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Department of Industrial Engineering Lecture 1:

Course: CAD/CAM Introduction to CAD/CAM
Semester: 7th

Lecturer: Engr. Muhammad Abas

Learning Objectives Computer Aided Design

Computer Aided Design(CAD) is defined as the
Upon completion of this lecture, you will be use of computer systems to assist in the creation,
able to: modification, analysis, or optimization of a
design.
Define CAD
Computer system
Define CAM Hardware
Graphic display terminals
Applications of CAD and CAM Keyboards
Relation between CAD and CAM Mouse etc
Software
Graphics
Application programs
Example Auto Cad, ProE, Ansys, Solid Works etc

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Advantages of CAD system
1. To increase the productivity of the designer:
This is accomplished by helping the designer
to conceptualize the product and its
components. In turn, this helps reduce the
time required by the designer to synthesize,
analyze, and document the design.
Advantages of CAD system
3. To improve documentation:
The graphical output of a CAD system results
in better documentation of the design than
that of manual drafting.
The engineering drawings are superior, and
there is more standardization among the
drawings and fewer drafting errors.
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Advantages of CAD system
2. To improve the quality of design :
The use of a CAD system with appropriate
hardware and software capabilities permits
the designer to do a more complete
engineering analysis and to consider a larger
number and variety of design alternatives.
The quality of the resulting design is thereby
improved.
Applications of CAD system
4. To create a data base for manufacturing:
In the process of creating the documentation
for the product design (geometric
specification of the product, dimensions of
the components, materials specifications, bill
of materials, etc.), much of the required data
base to manufacture the product is also
created.
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Computer Aided Manufacturing
Computer Aided Manufacturing(CAM) is
defined as the use of computer systems to
plan, manage, and control the operations of
manufacturing plant through either direct or
indirect computer interface with plant
production resources.
Computer monitoring and control
Manufacturing Support Application
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Manufacturing Support Application
Computer is not directly linked to the manufacturing
process.
Instead the computer is used off line to provide plans,
schedules, forecasts, instructions, and information's
by which the production resources can be managed
more effectively.
NC programming
Computer automated process planning
MRP
Shop floor control
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Computer Aided Manufacturing
Computer monitoring and control
Computer process monitoring involves direct
computer interface with the manufacturing
process for the purpose of observing process and
associated equipment and collecting data from
the process
Computer process control not only observe the
process but control it based on observation
Advantages of CAM
Programming for NC, CNC, and industrial
robots.
Design of dies and molds.
Design of tools and fixtures for manufacturing.
Quality control and inspection with the help of
coordinate-measuring machine.
Process planning and scheduling.
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CAD/CAM
Computer-aided design and computer-aided
manufacturing are combined to form CAD/CAM
systems.
This combination allows the transfer of
information from the design into the stage of
planning for the manufacturing of a product,
without the need to reenter the data on part
geometry manually.
The database developed during CAD is stored;
then it is processed further by CAM, into the
necessary data and instructions for operating and
controlling production machinery and automated
testing and inspection for product quality.
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CAD/CAM Packages
There are numerous CAD/CAM/CAE packages available for direct
usages that are user friendly and very proficient.
AutoCAD, CADKEY, DELCAM, SolidEdge and SolidWorks are some
low end and easy to use CAD softwares.
Unigraphics, Pro-Engineer, CATIA and I-DEAS are higher order
modeling and designing software that are costlier but more
efficient. The other capabilities of these software are
manufacturing and analysis
Ansys, Abaqua, Nastran, Fluent, and CFX are packages mainly used
for analysis of structures and fluids. Different software are used for
different purposes.
ALIBRE, Cyber-Cut and CollabCAD are software which are focusing
on collaborative design. Collaborative design is computer aided
designing for multiple users working at the same time