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CAD/CAM: Principles and Applications is primarily designed to serve as a textbook for undergraduate students of mechanical and allied engineering disciplines. The book focuses on the classical concepts and developments in the area of CAD/CAM. It has 15 chapters along with a few appendices addressing the requirements of both academicians and industrial practitioners. The concept of CAD/CAM along with the hardware and software configuration is explained in the first two chapters. The next five chapters focus on computer aided drafting and modelling, representation of curves, and visual realism along with analysis and optimization of designs. CAD/CAM standards and basic design evaluation tools are presented in the next two chapters. Various manufacturing practices and group technology is explained thereafter. The book, in its last few chapters, discusses CAM, CIM, Computer-aided Quality Control, and Requirements Planning in detail. Written in an easy-to-understand and student-friendly manner, the book includes several learning features such as solved examples, exercises, multiple choice questions, and case-studies. Key features Includes dedicated chapters on mathematical modelling coupled with CAD standards Presents FEM and Computer-aided Quality Control as separate chapters with CAM and part programming discussed together Provides an exclusive chapter on design evaluation tools dealing with CAD applications in virtual engineering, virtual prototyping, and rapid prototyping Contains solved examples, multiple choice questions with answers and numerical exercises at the end of every chapter Explains CAD software tools and CAM interpolation working elaborately Includes elaborate appendices on Solidworks, CNC simulators, Parametric Interpolation in CNC, Reverse Engineering, GUI in MATLAB Online Resources For Faculty PowerPoint Slides Solution Manual For Students Case Studies Additional Problems About the Author J. Srinivas is Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. A prolific author, his research areas include machine tool dynamics, modelling and analysis with soft computing tools. He has also published several research articles in journals of national and international repute.