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CAD<\/h2>\n
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Computer Aided Design (CAD)<\/h3>\n

Computer Aided design is the process of designing or editing a design on computer.<\/p>\n

This process is used in\u00a0 number of applications, including:<\/p>\n

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  • Architectural design<\/li>\n
  • Room layouts<\/li>\n
  • Vehicle design<\/li>\n
  • Product design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Advantages<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Computer aided design is often much cheap than making physical prototypes, especially of larger objects such as vehicles<\/li>\n
    • It’s usually much faster to design using a computer than on paper.<\/li>\n
    • CAD allows designs to be shared easily and edited by multiple people at the same time.<\/li>\n
    • CAD designs can be used directly in the manufacturing process, especially when 3D printing, cutting and plotting.<\/li>\n
    • CAD designs can be imported directly into virtual reality environments so that people can experience designs at full scale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Disadvantages<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Some objects cannot be fully grasped on screen and so need to be created at full scale (VR is beginning to address this issue)<\/li>\n
      • We can’t experience physical textures on screen<\/li>\n
      • Some CAD\/CAM packages are very expensive to buy<\/li>\n
      • For many CAD software packages there is a steep leaning curve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>

        CAM<\/h2>\n
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        Computer Aided Manufacturing<\/h3>\n