Activity #1 (Skills Warm-Up)

The CAD industry is the integral part of the manufacturing and building industry and is the standard tool used in creating two-dimensional and ____________.

• three-dimensional drawings

• four-dimensional drawings

Which is not needed when using CAD to produce the drawing you indicated?

• pencil

• keyboard

• mouse

CAD stands for Computer-Aided Design or Computer- Aided Drafting. How about CADD?

• Computer-Aided Design and Drafting

• Computer-Aided Design and Development

• Computer-Aided Document and Design

Who were the earliest commercial users of CAD?

• Astronauts

• Automotive companies

• Architects

With CAD-drawn objects, each measurement is mathematically accurate up to:

• 12 decimal places

• 8 decimal places

• 10 decimal places

There are two different aspects that define the difference between manual drawing and CAD drawing. Which does not belong here?

• Methodological Differences

• Fundamental Differences

• Mechanical Differences

Why is the CAD industry an integral part of the manufacturing and building industry?

• It is easy to use and efficient.

• It is cheap.

With the use of CAD, design errors are reduced by the accuracy of the system by means of calculations.

• True

• False

CAD not only involves creating drawings on a computer, but it also conveys___________.

• Proper information represented by the drawings.

• Accuracy of the system.

Which one of these is an advantage of using CAD?

• It provides more information.

• It improves communication through documentation.

• You cannot easily erase, resize and rotate the object being drawn.