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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​CAD

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

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​Auxiliary View

a system design approach where the parts of a system are defined in details

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​Bottom-Up
Modeling

 the focus is on the assembly and the individual components are modeled around the entire assembly

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Top-Down
Modeling

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

​ Chamfer