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Unite 1 CAD/CAM 计算机辅助设计与制造 CAD/CAM is a term which means computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing. CAD/CAM是表示计算机辅助设计和计算机辅助制造的专业术语。 It is the technology concerned with the use of digital computers to perform certain functions in design and production. 它是一种使用计算机完成某些设计和生产功能的技术。 This technology is moving in the direction of greater integration of design and manufacturing, two activities which have traditionally been treated as distinct and separate functions in a production firm. 在企业中，人名通常把设计和制造视为两项有着明显不同职能的分工，而这项技术正朝着设计与制造的更大程度一体化方向发展。 Ultimately, CAD/CAM will provide the technology base for the computer-integrated factory of the future. 最终，CAD/CAM将会为未来的计算机集成工厂提供技术基础。 Computer-aided design CAD can be defined as the use of computer systems to assist the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. 计算机辅助设计（CAD）可定义为运用计算机系统对设计的创意、修改、分析、优化予以辅助。 The computer systems consist of the hardware and software to perform the specialized design functions required by the particular user firm. 这些由硬件和软件够成的计算机系统，用于完成用户公司的特定设计功能。 The CAD hardware typically includes the computer one or more graphics display terminals, keyboards, and other peripheral equipment. CAD硬件通常包括：一台计算机，一个或多个图形显示终端，键盘和其他外围设备。 The CAD software consists of the computer programs to implement computer graphics to facilitate the engineering functions of the user company. Examples of these application programs include stress-strain analysis of components, dynamic response of mechanisms, heat-transfer calculations, and numerical control part programming. CAD软件包括各种计算机绘图程序，这些程序便于用户公司完成设计职能。如：零部件的应变分析，机构的动态响应，热传输计算和数控零件编程。 The collection of application programs will vary from one user firm to the next because their product lines, manufacturing processes, and customer markets are different. 由于用户的生产流程、制造工艺和销售市场方面的差异，应用程序的配置也将因用户而异。 These factors give rise to differences in CAD system requirements. 这些因素均导致对CAD系统要求的差异性。 Computer-aided manufacturing CAM can be defined as the use of comp