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The CAD Department has been a leading technical and engineering educational program in Silicon Valley for more than 27 years. De Anza offers a variety of classes, including the following:
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History of De Anza's CAD Program
The drafting program started in 1965 and merged with the Computer Aided Design program in 1983. During the last 22-year period the program has evolved continuously to meet the changing needs of the local Silicon Valley engineering and design firms. Over 10,000 students and professionals have been trained. The facilities at De Anza include two rooms in the ATC with 34 workstations each. Starting with Computervison (1983-1993) new CAD programs were added and removed as the needs of industry changed and design requirements evolved. Calma was taught off-campus (1986-1988), and CADAM was taught at Lockheed (1985-1987). AutoCAD was integrated into the program in 1987. Since 1994 the high-end CAD package offered is Pro/ENGINEER. In 1999 SolidWorks and Inventor were added to the program offerings. ImpactXoft was introduced through a grant from IX Design in 2000. In the fall of 2005, Unigraphics NX was offered for the first time. We are always intent on staying up to date with the newest industry appropriate engineering and design tool sets to meets the needs of local companies.
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