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The exact distinction of what properly belongs to CAAD is not always clear. Nowadays real-time rendering is being popular thanks to the developments in graphic cards. These programs can produce photo realistic 3d renders and animations. Maya and 3DStudio Max), is also used in architectural design.

For example, software which is specifically developed for the computer animation industry (e.g. In a more general sense, CAAD also refers to the use of any computational technique in the field of architectural design other than by means of architecture-specific software.

It explicitly supports the creation of architectural objects.

It has an explicit object database of building parts and construction knowledge.

A CAAD system differs from other CAD systems in two respects: Currently, the main distinction which causes one to speak of CAAD rather than CAD lies in the domain knowledge (architecture-specific objects, techniques, data, and process support) embedded in the system. All CAD and CAAD systems employ a database with geometric and other properties of objects they all have some kind of graphic user interface to manipulate a visual representation rather than the database and they are all more or less concerned with assembling designs from standard and non-standard pieces.