Life Is Easy With CAD
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Life Is Easy With CAD
15 March 2008Author: gamaPosted under Life Is Easy With CAD
CAD is used to design, develop and optimize products, which can be goods used by end consumers or intermediate
goods used in other products. CAD is also extensively used in the design of tools and machinery used in the manufacture of components, and in the drafting and design of all types of buildings, from small residential types (houses) to the largest commercial and industrial structures (hospitals and factories).
CAD is mainly used for detailed engineering of 3D models and/or 2D drawings of physical components, but it is also used throughout the engineering process from conceptual design and layout of products, through strength and dynamic analysis of assemblies to definition of manufacturing methods of components.
Most CAD software at the time ran on graphics terminals connected to mainframe computers or mini-computers. CAD originally meant Computer-Aided Drafting or designing because of its original use as a replacement for traditional drafting.
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The operator approaches these in a similar fashion to the 2D systems, although many 3D systems allow using the wireframe model to make the final engineering drawing views.
Two-dimensional projected views can easily be generated from the models. Draft views are able to be generated easily from the models. CAD is sometimes translated as “computer-assisted”, “computer-aided drafting”, or a similar phrase.
CAD is one part of the whole Digital Product Development (DPD) activity within the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process, and as such is used together with other tools, which are either integrated modules or stand-alone products, such as:Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA)Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) including instructions to Computer Numerical Control CNC machinesPhoto realistic renderingDocument management and revision control using Product Data Management (PDM).
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About the Author:
Gamaliel Seva is an Architectural Designer and a Construction Project Manager with extensive experience in Quantity Surveying in North America. You may visit his site at www.avancecad.com
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