Flashcards: Computer-aided design

BricsCAD is a software application for computer-aided design (CAD) developed by Bricsys.

Autodesk Revit is building information modeling software for architects, structural engineers, MEP engineers, designers and contractors developed by Autodesk.

NX, formerly known as NX Unigraphics or usually just UG, is an advanced high-end CAD/CAM/CAE software package originally developed by Unigraphics, but since 2007 by Siemens PLM Software.

nanoCAD is a CAD software application for 2D design and drafting, developed and sold by Russia-based software company ZAO "Nanosoft".

GNU LibreDWG is a software library programmed in C to manage DWG computer files, native proprietary format of computer-aided design software AutoCAD.

SolveSpace is a free and open source 2D and 3D CAD (computer-aided design) program.

Computer-aided engineering (CAE) is the broad usage of computer software to aid in engineering analysis tasks.

The Graphisoft MEP Modeler (where MEP stands for Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing) is an extension to ArchiCAD, Graphisoft's architectural design tool to create three-dimensional models of ductwork, piping and electrical networks in order to make the building information model of the designed building more detailed an accurate.

Altium Designer is an electronic design automation software package for printed circuit board, FPGA and embedded software design, and associated library and release management automation.

Graphisoft BIM Server is a software solution for building information model based team collaboration developed for architects, interior designers and planners by Graphisoft.

Grasshopper is a visual programming language developed by David Rutten at Robert McNeel & Associates, that runs within the Rhinoceros 3D computer-aided design (CAD) application.

In the semiconductor and electronic design industry, SystemVerilog is a combined hardware description language and hardware verification language based on extensions to Verilog.

MEDINA (short for Model EDitor Interactive for Numerical Simulation Analysis) is a universal pre-/postprocessor for finite element analysis.

Salome (pronounced in English using the French sah-loh-may) is free software that provides a generic platform for Pre- and Post-Processing for numerical simulation.

ShareCAD or ShareCAD.

The Electric VLSI Design System is an EDA tool written in the early 1980s by Steven M.

OpenFOAM (for "Open source Field Operation And Manipulation") is a C++ toolbox for the development of customized numerical solvers, and pre-/post-processing utilities for the solution of continuum mechanics problems, including computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

VariCAD is a computer program for 3D/2D CAD and mechanical engineering which has been developed since 1988.

The SketchUp 3D Warehouse is an open source library where anyone using SketchUp can upload and download 3D models to share.

VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) is a hardware description language used in electronic design automation to describe digital and mixed-signal systems such as field-programmable gate arrays and integrated circuits.

The Open Design Alliance is a nonprofit organization of over 1,300 members in 50 countries which develops Teigha, a software development platform used to create engineering applications including CAD.

FreeCAD is a free and open-source (under the LGPLv2+ license) general-purpose parametric 3D CAD modeler.

KiCad is a free software suite for electronic design automation (EDA).

The term gEDA refers to two things: 1.

Ngspice is a mixed-level/mixed-signal circuit simulator.

LS-DYNA is an advanced general-purpose multiphysics simulation software package developed by the Livermore Software Technology Corporation (LSTC).

T-FLEX CAD (T-FLEX) is a Parasolid-based parametric CAD software application for 3D solid modeling and 2D design and drafting, developed and sold by Russia-based software company Top Systems.

Verilog, standardized as IEEE 1364, is a hardware description language (HDL) used to model electronic systems.

MEDUSA, (since 2004 MEDUSA4) is a CAD program used in the areas of mechanical and plant engineering by manufacturers and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) companies.

Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) is an international standard relating to managed asset information including space and equipment.

A drafter, draughtsman (British English) or draftsman, drafting technician (American English and Canadian English) is a person who makes detailed technical drawings or plans for machinery, buildings, electronics, infrastructure, sections etc.

CAD/CAM dentistry is a field of dentistry and prosthodontics using CAD/CAM (computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing) to improve the design and creation of dental restorations, especially dental prostheses, including crowns, crown lays, veneers, inlays and onlays, fixed bridges, dental implant restorations, dentures (removable or fixed), and orthodontic appliances.

3D Systems, headquartered in Rock Hill, South Carolina, is a company that engineers, manufactures and sells 3D printers.

C3D is a geometric modeling kernel originally developed by ASCON Group, now by C3D Labs, using C++ and written in Visual Studio.

GRAPHISOFT BIMx is a set of desktop and mobile software tools to interactively present the 3D model and 2D documentation of Building Information Models created with ArchiCAD through a much simpler and intuitive interface than ArchiCAD's complex BIM authoring environment's UI.

Graphisoft EcoDesigner is an energy evaluation tool for architects – an add-on software for ArchiCAD, Graphisoft's BIM application – which aims to provide information about a building's energy performance at the early design phases giving fast feedback for architects on the energy efficiency and sustainability of certain design alternatives.

GRAITEC is maker of CAD / CAE software for the civil engineering and construction industries.

OpenStructures is an open source modular construction model based on a shared geometrical grid, called the OS grid.

PLaSM (Programming Language of Solid Modeling) is an open source scripting language for solid modeling, a discipline that constitutes the foundation of computer-aided design and CAD systems.

Modelur is a 3D parametric urban design software, implemented as a SketchUp plugin.

NedGraphics is a software/information technology company specialized in infrastructure, civil engineering, survey, town planning and data management.

Mark Bew MBE is chairman of the UK Government's BIM Task Group, a body created to drive implementation of building information modelling (BIM) across UK public sector construction projects.

Digital modeling and fabrication is a process that joins design with production through the use of 3D modeling software or computer-aided design (CAD) and additive and subtractive manufacturing processes.