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From 1982, back when "CAD" meant "jerk"

By Rain Noe - October 2, 2009

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I love this video from MIT--showing a state-of-the-art CAD system from, wait for it, 1982--because for some reason the presenter cannot bring himself to make eye contact with the camera. (It was taken from an article by Joseph Friedlander on Next Big Future called "The Future of CAD 2019 as predicted by Solidworks" and is presumably meant to make us feel better about current-day CAD limitations.)

C'mon, it's not that embarassing, that was the best you guys had back then! Although it's true that the mechanical part he's working on looks only slightly more complicated than an Oreo cookie.

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