The software system for design and drawing AutoCAD, developed by Autodesk, allows you to solve problems in the development, design and release of design and drawing technical documentation of any complexity in a two- and three-dimensional environment. The wide design possibilities, both of individual parts and of units and blocks, allow using this software product for the preparation of drawing and design documentation in various industries, including metallurgy and mechanical engineering. It should be noted that AutoCAD has excellent localization, including the Russian version of the program.
Conventionally, the products of metallurgical production can be divided into two categories: cast and stamped products. For the production of the former, a mold is needed for casting, for the latter, molds for presses. In essence, a shape is a part (or a product of several parts) that has a complex three-dimensional configuration, as well as exactly corresponds to the specified dimensions with high accuracy. For the design of such structures, AutoCAD is ideal, which allows you to transfer to a computer the entire routine of any design bureau in the design and issuance of finished design and technical documentation. In addition, the program can export the finished 3D model of the part to the digital interface of the device or machine tool with a CPU.
AutoCAD also provides great opportunities for working with previously developed in this environment, individual parts, allowing them to be combined into units and aggregates. Thus, it is possible to prepare design solutions for all levels of the production process: from individual units to a finished product of any complexity. This property is the best suited for mechanical engineering, since all graphic technical material is prepared in one software product, which makes it easy to adjust the project at any stage of production.
