Reduce Your Design Overheads,: Centr E

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Reduce Your Design

Overheads,
It's CAD world out there. From Boeing Aircrafts to perfume bottles, all are
designed using engineering software. For instance, in 2007, dentists
alone spent a whooping $250 million in CAD to
design tooth crowns and bridges!
What's Design?
Before knowing what is "design
overheads and "computer aided
design, let's start understanding
what is design. A business
dictionary says design is
"realization of an idea into a
configuration,
drawing,
model,
mould, pattern, plan or
specification.
"The "design
overheads" are
anything - time,
tools, processes,
etc - that stands
between your
visualization of a
design and
making it into a
"configuration,
drawing, model,
plan, or
specification.,"
I
Broadly, you can group design into

three categories: product design
(things),
environmental
design
(landscapes) and communication
design (information). And the "design
overheads are anything - time, tools,
processes, etc - that stands between
your visualization of a design and
making it into a "configuration,
drawing, model, m o u l d , p a t t e r
n , p l an o r specification.
Prior to 1982, when Professor David

C Gossard, a MIT professor,first
created images of geometric models
on a computer, thus giving birth to
the era of CAD, designing used to be
a manual process. During World War
II, an army of draftsmen were
drawing on a drafting board each
and every component of "B-17 Flying
Fortress aircraft, which was used for
bombing; months went by before
creating models of components in
wood for testing.
Fast forward to the CAD era, now
the designs of Boeing aircrafts are
digitally created, presented and
tested on computer monitors,
resulting in huge reduction of
overheads in terms of time, cost and
errors.
Optimize the Product Lifecycle

ss Digital product development
ms Virtual prototyping
ms 3D becomes the master
ms Optimised, integrated, managed process
MS Highly leveraged design data
Optimize the Design Process

MS Recognize the value of 3D beyond drawings MS
Start to use 3D for full product design ms Begin to
leverage 3D data ms Drawings are sill master
document ms Process can strain or change
Optimize the Drawing Productivity

ms Improvesed the accuracy of drawing creation ms
Start to use 3D for part design ms Begin to recognise
other value with 3D ms The drawing is still the master
Improve Drawing Productivity

MS Design is done in 3D ms Drawing are master
documents ms Probability of error remains high
Courtesy: Mr Paul Hamilton
www.caddcentre.ws
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Trainingl
CAD
TRAINING
IS FOR
YOU
A major part of CAD adoption cost is not
hardware or software it is training. The CAD
Managers' Survey 2008, published by
Eatyourcad.com, shows that by far the most
common support issue raised in 70.7% of all
cases relates to a lack of knowledge of the
CAD software being used. That means
employees do not have any, or enough,
formal training. They are mostly self-taught,
on the job. Learning is reactive rather than
CAD adoption cost
The Work Flow

The design process starts with a
vision, an idea in your mind, and
followed by your understanding of
the high-level concept - you should
know the main principles and major
parts. Then, you create a draft by
pen and paper, or using a simple
vector graphics or simple CAD
programs.
Next comes, the key part of CAD
designing that is, 2D or 3D
modeling using CAD, which will
enable you to use standard parts, or
parts created by other team
members, in your model. Files
representing a part can be
downloaded from the Internet, or
local networks. By putting these
predefined parts into your project,
you ensure that they are correct.
CADD
3D model. Major CAD/CAE/CAM
software companies develop and
sell tools that cover the whole cycle.
Increasing CAD Usage
CAD software packages, ranging
from 2D vector-based drafting
systems to 3D solid and surface
modelers, come with different
specializations:
architectural
engineering construction (AEC),
general-purpose,
mechanical
CAD,
solid
modeling,
visualization and rendering, and
facility management. There is a
CADD program for virtually every
engineering discipline you can think
of.
Now, you virtually assemble all the The Outlook

parts into a machine or
CAD is one part of the whole Digital
Product Development (DPD) activity
within
the
Product
Lifecycle
Presentations:
Management (PLM) process, and
Source: eatthecad.com
Post global economic recession, companies

are taking to a considered approach to hiring
they want to know your CAD skills. CAD
users are required to learn new software and
contribute to the productivity growth of their
companies. For this a focused training and
committed assessment is required. The
India-based CADD Centre is committed to
enhance bridge your CAD skill gap by
offering
proactive. (See the illustration)
Personalized Training: CADD Centre
believes experts are made, not born. With
practice, experience, and encouragement and a healthy dose of fun thrown in - anyone
can become a CAD expert.
Authorized Training: The Centre creates
its
courses to help you develop the expertise
you need to get to the next level. CADD
Centre has been spreading the knowledge
of CAD, CAM, CAE and PPM for close to 22
years. To align the business/technological
needs of global OEM's and provide
authorized training solutions, it has created
a strong ecosystem of partners with
Principals such as Dassault, SolidWorks,
Autodesk, PTC and Bentley.
Flexible
editing:
Accuracy
levels:
Storage:
Benefits of CAD
Create fine drawings with hundreds of colors, line types,
hatch patterns, etc
Make quick alterations to drawings
Do away with mathematical calculations and create
accurate shapes
Store thousands of drawings on your computer or Internet
Project reporting: Prepare project reports with cost estimates on the fly
mechanism and analyze for FEM

(Finite Element Method) and
Kinematics. Finally, from your 3D
models, you generate a set of
engineering drawings for
manufacturing. While you present
your 3D model, you create photo
realistic images and/or animations
to present your design. You can
consider
using
rapid
prototyping
techniques
to
present a physical 3D model. Major
CAD/CAE/CAM
software
companies develop and sell tools
that cover the whole cycle.
Finally, from your 3D models, you
generate a set of engineering
drawings for manufacturing. While
you present your 3D model, you
create photo realistic images and/or
animations to present your design.
You can consider u s i n g r a p i d
prototyping
techniques
to
present a physical
as such is used together with other

tools, which
are either integrated modules or
stand-alone products, such as:
Computer-aided engineering (CAE)
and
Finite
element
analysis
(FEA);
Computer-aided
manufacturing
(CAM) and
Product Data Management (PDM).
An estimate puts that there are
about 20 million CAD users across
the world today. The average
company now uses 3.5 CAD
packages and the global CAD
market is estimated to grow at 15%
in 2010. The main growth driver is
increasing hardware capabilities
and affordability.
CAD products are making inroads
even into hitherto untapped service
sectors such as food and beverage,
retail and apparel, and even,
financial and investment services.
Hence, irrespective of the domain,
CAD skill enriches productivity. g

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Reduce Your Design

Broadly, you can group design into

Prior to 1982, when Professor David

Optimize the Product Lifecycle

Optimize the Design Process

Optimize the Drawing Productivity

Improve Drawing Productivity

Courtesy: Mr Paul Hamilton

CAD adoption cost

The Work Flow

Now, you virtually assemble all the The Outlook

Post global economic recession, companies

mechanism and analyze for FEM

as such is used together with other

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