04.08 CAD

CAD software enables us to design scale...

• Models
• Databases
• Pictures
• Images

What does CAD stand for?

• Computer Aided Design
• Computer Assisted Drawing
• Computer Activated Drafting
• Computer Activated Drawing

In CAD we use sketches, extrusions, revolves, and other tools to create...

• Assemblies

• Drawings

• Parts

How many axes are in 3D space?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Although we can make more than one part at a time in the part studio. When we want to really put parts together, we need to make a(n)

• Mechanism

• Construction

• Assembly

• Part Studio

• Feature Studio

The big difference between the part studio, and an assembly is...

• In a part studio we can move the parts around, and connect them.

• In an assembly we can move the parts around, and connect them.

• Assembly is the place to edit/make parts.

• Part studio lets us import parts from other work spaces.

To move the "camera" in the space we use this object, called the:

• Triad Manipulator

• Flux Capacitor

• View Cube

A Sketch in CAD is like...

• a sheet of paper used to start a drawing.

• a straight edge applied to a corner.

• an arc applied to a specific radius.

• the rounded edge of a desk.

A Workplane in CAD is like a...

• sheet of paper.

• window in a house.

• part of an automobile.

• surface or table that a sketch can be drawn on.

The term Extrude is used when...

• a line is drawn between two defined points,

• a 2d profile is pulled into a 3d shape.

• a copy of a sketch needs to be created.

• a workplane is created.