Updating your CAD system. (computer aided design) (Industry Overview) From: Mechanical Engineering-CIME | Date: February 1, 1992| Author: Puttre, Michael | COPYRIGHT 1992 American Society of Mechanical Engineers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Discussions of whether or not to implement computer-aided design have faded to the level of background radiation. Major purchasing decisions today revolve around the cost of adding new functions to existing CAD systems. A wealth of new software technology is available that allows mechanical engineers to perform more sophisticated design, modeling, and analysis than was thought possible five years ago. Furthermore, these software extensions allow engineers to add functions without s...