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Multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) is a field of engineering that uses optimization methods to solve design problems, incorporating a number of disciplines. It is also known as multidisciplinary optimization and multidisciplinary system design optimization (MSDO). MDO allows designers to incorporate all relevant disciplines simultaneously. These techniques have been used in a number of fields, including […]

Electronic design automation (EDA) is the category of tools for designing and producing electronic systems ranging from printed circuit boards (PCBs) to integrated circuits. This is sometimes referred to as ECAD (electronic computer-aided design) or just CAD. The term EDA is also used as an umbrella term for computer-aided engineering, computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing […]

Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) is the use of computer-based software tools that assist engineers and machinists in manufacturing or prototyping product components. CAM is a programming tool that makes it possible to manufacture physical models using computer-aided design (CAD) programs. CAM creates real life versions of components designed within a software package. CAM was first used […]

Computer-aided engineering (often referred to as CAE) refers to the use of information technology to support engineers in tasks such as analysis, simulation, design, manufacture, planning, diagnosis and repair. Software tools that have been developed to support these activities are considered CAE tools. CAE tools are being used, for example, to analyze the robustness and […]

The Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES) (pronounced eye-jess) defines a neutral data format that allows the digital exchange of information among CAD systems. The official title of IGES is Digital Representation for Communication of Product Definition Data, first published in January, 1980 by the National Bureau of Standards as NBSIR 80-1978. Using IGES, a CAD user […]

The following software supports .dxf format: A9Cad, Adobe Illustrator, AGI32, AI4CAD 3D, Alibre Design, Altium, ArchiCAD, ArcMap, AutoCAD, Blender – Using an import script , BRL-CAD, Cadwork, Corel Draw, DWGeditor, Drawbase, Easy-PC, Epanet, Eye-Sys, EnRoute, FASTechnologies NC-CAM, Geosoft Oasis montaj, Google SketchUp, GraphCalc – Export only, Inkscape – export only as of version 0.46, IntelliCAD. […]

ASCII versions of DXF can be read with a text-editor. The basic organization of a DXF file is as follows. The data format of a DXF is called a “tagged data” format which means that each data element in the file is preceded by an integer number that is called a group code. A group […]

AutoCAD DXF is a CAD data file format developed by Autodesk for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs. DXF was originally introduced in December 1982 as part of AutoCAD 1.0, and intended to provide an exact representation of the data in the AutoCAD native file format, DWG, for which Autodesk for many years […]

DWG is a format used for storing 2D and 3D design data and metadata. It is the native format for several CAD packages including AutoCAD, Intellicad (and its variants), Caddie and DWG are supported non-natively by many other CAD applications. DWG (denoted by the .dwg filename extension) was the native file format for the Interact […]

PDF is an internationally recognized open, secure file format developed by Adobe Systems for the efficient distribution and communication of rich design data to anyone who needs to view, review or print design files. Scalable vector graphics (SVG) is an open, XML-based file format. It is suitable for use both as a format for creating […]