cad vocab

computer-aided
design vocabulary

Computer-aided design or Computer-aided drawing, the use of a computer to create or anaylze a design, typically in an engineering or archiete field

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cad

additional projected view typically used to clairfy off-axis features in an engineering drawing

Auxiliary view

​Ba traditional approach to design, where each component of the model is created independently in its own separate file. 

bottom-up modeling

​ a strategic approach that begins with a holistic view of a project, breaking it down into detailed components as the design progresses.

top-down modeling

​ an angled line that meets the endpoints of two straight 2D objects.

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