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| author | mo khan <mo@mokhan.ca> | 2025-01-23 13:47:11 -0700 |
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| committer | mo khan <mo@mokhan.ca> | 2025-01-23 13:47:14 -0700 |
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diff --git a/assignments/5-solution.md b/assignments/5-solution.md index c99ef0b..6d5c2ca 100644 --- a/assignments/5-solution.md +++ b/assignments/5-solution.md @@ -6,6 +6,25 @@ Choose ONE exercise each from Chapters 13, 14, 15, and 16 Chapter 13: +> 2. Look up the definition of the terms computer-aided design (abbreviated CAD) +> and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM). Find out what they mean, how they are +> used, and how they relate to the ideas presented in this chapter. + +Computer aided design uses computers to help produce designs that can be +modified and optimized at a much faster rate than can be done manually. CAD +software can be used to redesign the layout of homes without needing to +physically alter the home. This type of modeling allows for faster iterations +and allows for experimentation that would be more costly and time consuimg to do +in the real world. This type of design relates to this chapter because this type +of computer aided modeling assists with simulating the real world. + +Computer aided manufacturing (CAM) is used to improve the speed and accuracy of +production of manufactured goods. I don't think this type of design is as +closely related to this chapter because it assists with the production of goods +rather than running simulations. CAD can be used to design a manufacturing +system that is aided by computers but I don't think that CAM itself is a type of +computer modeling. + Chapter 14: Chapter 15: |
