Abstract CAD-systems envisioned and remarkably well specified in the 1950s have powered themselves into the central role they enjoy in today's automotive industry through continuous improvements and technological breakthroughs. This paper emphasizes the parallel and continuing evolution in the training and educational needs of users of CAD-systems. In the context of early historical developments of CAD at General Motors, this paper categorizes CAD-users in the automobile industry and presents their current and future needs. The variance in their educational and training needs poses an ongoing challenge for educational and industrial institutions to meet.
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