Computer Aided Design
Computer aided design softwares like Autocad and
unigraphics have literally replaced the drawing boards and tracing sheets.
Today's modern computer aided design softwares can produce
complex die designs with much ease and accuracy. Computer Aided Designing
(CAD) is one of the fastest growing field in metal stamping industry.
Autocad, solidworks, mechanical desktop (MDT), unigraphics, ProE, IDEAS,
CATIA etc are some of the most commonly used die design softwares. |
Advantages of Computer Aided DesignComputer Aided Design has lots of advantage over
conventional drafting using drawing boards and drafters. Using computer
aided design complex designs can be created with ease. Visualization
of complicated surfaces and assembly can be done with the help of these
CAD softwares. Editing and modifications in the existing design is much
easier. In conventional designing this is a tedious task. The analysis
CAD softwares can give you good idea on the sheet metal behavior on
various forming and sheet metal working operations. These design softwares
are also used in plastic mould design, jigs and fixture design and die
casting die design. Computer Aided Design saves time and the space to
maintain the paper drawings. Designs stored in computers can be retrieved
much faster for editing and plotting. Individual part drawings can be
directly exported into machining programs like mastercam. Computer aided
design softwares like unigraphics and po engineer also have an inbuilt
machining version. Let's examine some of the popular computer aided
design softwares in detail.
AutocadAutocad is one of the most popular computer aided design software used in both die design and in mechanical engineering. Compared to other CAD softwares, autocad is an excellent software especially in 2D drafting and editing. Autocad is a highly user friendly software which makes it very popular among die designers. It is easy to learn autocad compared to the other complicated computer aided design programs. Autocad is developed by Autodesk, a market leader in mechanical design softwares. The developers of Autocad, AuroDesk is conducting various Autocad training programs around the world. Pro EProE or pro engineer from parametric technology is also gaining popularity in computer aided design for its capacity to design complicated 3d assembly. Solid Works Solid works is perhaps the simplest 3d modeling software, yet powerful
with its extensive features. |
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