What is CAD & how does it work?

Computer-Aided Design ( CAD) is the use of computers (or workstations) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. : 3 This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve communications through documentation, and to create a database for manufacturing.

What CAD software is used for 3D rendering of a car?

3D rendering of a car in CAD software with boundary representation Also important to the development of CAD was the development in the late 1980s and early 1990s of B-rep solid modeling kernels (engines for manipulating geometrically and topologically consistent 3D objects), Parasolid (ShapeData), and ACIS (Spatial Technology Inc.).

What is CAD drafting?

As in the manual drafting of technical and engineering drawings, the output of CAD must convey information, such as materials, processes, dimensions, and tolerances, according to application-specific conventions.

What are the different types of CAD simulation and analysis tools?

A common CAD simulation and analysis tool is finite element analysis (FEA). This is illustrates how parts and assemblies behave when dynamically loaded. Examples include stress, strain, structural and vibration testing. Another related field of analysis and simulation is computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for examination of fluid flow.