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This document discusses CAD customization and automation. It begins by introducing CAD customization, which develops tools and technologies to automate repetitive design tasks. Design automation takes various engineering concepts and applies them during product development using CAD software. When CAD customization and automation are integrated, numerous advantages are obtained, such as generating drawings and designs with precision and allowing quick modifications. The document then discusses limitations of 2D drawings, such as complicating checking processes, requiring prototypes, and making design changes difficult. It also introduces Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI), which conveys non-geometric attributes in 3D CAD models like dimensions, tolerances, and surface finish specifications. PMI is used with 3D models and model-based definition

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Unit 6

This document discusses CAD customization and automation. It begins by introducing CAD customization, which develops tools and technologies to automate repetitive design tasks. Design automation takes various engineering concepts and applies them during product development using CAD software. When CAD customization and automation are integrated, numerous advantages are obtained, such as generating drawings and designs with precision and allowing quick modifications. The document then discusses limitations of 2D drawings, such as complicating checking processes, requiring prototypes, and making design changes difficult. It also introduces Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI), which conveys non-geometric attributes in 3D CAD models like dimensions, tolerances, and surface finish specifications. PMI is used with 3D models and model-based definition

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Unit VI CAD Customization & Automation [08 Hrs]

Introduction, Limitations of 2D drawings, Introduction to Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI),


Model Based Definitions (MBD), Applications of PMI & MBD.
CAD Customization:
Introduction, advantages and disadvantages, Applications of Customization Interfaces, Product Customization
Approaches - Part Modeling Customization, Assembly Modeling Customization, Drawing sheets & PMI
Customization, CAD Automation Introduction to Application Programming Interface (API), Structures of APIs,
Coding/Scripting for customization, Introduction to CAD API Development, CAD Files &application handling.
In engineering scenarios, one may encounter complex design situations. Previously, designs were drawn on sheets
and manufactured manually using old school techniques. But now, things have changed with the introduction of
CAD customization and design automation.

 
CAD customization is the development of support tools and technology which drives CAD automation of
repetitive tasks in the design process.

 
Design automation is knowledge based engineering approach which logically combines various engineering
concepts with real time application study during product development. The use of CAD software allows designers
to introduce more details and save a considerable amount of time. When CAD customization and design
automation are integrated in engineering application, a number of advantages are obtained. With CAD
customization, the production of a drawing and design of a mechanical component can be generated with great
precision. This allows engineers to make quick modifications to any  problems observed in the design. In
other words, the design can be customized in accordance with the needs outlined before or after the
CAD design is generated. Moreover, mechanical customization and manufacturing automation go hand in hand in
reference to CAD software application.
Limitations of 2D drawings:
1.
 
Complicates Checking Processes
:
2D drawings aren’t able to capture the complexities of product design. They don’t take into account assembly and
fit. Products that are created from a 2D sketch require a lot of work, as there are bound to be more errors. If
products are created by numerous people, the checking  process gets even more colluded. The drawings
are forced to go back and forth over and over until finally, after laborious hours, the process is
done. 2.
 
2D Design Requires Prototypes
:
3D models communicate a lot of information regarding fit and potential issues. Because 2D drawings can’t
adequately display that information, they are forced into physical  prototyping. In the case of a 2D drawing,
the only way you can spot problems is to create the prototype, tear it down, and rebuild. This prolongs
the product development cycle dramatically as you’re forced to include reworks and re-engineering of
prototypes.
 
3.
 
Design Changes are Difficult
:
Making changes in designs is a time-consuming process, and it’s even more tedious for 2D designs. Designs may
need to be recreated numerous times in different views to capture all the details of a single part.

 
Introduction to Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI):

 
Product and manufacturing information
, also abbreviated
PMI
, conveys non-geometric attributes in 3D computer-aided design (CAD) and Collaborative Product Development
systems necessary for manufacturing product components and assemblies. PMI may include geometric
dimensions and tolerances, 3D annotation (text) and dimensions, surface finish, and material specifications. PMI is
used in conjunction with the 3D model within model-based definition to allow for the elimination of 2D drawings
for data set utilization.

 
Product Manufacturing Information, or PMI, consists of dimensions and annotations that are
added to the 3D model and can be used in the review, manufacturing, and inspection processes.

 
In synchronous and ordered modeling, PMI dimensions also provide an important design modification tool. By
editing dimension values you can make changes to the model. You can lock and unlock dimensions to control
how connected model faces respond to dimension value edits. And you can control the direction in which
dimension edits are applied. This greatly simplifies the process of design, testing, and update.

 
Product and Manufacturing Information conveys non-geometric attributes in 3D computer-aided design (CAD)
systems necessary for manufacturing product components and assemblies. PMI may include geometric
dimensions and tolerances, 3D annotation (text) and dimensions, surface finish, and material specifications. PMI is
used in conjunction with the 3D model within model-based definition to allow for the elimination of 2D drawings
for data set utilization. Names of PMI Annotations: Text PMI, Roughness PMI, Datum PMI, GD&T PMI,
Dimension PMI and Flag Note PMI.
 

 
PMI can be used to generate annotation on a traditional 2D drawing the data. However, generally, PMI is used to
visualize product definition within the 3D model, thus removing the need for drawings. Some 3D model formats
enable computer-aided manufacturing software to access PMI directly for CNC programming. The PMI also may
be used by tolerance analysis and coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) software applications if the modeling
application permits.
 

 
Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI) consists of non-geometric data that is attached directly to a 3D
CAD model to define geometric dimensioning and tolerance (GD&T), engineering and manufacturing
specifications, dimensions, and text. PMI is part of Model Based Definition (MBD) and together these two
elements are a part of a Digital Twin.

 
Applying PMI to a 3D model can reduce or eliminate the use of 2D drawings and can be used downstream to
perform tolerance analytics and coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) inspection.

 
PMI is a command within NX that gives you the ability to create/attach dimensions and annotations to define the
3D model, and requires model views similar to the views on a drawing. These dimensions and annotations are
associative to the 3D geometry, and if it is decided that a 2D drawing is required, then the PMI can be inherited
from the 3D model and automatically applied to the drawing views.

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