - 1998
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1999 | - Unigraphics Solutions signs five-year, $43 million contract with Boeing for CAD/CAM Software
- In June Pro/E 2000i was launched.
- Pro/ENGINEER 2000i - 1999
- Unigraphics Solutions Acquires German high-tech Company, dCADE.
- March - Dassault Systems introduces CATIA Version 5.
- AutoCAD 2000 was released.
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2000 | - SDRC, a global supplier of e-business collaboration solutions for the product lifecycle, announced on March I-DEAS 8, a major software release to enable e-design automation.
- Dassault Systemes and announced the readiness of CATIA Solutions Version 5 Release 3(b) (V5R3) for Microsoft Windows 2000 operating platform.
- PTC announced two major updates to its PTC i-Series of flexible engineering solutions: Pro/MECHANICA 2000i and Pro/DESKTOP 2000i.
- Dassault Systemes announced that it plans to integrate Microsoft's Visual BASIC for Applications into its products, including SolidWorks, CATIA, SmarTeam, ENOVIA, and DELMIA..
- IBM and Dassault Systemes launched Version 5 Release 5 of CATIA, to be available for Windows and UNIX.
- Delcam has been the world's leading specialist supplier of NC machining software and services during 2000.
Second position is Hitachi Zosen followed by Cimatron. - SolidWorks 2001
- Unigraphics Version 17 was launched.
- Pro/ENGINEER 2000i2 - 2000
- AutoCAD 2000i was released.
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2001 | - SolidWorks 2001 Plus launched
- SDRC I-DEAS was bought by its competitor, Electronic Data Systems
- Unigraphics Version 18 was launched.
- Pro/ENGINEER 20012001
- AutoCAD 2002 was released.
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2002 | - SolidWorks 2003 was released.
- Unigraphics NX was launched.
- Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 1.0 - 2002
- AutoCAD 2003 was released.
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2003 | - SolidWorks 2004
- UG NX 2 was launched
- AutoCAD 2004 was released.
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2004 | - SolidWorks 2005
- EDS sold off its EDS PLM Solutions business to the private equity group of Bain Capital, Silver Lake Partners, and Warburg Pincus in 2004. The company resumed operating under the UGS name following the private equity sale.
- UG NX 3 was launched.
- Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 - 2004
- AutoCAD 2005 was released.
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2005 | - SolidWorks 2006 (Native Windows x86-64 version was released from SP4.0 onwards)
- UGS purchased Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd.
- AutoCAD 2006 was released.
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2006 | - SolidWorks 2007 (A Beta version for Vista exists with limited support.)
- UG NX 4 was launched.
- Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 - 2006
- AutoCAD 2007 was released.
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2007 | - SolidWorks 2008: Includes full support for Vista x86. Out in October, 2007. SP3.1 includes native Vista x64 support
- UGS was purchased by Siemens AG in May 2007, and was renamed Siemens PLM Software.
- UG NX 5 was launched.
- AutoCAD 2008 was released.
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2008 | - SolidWorks 2009: Released September, 2008. Includes native Vista x86 and x64 support. Final update is SP5.1
- Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology was launched.
- Dassault announced and released CATIA V6.
- Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 - 2008
- AutoCAD 2009 was released.
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2009 | - NX 6 was launched by SIEMENS PLM Softwares.
- SolidWorks 2010: SP0.0 Released October, 2009.
- Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology 2 was launched.
- Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 - 2009
- AutoCAD 2010 was released on 24 March 2009.
- NX7 was launched by SIEMENS PLM Softwares.
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2010 | - AutoCAD 2011 islaunched on 25th March 2010.
- NX 7.5launched inmid 2010. NX 7.5 to include more industrial design enhancements to make styling easier.
- SolidWorks 2011:Launched in jun 2010.
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