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Experiment No. 8
Aim: Exposure to any 2D / 3D modeling commercially available software.
Introduction about Auto CAD:
AutoCAD is a commercial software application for 2D and 3D computer-aided design (CAD) and
drafting, available since 1982 as a desktop application and since 2010 as a mobile.
Software Features:
3D Capabilities: AutoCAD LT lacks the ability to create, visualize and render 3D models as
well as 3D printing.
Network Licensing: AutoCAD LT cannot be used on multiple machines over a network.
Customization: AutoCAD LT does not support customization with LISP, ARX, .NET and
VBA.
Management and automation capabilities with Sheet Set Manager and Action Recorder.
CAD standards management tools.
Advantages of using AutoCAD:
1. AutoCAD software is the most comprehensive mechanical product design & drafting software
that cater to the various needs of the mechanical engineering companies; it comes with a
complete set of powerful drafting and detailing tools for drafting the professionals.
2. AutoCAD software saves a huge time, saving time is equal to earn more income by more
output, It is a simple enough software with the real user friendly interface, It is easy to grasp
and it can provide you the basic exposure, It is very beneficial in designing 3D, It reduces the
time for the new designs, And the products can be created more quickly.
3. AutoCAD software is helpful , It has large set of parts and features that you can choose for
your designs , It offers the powerful and quick dimensions , You can use the simplified tools ,
you can generate the dimensions to control and expand only the important variables for
manufacturing easily .
4. AutoCAD software is incorporation for International Drafting Standards, Compliance with the
industry standards improves the internal communication and the results in reliable production
outputs, It presents easy data swapping, It comes with in-built industry, standard STEP and
IGES formats for the exchanging data between different CAD systems.
5. AutoCAD software comes with the specific drafting tools for generating the standards
Industry based geometric dimensions , the surface texture symbols , the mechanical symbols
and the weld symbols , And AutoCAD firm can increase their productivity manifold .
6. AutoCAD software automatically redraw the geometry to illustrate the dashes and the hidden
lines of parts which are blocked by the other parts in the mechanical design, it enables you to
produce very accurate designs, And drawings can be created in 2D or 3D and rotated.
7. AutoCAD software offers the professional look , It has flexibility in design changes , It has
auto specification check feature , It has reduced design times cape , It offers easy reuse of the
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designs , The costly mistakes in the design or the production can be avoided , And you can
modify the existing ideas that saves the time .
8. AutoCAD software reduced the manufacturing time, the documentation can be printed in
various forms for multiple users, it presents ease of the document reproduction and cloning,
and it offers the visualization of the complex technical elements.
9. AutoCAD software offers the quality of the designs, It presents the clarity of the
documentation , It is easier to apply the new ideas, It can be more accurate than hand-drawn
designs , It reduces the human error , You can save and edit the ideas , And it makes it easier
and cheaper to modify your design .
10. AutoCAD software reduced the design timescales, Reuse of the designs, the drawing errors
can be corrected easily, the drawings can be sent/received via email in seconds, and AutoCAD
software offers rapid prototyping.
11. AutoCAD software helps the designer to automatically check if the design is within the
specification, it enables the clients to view the designs at an earlier stage in the design
process, and it helps the clients to check the progress of functional and semi-functional
prototypes.
Disadvantages of using AutoCAD:
1. AutoCAD software is not so much suited for 3D as it has fewer options , It cannot be used in
the complex designs , If you are into the heavy assembly work dont rely on this software , It
cannot be used in Complex Programming , The large amount of memory and speed is required
, Training and equipments are very costly .
2. AutoCAD software has expansive startup costs ( the hardware , the software , and training ) ,
It can be very expensive , so , the initial costs are high , There are free software packages
though , The people need to be trained how to use the software that also adds to the costs ,
And it requires a PC .
3. AutoCAD software needs the time & the cost of implementing the system, it needs time &
cost of training the people to use it, so, It is very expensive in training, It needs the time & the
cost of migrating legacy drawings into AutoCAD format.
4. AutoCAD software consumes large amounts of the computer processing power , It requires
high-quality computer hardware that can be costly , It requires the advanced manufacturing
devices which are very expensive , It is not easy for first-time users to learn the software , In
addition to the cost of training personnel .
REFERENCE
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