Fabrication/manufacturing is a very discrete industry and is on a run to shift towards additive manufacturing instead of the conventional machining process. And as a result, 3D CAD sketching and modeling tools are accepted as the most lucid geometrical medium for design articulation. In the wake of this constant attraction of fabricators towards CAD, software companies have a line of CAD software modules floating in the markets.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2017-10-16
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/news/wisdom-guide-fabricators-adopt-right-cad-tool/
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