I'd like to get into the illustration field (technical and otherwise) and have some questions regarding CAD. Right now, I'm employed as an engineer, and have experience using solidworks, microstation, and autocad, in addition to photoshop and gimp.
I was wondering what kind of crossover, if any, exists between CAD drafting and technical illustration? it seems like a lot of the illustration work i've seen is done in illustrator/photoshop, but there are a lot of CAD programs that can produce exploded diagrams, cutaways, details, and other views as well. is there an advantage/disadvantage to using a program like solidworks in the illustration field?