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Autodesk also develop 3DS Max and Maya, both major players in the 3D animation world.

Yes, but the comment specifically mentioned Autocad.

Well, the commentor specifically wanted to make it about themselves regardless of what the context originally was.

I'm an EXPERT in internets and can confirm you are correct here ^

That’s true

> People don't use autocad for art, do they?

Why not? You could use anything, including AutoCAD, to do art. Wim Delvoye likes it, for instance:

https://bordercrossingsmag.com/article/vim-and-vigour-an-int...

I would consider the above link NSFW.

After scrolling through the first five or so images I assumed you work in a twelfth century monestary... and then I got to the x-ray.

Autodesk, the company, releases not only Autocad, but also 3Ds Max and Maya, two 3d packages which are arguably the most popular in industries like gamedev and 3d production.

A lot of anime have hyper-realistic buildings and backgrounds; I would expect that these would be built with the same CAD tools as real buildings.