DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Computer-
Aided
Drafting
ESci 122n
Engr. Felippe Niño C. Lusares
Instructor
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COURSE OUTCOMES
➜ Understand the
importance of CAD
➜ Discuss the History of
CAD
➜ Familiarize Computer
and Hardware
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INTRODUCTION
TO CAD
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What is Computer-Aided Design?

- Creating drawings on a computer
- Creating 3D shapes on a computer
- Visualization
 Checking how elements fit together so that they
won’t overlap with each other.
 Check if the design is acceptable to the customer
-Doing simulations
 Animation
 Dynamics
 Structural Analysis
 Fluid Flow
 Heat Transfer
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More Specific Definitions on CAD

➜ It is the use of computers to aid in creation,
revision, computation and optimization of
design.
➜ The software increases the productivity of the
designer, improves the quality of design,
improves communication through
documentation, and makes designing a lot
easier.
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DESIGN STAGE
➜ Problem Identification
➜ Preparing of Preliminary Design
➜ Approval of Preliminary Design
➜ Drafting
➜ Revisions
Note: Design Stage is Considered done
after it is being signed
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BENEFITS OF CAD
➜ Efficiency
➜ Eliminates the Need of Prototype
Modeling
➜ Faster Production
➜ Material Cost can be Determined at the
Design Stage Itself
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HISTORY OF CAD
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FATHERS OF CAD
In 1961, Patrick Hanratty joined General
Motors Research Laboratories where he
helped develop DAC, (Design
Automated Computer), the first CAD
system to use interactive graphics.

Ivan Sutherland broke ground in

3D computer modeling and
visual simulation, which is the
basis for CAD.
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