MODULE • CONCEPT OF MODELLING

CHAPTER

Computer Aided Design

Faculty of Information and Communication Technology

Objectives

* Understanding of CAD
* A brief account of its history
* Understanding the applications of CAD

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Topics covered
• What is CAD
• History of CAD
• The applications of CAD

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 What is CAD
* Computer-Aided Design (CAD) is the use of a wide
range of computer-based tools that assist engineers,
architects and other design professionals in their design
activities.
* It is the main geometry authoring tool within the
Product Lifecycle Management process and involves
both software and sometimes special-purpose hardware.
* Current packages range from 2D vector based drafting
systems to 3D parametric surface and solid design
modelers.

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CAD
* CAD is sometimes translated as "computer-assisted",
"computer-aided drafting", or a similar phrase.
Related acronyms are CADD, which stands for
"computer-aided design and drafting", CAID for
Computer-aided Industrial Design and CAAD, for
"computer-aided architectural design". All these terms
are essentially synonymous, but there are some subtle
differences in meaning and application

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CAD
• CAD is used to design and develop products, which
can be goods used by end consumers or intermediate
goods used in other products.
• CAD is also extensively used in the design of tools
and machinery used in the manufacture of
components.
• CAD is also used in the drafting and design of all
types of buildings, from small residential types
(houses) to the largest commercial and industrial types
(hospitals and factories).

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CAD

Multi-CAD digital mockup

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CAD

Simulation of airflow over an engine

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CAD

Disney Concert Hall

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History of CAD
* Initial developments were carried out in the
1960s within the aircraft and automotive
industries in the area of 3D surface
construction and NC programming, most of it
independent of one another and often not
publicly published until much later.

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 History of CAD
* Some of the mathematical description work on curves
was developed in the early 1940s by Isaac Jacob
Schoenberg, Apalatequi (Douglas Aircraft) and Roy
Liming (North American Aircraft), however probably
the most important work on polynomial curves and
sculptured surface was done by Pierre Bezier
(Renault), Paul de Casteljau (Citroen), Steven Anson
Coons (MIT, Ford), James Ferguson (Boeing), Carl de
Boor (GM), Birkhoff (GM) and Garabedian (GM) in
the 1960s and W. Gordon (GM) and R. Riesenfeld in
the 1970s.

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History of CAD
* It is argued that a turning point was the development
of SKETCHPAD system in MIT in 1963 by Ivan
Sutherland (who later created a graphics technology
company with Dr. David Evans). The distinctive
feature of SKETCHPAD was that it allowed the
designer to interact with computer graphically: the
design can be fed into the computer by drawing on a
CRT monitor with a light pen.
Why later on
Sketchpad is not as
popular as the
previous software
modelling such as
3ds Max?
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History of CAD
* First commercial applications of CAD were in large
companies in the automotive and aerospace industries,
as well as in electronics. Only large corporations
could afford the computers capable of performing the
calculations. Notable company projects were
-at GM (Dr. Patrick J.Hanratty) with DAC-1 (Design
Augmented by Computer) 1964, Bell GRAPHIC 1
-at Renault (Bezier) – UNISURF 1971 car body
design and tooling.

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 History of CAD
* The most influential event in the development of CAD was the
founding of MCS (Manufacturing and Consulting Services
Inc.) in 1971 by Dr. P. J. Hanratty, who wrote the system
ADAM (Automated Drafting And Machining) but more
importantly supplied code to companies such as McDonnell
Douglas (Unigraphics) Computervision(CADDS), Calma,
Gerber, Autotrol and Control Data.

* Other key points in the 1960s and 1970s would be the

foundation of CAD systems United Computing, Intergraph,
IBM, Intergraph IGDS in 1974 (which led to Bentley
MicroStation in 1984)

MicroStation

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Demo CAD

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Free Software
•DesignWorkshop_Lite - Build 3D models for home
design, visualization of architecture and landscapes.

•TigerCAD - Free 2D general diagramming software which

can be used for garden design, building & room plans as well as
mechanical & electronic drawings.

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Free Software
• CoCreate - CoCreate Modeling Personal Edition (PE) is the
world's first free explicit 3D CAD software.
• X11 - A free 2D/3D CAD system without any features
crippled.

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Free Software
• K3DSurf - A program to visualize and manipulate
Mathematical models in three, four, five and six dimensions.
K3DSurf supports Parametric equations and Isosurfaces.
• JavaView - A 3D geometry viewer and a mathematical
visualization software.

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3D Free Software
• Anim8or - Free 3D modeling and character animation
software. Create figures, sequences, scenes, materials &
animations.
• Blender - Free 3D modeling and character animation
software. Create figures, sequences, scenes, materials &
animations.

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Application of CAD
Applications of CAD:
• Architecture
• Electrical & Electronic
• Manufacturing process planning

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Application of CAD
Architecture, Industrial Design, Engineering,
Garden design and Construction
– Building engineering
– Mechanical (MCAD)
– Automotive
– Aerospace
– Consumer Goods
– Machinery
– Ship Building
– Electronic and Electrical (ECAD)
– Manufacturing process planning
– Digital circuit design
– Software applications

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 Architecture
• The software package may produce its results in several
formats, but typically provides a graphically-based
result which is then able to be used to create concept
sketches for assessment and approval, and eventually
working drawings.
• Computer-aided drafting, however, commonly refers to
the actual technical drawing component of the project,
using a computer rather than a traditional drawing
board. The input into this aspect of the design process
may come from specialized calculation packages, from
pre-existing component drawings, from graphical
images such as maps, from photos and other media, or
simply from hand-drawn sketches done by the designer.
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Architecture
• The spectrum of architectural and engineering projects
commonly documented with computer-aided drafting
is broad, and includes architectural, mechanical,
electrical, structural, hydraulic, interior design, garden
design, civil construction.
• CAD may also provide input to other forms of design
communication such as 3D visualizations, model
construction, animated fly-through, to name a few.

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 Architecture
* Computer-aided drafting software is
also a basic tool used in other
disciplines related to Architecture,
for example Civil Engineering, for
site design, for instance roads,
grading and drainage, in mapping
and cartography, in the production
of plans and sketches for a variety of
other purposes (such surveyor's
plans and legal descriptions of land),
and as the input format to
geographic and facilities information
systems. Burj Dubai, the world's tallest
building, currently under
construction in Dubai
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 Electrical & Electronics
* Electronic design automation (EDA) includes
Schematic entry, PCB design, intelligent wiring
diagrams (routing) and component connection
management. Often, it integrates with a light form of
CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing)

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Manufacturing Process Planning
* 2D and 3D CAD systems are sometimes used for
graphically represented of plant layout, usually with
the aid of specific machine geometry libraries and
layout tools. Although this is often done with
specialist real-time process simulation tools based on
Product visualization and Manufacturing Process
Management technologies.

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