Today, the mechanics of the drafting task have largely been automated and accelerated through the use of computer-aided design systems ( CAD ).

Today most engineering drawing is done with CAD, but pencil and paper have not disappeared.

Today AP 203 < cite > Configuration controlled 3D design </ cite > is still one of the most important parts of STEP and supported by many CAD systems for import and export.

Today, CAD has also been introduced into the process.

Today, there are 2D and 3D versions of CAD / CAM systems in the shoe industry.

Today the north end of the tunnel is sealed by a concrete and rubble installation, while the former mine / CAD is used for secure commercial document storage.

Today speakers of Chinese use three numeral systems:

Today many of the control systems are computer controlled and they consist of both digital and analog components.

Today most engineering work involves the use of computers and it is commonplace to use computer-aided design programs when designing electrical systems.

Today it is estimated that a tank gun will have to achieve muzzle energies on the level of 18 MJ — which is double the muzzle energy of current solid propellant tank propulsion systems — to be able to successfully perforate future enemy armour plating.

Today, most films are edited digitally ( on systems such as Avid or Final Cut Pro ) and bypass the film positive workprint altogether.

Today, handheld computer s with GPS and geographic information systems software are often used in geological field work ( digital geologic mapping ).

Today, new official material is appearing for two game systems, the HeroQuest game system and RuneQuest II, originally produced by Mongoose Publishing but now available from The Design Mechanism.

Today, a steady stream of new works is produced by an online interactive fiction community, using freely available development systems.

Today, funneling email through MSA systems run by providers that in principle have some means of holding their users accountable for the generation of the email is a defense against spam and other forms of email abuse.

Today further experimental research on Mach appears to have ended, although Mach and its derivatives are in use in a number of commercial operating systems, such as NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, and most notably Mac OS X using the XNU operating system kernel which incorporates an earlier ( non-microkernel ) Mach as a major component.

Today, the pump is used for irrigation, water supply, gasoline supply, air conditioning systems, refrigeration ( usually called a compressor ), chemical movement, sewage movement, flood control, marine services, etc.

Today, several companies manufacture TES systems.

Today, Roman law is no longer applied in legal practice, even though the legal systems of some states like South Africa and San Marino are still based on the old Ius Commune.

Today, synchronization can occur on a global basis due to GPS-enabled timekeeping systems.

Today, one of the most-complicated taxation systems worldwide is in Germany.

Today, trusts play a significant role in most common law systems, and their success has led some civil law jurisdictions to incorporate trusts into their civil codes.

Today the UK has three distinct systems of law: English law, Northern Ireland law and Scots law.

Today, since all modern databases support these features ( see Comparison of relational database management systems ), it has become the defacto responsibility of the database to ensure data integrity.

Today, telephony has been digitized and has merged into digital telephony, the use of digital technology in the provision of telephone services and systems.

Today, there remains contention as to whether the mistake was the fault of the workers on-site, their parent company, or even the claim that maps provided by the city of Chicago failed to accurately depict the old tunnel systems.

Today, many desktop and server operating systems share similar code bases, differing mostly in configuration.

Today, Gray codes are widely used to facilitate error correction in digital communications such as digital terrestrial television and some cable TV systems.

Today, there exist many autonomous communities in places such as Borough Park, Williamsburg, and Crown Heights in Brooklyn, as well as more recently the yeshiva centered community of Lakewood, New Jersey, with their own economies, educational systems ( yeshivos ) welfare institutions and gemachs ( free-loan funds for everything from money to household items to tools, clothing, books and services ), medical services ( such as the Hatzalah ambulance corps ), and security ( the Shomrim neighborhood patrol ).

Today, very few of them still exist ; when the Keyboard Component was officially canceled, part of Mattel's settlement with the FTC involved offering to buy back all of the existing Keyboard Components from dissatisfied customers.

Today, a number of orders of knighthood continue to exist in several countries, such as the English Order of the Garter, the Swedish Royal Order of the Seraphim, and the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.

Today there are several languages in the ML family ; the two major dialects are Standard ML ( SML ) and Caml, but others exist, including F # — a language that Microsoft supports for their. NET platform.

Today, Pesach Sheni on the 14th of Iyar has the status of a very minor holiday ( so much so that many of the Jewish people have never even heard of it, and it essentially does not exist outside of Orthodox and traditional Conservative Judaism ).

Today, the astronomical community widely agrees that Planet X, as originally envisioned, does not exist, but the concept of Planet X has been revived by a number of astronomers to explain other anomalies observed in the outer Solar System.

Today most events with actor appearances are organized by commercial promoters, though a number of fan-run conventions still exist, such as Toronto Trek and Shore Leave.

Today, circulating coins exist in denominations: $ 0. 01, $ 0. 05, $ 0. 10, $ 0. 25, $ 0. 50, and $ 1. 00.

Today, we would associate these entities with vampires, but in ancient times, the term vampire did not exist ; blood drinking and similar activities were attributed to demons or spirits who would eat flesh and drink blood ; even the Devil was considered synonymous with the vampire.

Today, the search continues for these so-called vulcanoid asteroids, which are thought to exist in the region where Vulcan was once sought.

Today, anatomical, clinical, molecular, plant, forensic, oral, veterinary, dermatopathology, hematopathology, and pathology exist as medical specialties.

Today, many aspects of Egypt's ancient culture exist in interaction with newer elements, including the influence of modern Western culture.

Today few glovers, tanners and leather dressers still exist in the area, although some companies have adapted to the changes in the market and kept themselves competitive.

Today, various sentry posts and lookout towers still exist across the city bastions.

Today, the missions exist in varying degrees of architectural integrity and structural soundness.

Although photographs of Grey exist in the role, documentaries such as Unknown Chaplin and Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush do not contain any film footage of her, indicating no such footage survives.

Today, variations that flavor the mash with cinnamon, pineapple slices, red bananas and sugar still exist, each imparting a particular character to the mezcal.

Today, Belgium's beer category called " abbey " is thriving-with several beers brewed under similar licenses to Leffe as well as abbey beers named after abbey ruins or abbeys that no longer exist.

Today, nearly 40 years later those same blue vapor lights still exist with some being replaced with the more modern bulbs near major intersections.

" Today 152 of the original 156 homes still exist, the largest single repository of Sears Catalog Homes in the United States.

Today the cherry trees of frontier Cherryvale exist only in local lore.

Today, much of the road is decommissioned, yet some portions of the road still exist, also known as the Mother Road and America's Highway.

Today farms still exist in Perinton, but are surrounded by suburban subdivisions, office and industrial parks, and an impressive number of parks and open spaces.

Today there exist nine structures with recognized historical markers dating back to the 18th century, including the DeBaum House on Kings Highway, the Smith House on Gilchrest Road and the Snedeker House, where the Commander-in-chief George Washington is believed to have spent a night.