What are the features found in CAD
Features generally found in a CAD package involve:
- 2D and 3D modelling
- Wire frame
- Library of parts that can be used in new drawings
- Ability to link with computer-aided manufacture (CAM)
- Validation and verification of designs against original specification
- Facility to calculate the cost of producing the article
- Facility to calculate the mass of the actual object once built
- Features for example colour, rotation, zoom, etc.
- Simulation of designs without the need to build a prototype
- create engineering drawings from solid models
- Export and Import to allow the exchange of data with other software packages
- Kinematics (i.e. check moving parts in assemblies don't interfere with each other)
- Routing of hoses and cables.