计算机辅助设计与制造毕业课程设计外文文献翻译、中英文翻译.docxVIP

PAGE PAGE 1 -资料来源： 文章名：Modern Mold Manufacturing 书刊名：《English for Die Mould Design and Manufacturing》 作 者：刘建雄 王家惠 廖丕博 主编 出版社：北京大学出版社，2002 章 节：Chapter 6 Modern Mold Manufacturing 文 章 译 名： 计算机辅助设计与制造 Chapter 7 CAD/CAM/CAE The Computer in Die Design The term CAD is alternately used to mean computer aided design and computer aided drafting. Actually it can mean either one or both of these concepts, and the tool designer will have occasion to use it in both forms. CAD computer aided design means using the computer and peripheral devices to simplify and enhance the design process. CAD computer aided drafting means using the computer and peripheral devices to produce the documentation and graphics for the design process. This documentation usually includes such things as preliminary drawings, working drawings, parts lists, and design calculations. A CAD system, whether taken to mean computer aided design system or computer aided drafting system, consists of three basic components: (1) hardware, (2) software, and (3) users. The hardware components of a typical CAD system include a processor, a system display, a keyboard, a digitizer, and a plotter. The software component of a CAD system consists of the programs which allow it to perform design and drafting functions. The user is the tool designer who uses the hardware and software to simplify and enhance the design process. The broad-based emergence of CAD on an industry-wide basis did not begin to materialize until the 1980’s. However, CAD as a concept is not new. Although it has changed drastically over the years, CAD had its beginnings almost thirty years ago during the middle 1950’s. Some of the first computers included graphics displays. Now a graphics display is an integral part of every CAD system. Graphics displays represented the first real step toward bringing the worlds of tool design and the computer together. The plotters depicted in figure, represented the next step. With the adv