About Cad Cam

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About Cad Cam

Cadstands for computer aided design. It is used in replace for a

drawing board etc. because it is much more accurate and reliable. Cad

involves using a computer and appropriate software .You can use a

mouse to design it but it isn't very accurate so they usually type in

the commands or use a tablet pc.

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Cad allows very accurate and precise drawings to be achieved quickly

and easily and it is very easy to make alterations to you project your

designs can be stored on disks so you can take your work anywhere you

go

Cam stands for computer aided manufacture. Cad and Cam are mostly used

together. Because cad designs the project and cam cuts it out. This is

good because it means you can mass-produce things e.g. for

architectural, engineering, electronics, roadways, and woven fabrics.

This saves a lot of money and time in the long run, which is a key

essential for a business

Examples

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· A good example of cad and cam is in the food market where they need

to design complicated nets and put a design on it and then cam can cut

out thousands and even millions of copy's

· Also something like digital cameras they can mass-produce all the

little parts in it, and using cad will make sure they will all fit

together perfectly.

· Also designing something for resistant materials. It takes much less

time and produces a perfect piece of work.

Before cad cam

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Before there was cad cam people just use to use ordinary tools like

pens, pencils and paper etc. this would take a lot of time and effort

and would even cost more in the long run .If you ever made a mistake

you would have to use a rubber to rub it out or even start againWell

before the development of Computer-aided Design the manufacturing

world adopted tools controlled by numbers and letters to fill the need

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