CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO CADCAM
LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this course, students should be able to: 1.Describe the application of CAD, CAM and CAE in Industrial manufacturing 2.Define the term of CAD, CAM and CAE 3.Describe the components comprising the CAD/CAM/CAE system
Computers In Industrial Manufacturing Commercial packages in the market: AutoCAD and Mechanical Desktop -2D modeling and drawing. Unigraphics, Pro-E, Mechanical Desktop, CATIA and Euclid -manufacturing and analysis. Ansys, Abaqus, Nastran, Fluent and CFX are -analysis of structures and fluids. Alibre, Cyber-Cut and CollabCAD are the latest CAD/CAM -collaborative design (multiple users working at the same time.)
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Figure 1. 2: Components CAD/CAM/CAE Systems
Application Area SoftwareIntegrated System CAD-2D draftingCADCAM, AutoCAD, MicroCADM, VersaCAD Pro/Engineer Unigraphics CATIA CAD-Solid modeling Solid Edges, SolidWorks, SolidDesigner, mechanical Desktop I-DEAS I/MES EUCLID-IS CAMBravoNCG, VERICUT, DUCT, Camand, Mastercam, Powermill CAEMSC/NASTRAN, ANSYS, PATRAN, DADS, ADAMS, C-MOLDS, MOLDFLOW, MOLDEX, designWorks Table1.1: Some typical CAD/CAM/CAE software