Category: 5. Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Electronic design automation (EDA) is a category of tools for designing and developing electronic systems, from printed circuit boards (PCBs) to integrated circuits. It is sometimes called ECAD (Electronic Computer Aided Design) or simply CAD.The term EDA is also used as an umbrella term for computer-aided engineering, computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing of electronics in…

Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) is the use of computer-based software tools to assist engineers and machinists in manufacturing or prototyping product components. CAM is a programming tool that makes it possible to create physical models using computer-aided design (CAD) programs. CAM software creates real-life versions of the designed components within the package. CAM was first used…

Computer-aided engineering (often referred to as CAE) refers to the use of information technology to assist engineers in tasks such as analysis, simulation, design, manufacturing, planning, evaluation, and repair. Software tools developed to support these activities are considered CAE tools.. CAE tools are being used, for example, to analyze the robustness and performance of components…

The Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES) (pronounced IGES) defines a neutral data format that allows the digital exchange of information between CAD systems. The official title of IGES is Digital Representation for Communication of Product Definition Data, first published in January 1980 by the National Bureau of Standards as NBSIR 80-1978. Using IGES, a CAD…

The following software supports the .dxf format: A9Cad, Adobe Illustrator, AGI32, AI4CAD 3D, Alibre Design, Altium, ArchiCAD, ArcMap, AutoCAD, Blender – using an import script, BRL-CAD, Cadwork, Corel Draw, DWGeditor, Drawbase, Easy-Pc, Easy- PC, , EnRoute, FASTechnologies NC-CAM, Geosoft Oasis montaj, Google SketchUp, GraphCalc – export only, Inkscape – export only as per version 0.46,…

ASCII versions of DXF can be read with a text editor. The basic organization of a DXF file is as follows. Header Section – This section contains general information about the drawing. Each parameter has a variable name and associated value.Classes Section – This section contains information about application-defined classes whose instances appear in the…

DWG is a format used to store 2D and 3D design data and metadata. It is a native format for many CAD packages including AutoCAD, Intellicad (and its variants), Caddy and DWG supported non-natively by many other CAD applications.DWG (denoted by the .dwg filename extension) was the native file format for the Interact CAD package,…

PDF is an internationally recognized open, secure file format developed by Adobe Systems for the efficient distribution and communication of rich design data to anyone who needs to view, review, or edit design files. Need to print.Scalable vector graphics (SVG) is an open, XML-based file format. It is suitable for use both as a format…

Design Web Format (DWF) is a secure file format developed by Autodesk for efficient distribution and communication of rich design data to anyone who needs to view, review, or print design files. Because DWF files are highly compressed, they are smaller and faster to transmit than design files, without the overhead associated with complex CAD drawings…

Autodesk has also developed a few vertical programs for discipline-specific enhancements. AutoCAD Architecture (formerly Architectural Desktop), for example, allows architectural designers to draw 3D objects such as walls, doors, and windows, with more intelligent data attached to them, rather than simple objects such as of lines and circles.The data can be programmed to represent specific…