Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing
(CAD/CAM) Lab
CAD/CAM technologies have nowadays become an integral part of product development. This is
especially true given the increasing competition in industry and the diminishing time-to-market of
a product. In the CAD/CAM Systems lab at the DIME, knowledge transfer activities are carried
out to equip undergraduate and postgraduate students with skills required to design, simulate
and build physical prototypes of product and factory designs. In the CAD/CAM lab
manufacturing engineering students are given practical and hands-on instruction of simulation
tools for injection moulding processes, factory layout and human ergonomics.
Research activities are also conducted at the CAD/CAM Systems lab. These include
customisation of CAD packages, development of Knowledge Intensive CAD support, proof-ofconcept computer-aided sketching tools, and intelligent computer-based tools supporting factory
design and simulation. The CAD/CAM systems lab is also frequently used to carry part-time
short evening courses, in various areas of product development such as 2D and 3D CAD
modelling and Rapid Prototyping.