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What is the difference between cad and cam?

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Question added by md imtiaz
Date Posted: 2016/11/07
Ammad Siddiqui
by Ammad Siddiqui , 3d designer and brand designer , Hexa Pvt Limited

CAD or Computer-aided design is the use of software to create two- or three-dimensional designs

CAM, computer-aided manufacturing, is the use of computer software and machinery to manufacture three-dimensional objects

SHAKTI SINGH
by SHAKTI SINGH , Senior DESIGNER , ADELANTE EXIME INDIA PCT. LTD

COMPUTER ADDED DESIGN AND COMPUTER ADDED MACHINING

CAD is Computer-Aided Design, it is the part of the process when you draw your product on a computer software like in our case a PCB on EAGLE for example.

CAM is Computer-Aided Manufacturing, it is the part of the process where you manufacture your cad drawing using a computerized machined like in our case a PCB drawn on Eagle and manufactured on a milling CNC machine

Marwan Abuhasan
by Marwan Abuhasan , supervisor of interior fit out and sales , Asl Al Ibdaa technical service

cad is computer aided design it is used in creating digital representation of 2d and 3d  (blue prints ) for the project at hand  like a building or  a structure, cam is computer aided manufacturing were it produces in mass the components  needed .

Sheikh Mohammad Shahin
by Sheikh Mohammad Shahin , Senior Infrastructure Engineer / Design And Construction Consultancy , EZZY GROUP

 CAD or Computer-aided design is the use of software to create two- or three-dimensional designs, while CAM, computer-aided manufacturing, is the use of computer software and machinery to manufacture three-dimensional objects. For CAD users the end product is a design or image

mustafizull hayat
by mustafizull hayat , Automation Engineer , S.D ENGINEERSTECH.PVT.LTD

Computer aided design (CAD) is the process of creating a design, known as drafting, using computer technology. Computer aided manufacturing (CAM) is the use of computers and computer software to guide machines to manufacture something, usually a part that is mass-produced. The relation between CAD and CAM is one of form to function and they are often used together. CAD creates the design and CAM builds it.

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