The term CAD is an acronym for Computer Assisted Design or Computer Aided Drafting. CAD is the precursor to many downstream activities such as CAM (Computer Assisted Manufacturing), CAE (Computer Assisted Engineering), BIM (Building Intelligence Modelling), FEA (Finite Element Analysis) and many more.

CAD International are world leading developers and vendors of CAD and CAD related software and support services, focusing on providing leading edge solutions to a broad base of design related clientele..

CAD International source specialised third party software and develop specific CAD software applications from scratch to meet the needs of industries as diverse as Landscape Design, Architecture, Mechanical Design, Structural Drafting, Product Design and General Drafting as well as individual corporate needs in fields such as shipping, construction, manufacturing, storage, space management, national power supply and telecommunications..

Commencing as the CADD division of a small drafting supply company in 1982, CAD International grew and developed frontier software including the Caddsman product range for major corporations and SME's globally. These products far surpassed existing products in the market and brought intelligent parametric 3D design into areas unexplored by conventional software of the time.

CAD International pioneered features and inventions that are common place in almost all real CAD software now available. CAD applications are utilised by thousands of architects, designers, drafters and manufacturers globally every day..

In 1992 CAD International began trading as the internet business of CAD Australia P/L, (a privately owned corporation) trading from URL locations such as cadinternational.com and cad.com.au CAD international now hold the expertise of thousands of hours of development and service in the industry, supplying a broad range of products to meet strict criteria for excellence in performance, ease of use, cost effectiveness and supportability..

CAD now partner globally with distributors and resellers who have similar goals, values and aspirations of integrity, growth and prosperity to create solutions that assist clients to "design better faster funner".