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Article: Using CAD templates to save time, money.(computer-aided design)
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- Plant Engineering
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
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KEY CONCEPTS
* CAD templates are available in online libraries, on manufacturers' web sites, and on CD-ROMs.
* A CAD template can be viewed from all angles, and may be used in any major CAD modeling program.
* Manufacturers that use CAD templates save approximately 10% per year in engineering labor costs.
Computer-aided design (CAD) has been an important tool for industrial plant engineering since the technology's inception in the mid-1980s. Most manufacturing plants employ CAD technology--generally for the design and manipulation of system assembly models that serve as blueprints during new, retrofit, or expansion projects.
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