CAD can be put into 5 main categories which evolved like
so....
1) Graphic Communication Enhancer (ie pen and paper
replacement)
2) Part Modeller
3) Dimension Based Part Modeller
4) Feature based and dimension based part modeller
5) Building Information Modeller (BIM)
5 evolved from 4 but isn't really an improvement is more of an
off shoot from 4 after it was created.
But 4 and 5 contain properties of each but are focused on
different industries, mechanical and architectural respectivly.