OBJECTIVE

INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS COMPUTER AIDED(CAD)?
CAD had its origins in three separate sources, which also serve to
highlight the basic operations that CAD systems provide. The first source of
CAD resulted from attempts to automate the drafting process. These
developments were pioneered by the General Motors Research Laboratories in
the early 1960s. One of the important time-saving advantages of computer
modeling over traditional drafting methods is that the former can be quickly
corrected or manipulated by changing a model's parameters. The second source
of CAD was in the testing of designs by simulation. The use of computer
modeling to test products was pioneered by high-tech industries like aerospace
and semiconductors. The third source of CAD development resulted from
efforts to facilitate the flow from the design process to the manufacturing
process using numerical control (NC) technologies, which enjoyed widespread
use in many applications by the mid-1960s. It was this source that resulted in
the linkage between CAD and CAM. One of the most important trends in
CAD/CAM technologies is the ever-tighter integration between the design and
manufacturing stages of CAD/CAM-based production processes. The
development of CAD and CAM and particularly the linkage between the two
overcame traditional NC shortcomings in expense, ease of use, and speed by
enabling the design and manufacture of a part to be undertaken using the same
system of encoding geometrical data. This innovation greatly shortened the
period between design and manufacture and greatly expanded the scope of
production processes for which automated machinery could be economically
used. Just as important, CAD/CAM gave the designer much more direct control
over the production process, creating the possibility of completely integrated
design and manufacturing processes.
WHAT IS AUTOCAD?
One of the earliest primary tools in computer aided design has evolved over the
past few decades. It is called AutoCAD. AutoCAD has become extremely
popular in all sorts of drafting, engineering and design, from jointers and rafters
in carpentry to the cutting of plastics or other materials for custom parts runs.
Businesses both large and small have been integrating AutoCAD and its
capabilities into their business processes since its release in 1982. One of the
biggest utilities of AutoCAD has been its ease of use. In many cases, AutoCAD
is easy to integrate in traditional bare-metal environments. Instructors and
students have often referred to AutoCAD as being easy to learn, and it's been a
great and valuable skill for people in various types of industrial jobs and roles.
However, one of the reasons that people to look for alternatives to AutoCAD is
its cost structure. Various tools like TinkerCAD and FreeCAD provide some
functionality for money-minded users, but in general, there’s the user sensitivity
of paying too much for vendor licensing. Experts point out that relative to the
cost of the first hardware to run AutoCAD, the software itself was not that
expensive, and subscriptions tend to run in the hundreds of dollars, which will
not break the bank for a larger firm. As a CAD Drafter, you could use
AutoCAD across a variety of industries. In mechanical engineering, you might
use it to create manufacturing processes as well as to design motor parts, robots
and other innovative objects. In electrical engineering, you might use it to map
out electrical systems, and in civil engineering, you might use it as you help to
design bridges and roads. Here are other professionals who use AutoCAD:
 Architects: AutoCAD is often used to create blueprints and floor plans
for houses and commercial buildings. It also comes with built-in tools
that can analyze and remedy weaknesses in a building’s design.
 Interior Designers: Similarly, AutoCAD can be used to imagine the
interior of a building, whether it’s an eating space for a restaurant or a
living space in a home.
 Fine Artists: The abilities of AutoCAD are so wide ranging that even
artists use it to draft sculptures, wood carvings, engravings, and
experimental art pieces.
WHAT IS INVENTOR?
Autodesk Inventor is an engineering design software developed by Autodesk.
Inventor is similar to AutoCAD, another Autodesk software, in that both create
precise 2D and 3D models. However, this software has different terminology
and workflows that make the transition tricky when first navigating Inventor if
you’re used to using AutoCAD or SOLIDWORKS. Unlike other 3D systems
you may have used in the past, Autodesk Inventor is a parametric, feature-based
system that allows you to create 3D parts, assemblies, and 2D drawings.
Parametric modeling is a bit different from modeling in AutoCAD, which is
object driven. In a parametric modeler, everything is controlled by either
parameters, dimensions, or relationships. For example, if you want to move the
position of a hole in a block, you would change the dimension or relation that
controls its position in a parametric system.
While both systems get the same job done, there is a reason why a lot of CAD
users have switched over to parametric modeling for two main reasons.

1. Engineers have much more power and flexibility when using the
parametric system. The parameters and relationships you set up allow you
to have control over your design intent. The term “design intent”
basically describes how your design will behave depending on the way
you use parameters, such as dimensions and relationships, to design it.
2. With the parametric system, you also get associativity between your
parts, assemblies, and drawings. If you change the design of a part, the
change will take effect in any assemblies that it’s a part of. Its 2D
illustration will update automatically as well.
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN AUTOCAD AND
INVENTOR
AutoCAD Versus Inventor

  AutoCAD Inventor

2D drafting software that can do 3D Pure 3D  object-oriented

General
pretty well software

Communicates with
Communicates with toolbars, context-
toolbars, context-
Interface sensitive shortcut menus, dialog boxes --
sensitive shortcut menus,
and a command line
and dialog boxes

Integrates with industry-specific tools

Industry such as AutoCAD Architecture, Focuses on mechanical
Focus AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD Civil design
3D, and AutoCAD Mechanical

Parametric models, with

Modeling Geometry-driven models features such as holes,
chamfers, fillets, etc.

Distinguishes between
File
"All-in-one" file assemblies, parts, and
handling
2D drawings

Usage Simulates how the

Creates a machine
Example machine actually moves
SOFTWARE USED IN (EDM)
MASTERCAM
 Mastercam, CNC Software's main product, started as a 2D CAM system with
CAD tools that let machinists design virtual parts on a computer screen and also
guided computer numerical controlled (CNC) machine tools in the manufacture
of parts. Mastercam users can create and cut parts using one of many supplied
machine and control definitions, or they can use Mastercam's tools to create
their own customized definitions. Mastercam also offers a level of flexibility
that allows the integration of 3rd party applications, called C-hooks, to address
unique machine or process specific scenarios. Mastercam's name is a double
entendre: it implies mastery of CAM (computer-aided manufacturing), which
involves today's latest machine tool control technology; and it simultaneously
pays homage to yesterday's machine tool control technology by echoing the
older term master cam, which referred to the main cam or model that a tracer
followed in order to control the movements of a mechanically
automated machine tool.

AUTODESK INVENTOR

Inventor is Autodesk's flagship product for 3D modeling. Although Fusion 360

is gaining more traction now.

Inventor, like Solidworks, is basically a 3D modeling software as well as

drafting tool. AutoCAD is a better option for drafting if that is what you're
looking for though.

You can use inventor to make simple part designs to complex machinery
assemblies and simulate the working of it using the featurea available. Inventor
also has the ability to do Finite Element Anysis using which you can test the
strength of your design as well as check if your part will fail given stress acts on
it.

With an add on called HSM, you can also do CAM on inventor to design cutting
of parts using CNC machines. Inventor has a list of machines for which they
have inbuilt post processors and you can pick the one that suits yours best.

Inventor has a lot of utilities at your disposal and is quite easy to learn and has a
very friendly user interface as well, depending on your CAD knowledge.
PROCEDURE

1. Firstly, the software Autodesk Inventor Professional 2020 was used to

sketch the drawing from image that was chosen.
2. A box measuring 100 mm x 100m height and length was drew on the
sketch plane by the command rectangle.

3. Then, the image was paste in the box and resized according to the
dimension.

4. Then, the process of tracing of the image is began by using command

lines, arc and circle.
5. All the traces have been done accurately according to the image, and the
excess lines should be trimmed. There should no disconnected lines. All
the lines should be connected in order to get a complete product.
6. Finally, by dissabling the visibility of the image we can get the 2-D
sketch of the image.

7. This 2-D sketch should be in the format of ipt. or dwg.