Fundamentals of CAD

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CAD/CAM/CAE
 CAD - “Use of computers to assist in the creation,
modification, analysis and optimisation of a design”
(Groove and Zimmers, 1984)

 CAM – use of computers to plan, manage and

control machine tools in manufacturing (e.g. NC)

 CAE – use of computers to analyze the design

geometry, allowing the designer to simulate and
study how the product will behave (e.g. FEM)
 CAD vs. Sketching

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 CAD Sketching
Need hardware and Only pen/pencil and
software paper required

Doesn’t allow for quick Faster to develop design

changes ideas

Requires dimensions and Accuracy and details are

other details not important
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“When Splines Were Physical Objects” By Rain Noe - Core 77, 2016
Curves, Models and Software
 Precise representation of curves
 Freeform surfaces
 Polygon mesh

 Mathematical representations:
 Non-uniform rational basis spline (NURBS)
 Gorden surfaces
 Coons surfaces

 Modeling software: CATIA, OpenSCAD,

Proengineer, Rhinoceros, Sketchup, Solidwords
Mesh vs. Nurbs
Summary
 Sketching, CAD, CAM and CAE

 Need for curves

 How to get them and its history

 Mesh vs Nurbs