CAD Vocab

Computer-Aided Design Vocabulary

computer-aided design or computer-aided drawing, the use of a computer to create, modify, or analyze a design, typically in an engineering or architecture field

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

​Auxiliary View

Bottom-up modeling is a traditional approach to design, where each component of the model is created independently in its own separate file.

Bottom-up Modeling

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Top-Down modeling

​Top down methods allow an engineer or designer to control the design in one location.

A bevel or chamfer is. an angled line that meets the endpoints of two straight 2D objects.

Chamfer