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    Computer-aided drafting (CAD) uses computer technology and software programs to assist in the design and creation of technical drawings. CAD offers several advantages over manual drafting, including increased productivity, higher quality designs, easier editing and sharing of designs. Main applications of CAD include solid modeling, surface modeling, assembly, drafting/detailing, and reverse engineering. Popular CAD software packages are used to design products more efficiently and provide electronic files for manufacturing. Many leading companies offer jobs in computer-aided design and drafting.

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    Computer-aided drafting (CAD) uses computer technology and software programs to assist in the design and creation of technical drawings. CAD offers several advantages over manual drafting, including increased productivity, higher quality designs, easier editing and sharing of designs. Main applications of CAD include solid modeling, surface modeling, assembly, drafting/detailing, and reverse engineering. Popular CAD software packages are used to design products more efficiently and provide electronic files for manufacturing. Many leading companies offer jobs in computer-aided design and drafting.

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    Computer-aided drafting (CAD) uses computer technology and software programs to assist in the design and creation of technical drawings. CAD offers several advantages over manual drafting, including increased productivity, higher quality designs, easier editing and sharing of designs. Main applications of CAD include solid modeling, surface modeling, assembly, drafting/detailing, and reverse engineering. Popular CAD software packages are used to design products more efficiently and provide electronic files for manufacturing. Many leading companies offer jobs in computer-aided design and drafting.

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    Computer-aided drafting (CAD) uses computer technology and software programs to assist in the design and creation of technical drawings. CAD offers several advantages over manual drafting, including increased productivity, higher quality designs, easier editing and sharing of designs. Main applications of CAD include solid modeling, surface modeling, assembly, drafting/detailing, and reverse engineering. Popular CAD software packages are used to design products more efficiently and provide electronic files for manufacturing. Many leading companies offer jobs in computer-aided design and drafting.

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    What is a Computer Aided Drafting?

    Computer-aided drafting (CAD) is a

    creative design process that is based on a computer system, it can be

    either hardware or software based. However, it is usually a software

    based program that is used for design purposes. This design process

    uses computer technology to assist certain types of profession in the

    design and drawing of technical drawings. It utilizes computer systems

    and software for designing anything from small appliances to buildings.

    What Are The Advantages Of Cad? The Advantages of CAD are:

    Increases Productivity, Higher Quality Designs, Reuse and Easily Change

    Designs, Easier to Read, Documenting the Design, and Simplified

    Sharing. The advantages of CAD over technical sketching is that the

    common reason that designers use to justify technical sketching is that

    it produces a more cohesive final product. While this criticism may have

    had some merit twenty years ago, it no longer works. CAD software has

    come a long way in the past twenty years, making the design process

    more integrated and complete than what is possible by hand. The main

    advantage of CAD drawing over sketching is that it saves a ton of time.

    CAD increases the productivity of designers tremendously (it’s

    anywhere between 3:1 and 10:1). Digital drawings are also malleable

    and easily edited in the same file. Sketches would need to be thrown out

    and started from the beginning if any changes were required. Sketching

    still has its place in the industry. A lot of designers begin with a hand-
    drawn draft before taking it over to CAD. This lets them combine the

    benefits of both approaches. What Is Applications Cad Software

    Package? Main Applications of Computer Aided Design (CAD) Solid

    Modelling This process is used to create solid components of desired

    shape by joining and cutting different solid volumes. The final solid

    model is a virtual replica of an actual product but it can be seen and

    rotated like a real product. There are two main types: · direct where the

    model can be edited by undoing or modifying the model directly on the

    3D; · parametric where the model is constructed using parameters

    (variable quantities such as measurements) and the model can be

    edited at any point in its history. Surface Modelling This process is used

    to create surfaces of desired shape by trimming, stitching and joining

    different surfaces to create a final shape model. Assembly This process

    is used to assemble the models created in solid or surface modelling to

    create a final assembly. This is used to see the actual fitment of all

    models and see the actual working of assembly. Drafting Detailing This

    process is used to create the 2D drawings of components or

    assemblies; usually directly from a 3D model, although 2D CAD can

    create 2D drawings directly. Reverse Engineering This process is used

    to convert the real component into 3D CAD Model. Different types of

    instruments such as laser scanner, white light scanner, CMM

    (coordinate measuring machine) etc. are used to measure or decode


    the shape of real model. The virtual model obtained can then be

    modified in a CAD program. What Is Cad Software Package? CAD

    software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve

    the quality of design, improve communications through documentation,

    and to create a database for manufacturing. CAD output is often in the

    form of electronic files for print, machining, or other manufacturing

    operations. List down the numerous leading companies that offer

    various job positions in computer aided design/drafting. - Vivint Solar -

    J.F. Ahern - Cupertino Electric - John Deere -Altair Engineering - Ford

    Motor Company - Siemens - Andersen - Exemplis - Daimler Trucks North

    America - Best Builders, Inc. - Bestank Manufacturing Corporation - Fil-

    Jap Rayvie Precision International Inc.

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