Unit 18: Computer-aided Drafting and Design for Construction
Assignment 1
How a CADD systems benefits a design studio and the Production of 2D Drawings
P1 - The advantages, compared to other methods, of producing drawings electronically using a CADD package
CAD software is being used on large scale basis by the engineering professionals and firms for various applications. The most common application of CAD software is designing and drafting. Here are the advantages of CAD:
1) Increase in the productivity of the designer: The CAD software helps designer in visualizing the final product that is to be made, it subassemblies and the constituent parts. The product can also be given animation and see how the actual product will work, thus helping the designer to immediately make the modifications if required. CAD software helps designer in synthesizing, analysing, and documenting the design. All these factors help in drastically improving the productivity of the designer that translates into fast designing, lower designing cost and shorter project completion times.
2) Improve the quality of the design: With the CAD software the designing professionals are offered large number of tools that help in carrying out thorough engineering analysis of the proposed design. The tools also help designers to consider large number of investigations. Since the CAD systems offer greater accuracy, the errors are reduced drastically in the designed product leading to better design. Eventually, better design helps carrying out manufacturing faster and reducing the wastages that could have occurred because of the faulty design.
3) Better communications: The next important part after designing is making the drawings. With CAD software better and standardized drawings can be made easily. The CAD software helps in better documentation of the design, fewer drawing errors, and greater legibility.
4) Creating documentation of the designing: Creating the documentation of designing is one...