Ó 2001
Prentice Hall
7.19
CAD/CAM:
From Pictures to Products
From Pictures to Products
–CAD
(computer-aided design) is a modern drafting tool for designers
•Designs
can be tested under various conditions before being built
–CAM (computer-aided manufacturing) is a program that controls the
manufacturing
of parts
•CAM
uses data from a CAD program
to build the part that was designed
to build the part that was designed