Journal of Theoretical & Computational Science
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Molecular Design with the Aid of Computers

S. Zgmunt^1* and Y. Nakazaki^{2 *}Correspondence: S. Zgmunt, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Chile, Email:

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The use of computers (or workstations) to aid in the creation, revision, analysis, or optimization of a design is known as Computer-Aided Design (CAD). This software is used to increase a designer's efficiency, improve design quality, improve communication through documentation, and establish a manufacturing database. When used in patent applications, designs created with CAD software aid in the protection of items and inventions. Electronic files for printing, machining, and other manufacturing procedures are frequently generated from CAD output. Computer-aided drafting (CAD) and Computer- Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) are both words that are used interchangeably.

Electronic Design Automation is what it's called when it's used to create electronic systems (EDA). Mechanical Design Automation (MDA) is a term used in mechanical design to describe the process of using computer software to create a technical drawing.

CAD software for mechanical design can provide raster visuals portraying the overall appearance of developed things, or it can employ vector-based graphics to depict the objects of traditional drafting. But it's not just about shapes. The output of CAD must express information such as materials, methods, measurements, and tolerances according to application-specific norms, just like hand drafting of technical and engineering drawings.

CAD can be used to create Two-Dimensional (2D) curves and figures, as well as Three-Dimensional (3D) curves, surfaces, and solids.

CAD is an essential industrial art that is utilised in a variety of fields, including the automotive, shipbuilding, and aerospace industries, as well as industrial and architectural design, prosthetics, and more. DCC digital content creation is a term that refers to the use of CAD to create computer animation for special effects in movies, advertisements, and technical manuals. Because of the widespread use and power of computers today, even perfume bottles and shampoo dispensers are created utilising approaches that engineers in the 1960s would have never imagined. CAD has been a key driving force for software computational geometry, computer graphics (including hardware and software), and discrete differential geometry research due to its huge economic importance.

Engineers and designers use computer-aided design in a variety of ways, depending on the user's profession and the software in question.

CAD is a component of the entire Digital Product Development (DPD) activity inside the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) processes, and as such, it is used in conjunction with other tools, either integrated modules or standalone solutions, such as:

Finite Element Analysis and Computer-aided engineering (CAE) (FEA, FEM)

Instructions to Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines are part of Computer-Assisted Manufacturing (CAM).

Motion simulation and photorealistic rendering

Product data management allows document management and revision control. CAD is also used to create accurate photo simulations, which are frequently required in the preparation of environmental impact reports. In these simulations, computeraided designs of proposed buildings are superimposed on photographs of existing environments to represent what that locale will be like if the proposed facilities are allowed to be built. The use of CAD is also widely used to investigate potential view corridor obstructions and shadow studies.

Engineers have found CAD to be useful as well. History, features, parameterization, and high-level restrictions are four properties that are used. The building history can be used to investigate the model's individual aspects and focus on a single section rather than the entire model. The size, form, and other attributes of various modelling elements can be determined using parameters and constraints. The CAD system's characteristics can be applied to a range of measurement equipment, including tensile strength, yield strength, electrical, and electromagnetic properties. It's also about stress, strain,time, or how the element reacts to different temperatures, among other things.