CAD Acronyms

CAD is computer assisted or computer aided drafting and is the use in a wide range of computer-based tools, which assist engineers, architects, and other design professionals. In addition, CAD is the main geometry-authoring tool contained in the Product Lifecycle Management process and entails software as well as special-purpose hardware. Currently on the market are package that range from 2D vector based drafting systems to 3D parametric surface and solid design modelers.

Related acronyms also include: CAD (Computer-Aided Design system) CAAD (Computer-aided architectural design) CADD (Computer-aided design and drafting) CAE/MCAE (Computer-Aided Engineering analysis system) CAID (Computer-aided Industrial Design) CAIR (Computer-Aided Issue Resolution system) CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacturing system) CAMC (Computer-Aided Manufacturing Capability system) CAMI (Computer-Aided Material Information system) CAPS (Computer-Aided Package Selection system) CAQ (Computer-Aided Quality Assurance) CAR (Computer-Aided Requirements capture system)/ (Computer-Aided Reporting) CARD (Computer-Aided Rule Definition system) CARE (Computer-Aided Rule Execution system) CIS (Component Information System) CMM (Coordinate measurement system) EDA (Electronic Design Automation system) MPM (Manufacturing Process Management) MPPS (Manufacturing Process Planning System) MRP (Manufacturing Resource Planning system) PDM (Product Data Management system) PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)

Though similar, all of these terms do contain subtle differences in meaning as well as in their application.

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