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CAD, CAM and CAE

Also called CAD, CAM, CAE, computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-aided engineering

The main engineering software types. Computer-aided design creates the part model; computer-aided manufacturing turns it into machine instructions; computer-aided engineering simulates its behavior.

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