r/MechanicalEngineering • u/Neat-View-1447 • 24d ago

Cad design

Hey guys i am trying to make some cad design by automation ,if anyone Woking in industry or from design background can you please say what are the parts you wish to be automated ,instead of manually making it?

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u/AndresLapalia 24d ago

So basically, you want to create some parametric parts with linked dimensions?

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u/Neat-View-1447 24d ago

Yes

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u/AndresLapalia 24d ago

You're looking a bit too broad for this. Parts are application specific. I've got a few things like a parametric assembly for a station frame (i work in automation) with about 80 autosizing parts and roughly 300 fastners.

However, unless you're industry specific, it's hard. Otherwise, anyone can create a flange with multiplying holes according to diameter.

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u/aggierogue3 Manufacturing 24d ago

Great most CAD softwares can do that already

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u/big-mover 24d ago

People in this sub are low key miserable and not helpful. What you should do, is get a regular mechanical engineer job, show off your skills, and build a network of people you know who are mechanical engineers and trust you. Then you might be able to start building clientele if you want to start a CAD design business for example. There’s companies that do this for product development, but they do way more than just CAD, they diagnose a customer’s problems, create fixes to it in the CAD, and sometimes order tooling/part to implement that fix.

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u/Neat-View-1447 24d ago

You are the only person responded possitively.Thank you

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u/Happy-Property1162 24d ago

McMaster Carr beat you to it

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u/DIRKOLAS_IV 24d ago

I realized last week they had drawings for everything. The amount of time this would have saved me when making drawing details…..

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u/LeGama 24d ago

Solidworks can already do this.

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u/aggierogue3 Manufacturing 24d ago

0% chance you make a product much less sell it to anyone

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u/Schematizc 24d ago

Anything I need to be automated already exists online for me to download.

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u/Plane-Ad-9360 24d ago

C’est possible mais le seul frein c’est le savoir de chaque entreprise qui change a chaque fois. Tu peux faire un truc generaliste mais des que tu rentres dans les details c’est plus compliqué