Technology in Business CAD

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Computer Aided Design system is a combination of hardware & software that enables architects & engineers to design everything from furniture to airplanes. y CAD is also known as Computer Aided Drafting.

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Idea Generation Augmentation Market Testing

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CAD

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with NURBS geometry and/or boundary representation (B-rep) data via a geometric modeling kernel.
y Leads to digital prototyping.

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as:- Windows, Linux, UNIX and Mac OS X. y No special hardware is required for most CAD software. y Sometimes a optical pen, digitizing graphics tablet and Spacemouse/Spaceball is required. Some systems also support stereoscopic glasses for viewing the 3D model.

y Geometric modeling y Uses basic lines, curves, and shapes to generate the geometry and topology of a part y 2D Technical drawing General-Purpose drafting y 3D Difficult to master Freely rotate and zoom a model

y Automated drafting and documentation y Produces engineering drawings directly from the CAD database y More advanced documentation merges text and graphics to produce assembly drawings, bills of material, instruction manuals and reports, parts catalogs, and sales brochures
y Engineering analysis and design analysis
y Is also called computer-aided engineering y Tests and analyzes designs on the computer screen

Main CAD building blocks CAD Software Layers y Database Typically CAD software is build upon some database stored in hard disk. From user point of view it is a file. However CAD objects such as line or circle are stored as structured records and CAD engine has implemented methods for fast data retrieval and storage. y Object model Data are read from hard disk into memory RAM as an object model. Each graphical element is represented as an object. Changes are made by manipulating these objects in RAM. And then stored in database on permanent storage such as hard disk. y Modeling kernel Modeling kernel is set of methods programmed in programming language such as C. Libraries contain methods for creating graphical objects (draw line, extrude ...) as well manipulating them (rotate, join, union ...). These operations are mainly based on parametric equations and due to number of objects and vertexes are often time consuming. While these arithmetical operations are running in computer CPU (Central Processing Unit) computers used for CAD tend to have fast high end processors.
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A typical computer aided design process has the following steps:

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Conceptual system design: Initially, a very rough CAD model of the system is being created without considering the strict dimension control. The main purpose here is just to visualize the product idea. Freezing the concept: By reviewing the conceptual system the concept is being frozen. And thus the system level assembly is being finalized. Detail component design: The detailed CAD geometry of the individual components is then created with appropriate dimensions and tolerances. PDM: Product data management is the database for the CAD geometry and the related documents. In simple term, PDM helps systematic access and revisions of CAD data. CAE: The detailed CAD geometry is then used as input for computer aided engineering (CAE) or finite element analysis (FEA)to know whether the geometry will sustain the loading condition or not, if not then required modification is done for the CAD geometry and so on. CAM: Once the CAD geometry passed FEA, it then used as input for the computer aided manufacturing for generating NC codes. This NC codes are fed to the CNC machines for manufacturing the components.

How Does CAD Work?

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A CAD software package and sometimes a graphics card must be installed there in your computer for a typical CAD system to work. The heart of a CAD software package is its graphics kernel. Another important part of the CAD packages is the GUI. The GUI is used for getting user input and displaying the CAD geometry. Most of the times, the mouse and the key boards are used as input devices however, the little unknown devices like: tracker ball, digitizer etc are also used sometimes. The input from the input devices go to GUI, the GUI then send the input to the graphics kernel in suitable form. The graphics kernel generates the geometric entities and signals the graphics card to display it through the GUI. This is the explanation of the working of a CAD system in a simplest form.

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Move every Order and Design Swiftly To

Production. Both Two and Three Dimensional Drawings Can be Produced. Drawings Errors can be corrected easily. Can be sent/received via email in seconds. Automatic update of drawings, shared Platform across various trades, Quicker Turnaround time for Project Manager.

Easy Reproduction. Automatic Simulation. Electronic Database. Savings In Cost. Access Control.

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Home Design Software

Construction Industry  foster wheeler Pvt. Ltd.  Autocad2008 version  3D (PDS) piping design system

Apparel manufacturers like to receive computer generated sketches as well  Manish Arora fashion house  Neeta Lulla fashion house

Although CAD makes the work of designers much easier, there's little chance that CAD will ever take away the job of the automotive designer. CAD, despite being sophisticated and invaluable in today's automotive industry, is really just a software tool that brings innovative designs to life. It requires human intelligence, an understanding of the automotive marketplace, the drive to create -- and, most importantly, a love for designing -- to use the technology effectively.