Computer Aided Design (CAD), Machine Tool Technology

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Subject Directories

• Open Directory Project > Computers > CAD and CAM
• Open Directory Project > Industrial Goods and Services > Machinery and Tools -- Many business directories
• Ten Links > Ultimate CAD & MCAD Directories
• WWW Virtual Library > CAD

CAD Internet Sites

• CAD Digest 
• CAD-Portal
• cadalyst -- Current two issues only.  See also Computer Database below for full text articles back to 1998.
• cadbot -- search engine
• CADinfo.net

Machine Tool Internet Sites

• American Machinist -- See also General Business File database below for full text articles back to 1999.
• Cyberman
• Fundamentals of Machine Tools
• Machining Resources from the Vocational Information Center
• Modern Machine Shop Online -- See also General Business File database below for full text articles back to 1989.

Professional Associations & Overviews of the Profession

• Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)
• American Design and Drafting Association (ADDA)
• CAD Compass
• CAD Society
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - CAD Careers

Articles: Indexes and Full Text

• Computer Database (Infotrac)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus
• General Business File ASAP (Infotrac)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus

Selected Ebooks

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• Hilton, Peter D. and Paul F. Jacobs. Rapid Tooling: Technologies and Industrial Applications. New York : Marcel Dekker, 2000.
• Rong, Yimimg (Kevin) and Yaoxiang (Stephens) Zhu. Computer-Aided Fixture Design. New York : Marcel Dekker, 1999.

Print Sources

• To find print (and some non-print) materials in OCC Libraries, search the Library Catalog. Some sample Library of Congress Subject Headings searches are:
  • AutoCAD
  • CAD/CAM systems
  • CATIA (computer file)
  • computer-aided design
  • machine tools
     
• Selected Reference Books
  • Machover, Carl, ed. The CAD/CAM Handbook.  New York : McGraw-Hill, 1996.
         AH  Reference  TS 155.6 .M316 1996
     
• Browsing Call Numbers (in Library of Congress Classification)
  • NA 2728 Architectural Drawing and Design
  • TA 345 Engineering Mathematics and Analysis
  • TJ 1185 Machine Shops and Machine Shop Practice
  • TS 155.6 Manufactures

OCC Departmental Web Pages

• CAD

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