subject: Advantages of CAD - Computer Aided Design for Engineering excellence! [print this page] Modern CAD tools such as AutoCAD, Revit, Microstation and Tekla has changed the way engineers prepare drawings and documents for any given project. Computer Aided Design or CAD tools are widely popular across construction, manufacturing and production industries. CAD design offers many benefits as compared to conventional manual processes.
Automatic update of drawings, shared platform across various trades, electronic transfer of data and quicker turn around time are some of the major advantages that a CAD system offers to project manager along with saving time and money.
Major advantages of CAD design system includes following:
3D Modeling: In case of manual drafting it is difficult to produce 3D models and is very time-consuming job. 3D CAD system comes with excellent modules to create and analyze 3D models easily and efficiently.
Easy Reproduction: With manual drafting drafters take many days to complete a drawing and reproduction means produce drawing from the beginning. However, in case of CAD drafting, you can regenerate the drawing with quicker turnaround time and create as many copies as you require.
Computer Aided Design: CAD systems use 3D geometry as input. The system can replicate the loading conditions and present whether the structure can sustain the real loading conditions or not. This feature is unavailable with manual drawings.
Automatic Simulation: The 3D CAD geometry can be utilized to simulate real-time mechanism, thus you can control the functionality of a machine without generating in prototype building. Manual drawings cannot perform such mechanism simulation.
Electronic Database: The CAD drawing files can be digitally stored on FTP server. Once created, the CAD documents can be accessed through internet or shared network.
Higher efficiency: Since project specifications and CAD models are logically connected, a change in model is implicitly reflected into the drawing automatically. The drawings prepared using manual drafting process do not have such measures resulting in less efficiency.
Savings in cost: Manual drawing process may require hundreds of papers, but with CAD each drawing is modified, stored and used electronically saving time and money.
Access Control: With CAD systems it is possible to restrict some users from accessing critical project information and drawings. You can easily share or restrict users from accessing such drawings and can also define access levels for each CAD documents. Such features can not be realized in case of manual processes.
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Advantages of CAD - Computer Aided Design for Engineering excellence!
