A highly skilled and trained theatre professional having deep knowledge about technical aspects of the art form and design and work with production managers, designers and design technicians. They make sure that the technical features of production are organised and safe. He may purchase materials, create blue prints, plans and supervising technical crew. Most technical directors study theatre at undergraduate level, some also get a graduate degree in technical direction and technical theatre as well.
Sketchpad was the world's first CAD software but the first commercial CAM software system, a numerical control programming tool named PRONTO, had already been developed in 1957 by Dr. Patrick J. Hanratty.
