Mechanical, CAD
CAD/CAM :
Computer Aided Design is the process of creating industrial product designs using computer software, while Computer Aided Manufacturing uses computers to programme these designs into the equipment that will actually manufacture the products.
From : www.z2z.com/site01/itglos01.html
Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing; the use of computer database systems to design parts and systems, generate drawings, perform complex structural and design analyses, and directly program numerically controlled machines to produce parts.
From : www.autocenter.com/about/
ModelPress Reader
The ModelPress Reader views the highly-compressed 3DF files as well as VRML, STL and HSF formats. It can be a standalone desktop application, be embedded in another desktop application, or be embedded in custom Web pages to be a Web-delivered control, designed to work with Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Reads native STL, VRML, HSF and 3DF* formats
Save current view as JPG
Support Visual Rights security settings/permissions
3D shaded, hidden, feature and wire frame views
3D render of models/assemblies
3D cut-aways and cross-sections
3D measurements (length, angle, arc, circle, edge)
Explode assembly/subassemblies (centroid, about part, interactive, assembly level)
Interactive Explode - select CAD model parts and drag them off the model
Identify part in assembly
Find a part in an assembly
View part size information (bounding box size, bounding box min and max, center of mass, surface area, volume)
Full view tools, including Reset View and Zoom Window
Perspective View
Model tree hierarchy support
ActiveX API interface available for Web and application developers
Uses OpenGL acceleration
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