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  2. Disentanglement puzzle - Wikipedia

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    sometimes additional pieces like wooden ball through which the string is threaded. One can distinguish three subgroups of wire-and-string puzzles: Closed string subgroup: The pieces of string consist of one closed loop, as in the Baguenaudier puzzle. Usually the string has to be disentangled from the wire.

  3. Solid modeling - Wikipedia

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    For a window, the sides might be defined as being parallel, and of the same length. Parametric modeling is obvious and intuitive. But for the first three decades of CAD this was not the case. Modification meant re-draw, or add a new cut or protrusion on top of old ones. Dimensions on engineering drawings were created, instead of shown ...

  4. Digital modeling and fabrication - Wikipedia

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    The laser cutter is often bundled with a driver software which interprets vector drawings produced by any number of CAD software platforms. [ 5 ] The laser cutter is able to modulate the speed of the laser head, as well as the intensity and resolution of the laser beam, and as such is able in both to cut and to score material, as well as ...

  5. Engineering drawing - Wikipedia

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    The classic reproduction methods involved blue and white appearances (whether white-on-blue or blue-on-white), which is why engineering drawings were long called, and even today are still often called, "blueprints" or "bluelines", even though those terms are anachronistic from a literal perspective, since most copies of engineering drawings ...

  6. Technical drawing - Wikipedia

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    Whereas in a conventional hand drawn technical drawing, if a mistake is found, or a modification is required, a new drawing must be made from scratch, the 2D CAD system allows a copy of the original to be modified, saving considerable time. 2D CAD systems can be used to create plans for large projects such as buildings and aircraft but provide ...

  7. Computer-aided design - Wikipedia

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    A 2D CAD drawing A 3D CAD model Computer-aided design ( CAD ) is the use of computers (or workstations ) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design . [ 1 ] : 3 This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve communications through documentation, and to ...

  8. Computer-aided architectural design - Wikipedia

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    Sketchpad (1963) [5] was the precursor of the computer-aided design programs, it computerized the drawing and allowed setting of parametric relationships between objects via a graphical user interface; DAC-1 (1963-1964) was a CAD-like program developed by General Motors. The first attempts to separate the CAAD from generic CAD were made in the ...

  9. Piping and instrumentation diagram - Wikipedia

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    The first identification letter is for the measured value, the second is a modifier, 3rd indicates passive/readout function, 4th - active/output function, and the 5th is the function modifier. This is followed by loop number, which is unique to that loop. For instance FIC045 means it is the Flow Indicating Controller in control loop 045.