CAD Applications in Automotive Designing

Summary: Computer aided design has been a substantial part of the Automotive Design process and has several outstanding applications in the Industry.

Fremont, CA: Engineers used to do everything manually when it came to designing and prototyping. It made the development process time-consuming and laborious. Moreover, errors constantly occurred, resulting in added costs. Computer-aided design (CAD) software was created to bypass such disastrous results. The entire design process is made simple and digitalized with this program. It has eventually taken the place of the old-fashioned drawing board. Businesses based on engineering, such as manufacturing and industrial design, use CAD software. The automotive industry is one of the many industries that has benefited the most from it.

Some applications of CAD in the automotive design are:

Solid modeling

After CAD gained the capability to produce good enough realistic images of car designs, clay models were phased out. As virtual reality (VR) becomes more prevalent, virtual design continues to advance. Multiple 3D design elements are available in CAD for enhanced edge blending and chamfering, and it may even apply several edge tolerances and calculate the required ones while connecting the surfaces. Thin-walled automotive parts necessitate a high-quality system capable of handling all topological changes that can occur during hollowing and thickening procedures. Not only do these systems manage all needs, but they also help with mould and die design.

Advanced surfacing

The chief advantages of computer-aided design include advanced surfacing and the potential to manage any aesthetic matters in vehicle engineering. It also includes templates, which reduce the necessity for the designer to construct production pieces, add surface to them, and then change the results to fit production restrictions. Moreover, they facilitate designers to build and design parameters for the new vehicle, such as filleting radii and minimum die angle values, for the new vehicle. By sweeping variational parts and 3D curves along with their connections, the computer-aided design system automatically builds high-quality surfaces that meet all of those standards.

Manufacturing capability

When it comes to design, the finished product isn't a sketch. It's the component that's ready to be on the road. For the automobile sector, CAD is a prerequisite in terms of innovation and innovative tooling. Instead of manufacturing prototypes out of various solid materials, sophisticated technologies such as 3D printing and virtual reality, which are controlled by CAD, may now be manufactured virtually in less time.