UNIT 10

Computer Aided Drawing Techniques

SUMMARY

Computer Aided Drawing (CAD) is now used extensively throughout the engineering industry as a means of communicating drawing data to required standards. Two and three dimensional representations of components can be drawn and modified allowing the sharing of data from designer to customer. CAD data can be shared with CNC machines and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software, which may then assist in improving productivity, flexibility and quality of the final product. This unit will provide you with an introduction to CAD and to enable you to produce engineering drawings to given industry standards. It will also provide you with the necessary foundation to study CAD at a higher level. When ...

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