Understanding CAM tooling (Part 4).(Happy Thoughts)(a note on Computer-Aided Manufacturing) From: CircuiTree | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: Holden, Happy | COPYRIGHT 2007 BNP Media. 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

Design Analysis and Review

The design analysis and review step is a refinement of the initial design review performed earlier but is the first step in the Computer-Aided Manufacturing, (CAM)/soft-tooling process. This is focused on the actual design data submitted for fabrication and assembly.

Most fabrication problems occur or are discovered during the initial tooling (CAM) phase because of problems such as these:

* Poorly documented designs

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