Computer-Aided Design, Computer-Aided Process Planning, and Computer-Aided Manufacturing

Increasing demand in product development and its automating information-processing functions to support designs and manufacturing have explored new horizons for researchers and designers to control production processes directly. The production industry has been revolutionized for better product agility and flexible manufacturing. This chapter focuses on the basic understanding of computer-aided designing (CAD), computer-aided process planning (CAPP), and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) systems concerning their definition, classification, mathematical modeling, and software implementation. The development of these systems, along with their evolution, is detailed. Integrating CAD, CAPP, and CAM systems are explored through state-of-the-art industrial examples to link the individual systems. At the end of this chapter, essential aspects of CAD, CAPP, and CAM have been detailed as well.