Best CAD Software & Design Tools for Engineers - 3D Modeling, Drafting & Analysis for Architecture & Product Design

This updated second edition of the successful Software and Analytical Tools introduces new developments like Soft Computing and Object-Oriented Programming.This text is divided in three parts:Programming, Applications and Software DevelopmentCoverage on CAD and its impact, C and C++ programming are presented for engineering problems with database and graphics as the bases and finite elements, optimisation and soft computing methods as applications. Initial developments towards C language and orientation to CAD in engineering applications is followed by programming approaches for engineering applications, with a number of examples in C code demonstrating easy adaptability to solving problems. Emphasis is laid on data base and graphic approaches forming essential features of engineering problem solving.Table of Contents• Preface• Introduction• C Programming Language• Programming Techniques• References• Exercises• Computer Graphics• Data Base Management System• Object Oriented Approach To CAD• Internet Web Based CAD• Computer Aided Design with Draughting• Knowledge Based Expert System• Analytical Tools• References• Review Questions• Index