We all use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in one way or another and have witnessed how this technology has changed our lives and every other industry. If you are a designer or engineer, you know that the CAD (Computer-Aided Design) industry has not been left behind either.
Chances are that you have seen the benefits and new capabilities brought about by AI and CAD integration, something that has made your design processes more accurate and efficient. It has also improved other things, such as decision-making and collaborations.
So, do you know how CAD and AI integration will contribute to better, faster, and more accurate designs in the future? Here are a couple of things this integration is going to change.
Provide Guidance to Better Design
As an engineer or designer, this is something you must be looking forward to. Artificial intelligence will make it possible for you to understand all the components that you use for your work.
It will also make it possible for you to foresee the behavior of your designs. This will be important in helping you eliminate loopholes for errors, hence avoiding the errors and building better designs.
Increase Efficiency and Accuracy
Imagine not having to manually provide all the data that is required for your designs! Well, this will be made possible by AI. You will collect all the data that you need from other design projects. This will help you create efficient and accurate designs faster.
In addition, using model-based definitions such as GD&T Advisor Plus, you will be able to create 3D models with all the information needed for the definition of a product. This will all be made possible by artificial intelligence.
To understand what MBD is, its available solutions, benefits, and features, check out Tristar's guide to Model-Based Definition (MBD). The future will be very interesting for you as a designer or engineer due to all these emerging technologies.
Reduce Idle Time
Engineers and designers who have already started using artificial intelligence in CAD can tell you that they are taking less time to work on their designs. One of the reasons for this is that AI has taken many tasks from them and automated them (the tasks).
For instance, if you have been using CAD for the last decade or more, you understand the benefits of modern CAD solutions. You have also seen how modern solutions provide you with multiple design options based on the data you provide them. This is going to get better with AI, and will significantly reduce idle time.
Provide Cost-Efficient Designs
The integration of CAD and artificial intelligence will also make it possible for you to create cost-efficient designs. The only thing you will need to do is to define the criteria of your designs. You will even use AI solutions to collect the most relevant data for your designs.
You will be able to evaluate everything that goes into your design, such as electricity costs and geographical positions to find out the cost-efficiency of your designs. This will allow you, as a designer or engineer, to increase profitability and only work on projects that are worth your time and effort.
Provide Realistic Design Rendering
Artificial intelligence, in conjunction with virtual reality (VR), will change your over-dependence on costly 3D models and boring presentations. Imagine the time you spend creating these models and presentations being slashed to only a couple of minutes!
All you will need in the future (some engineers and designers are using this already) are models adjusted using virtual reality and specialized headsets. They will provide you with realistic and better design representations. You will even make presentations to your clients and get feedback in real-time to improve your designs.
Continuous Improvement of Designs and Products
As discussed above, AI and CAD integration will reduce idle time. You will, therefore, have enough time to improve your existing designs and products. The process will be easy since you will still rely on AI solutions.
These solutions will show you the limitations of your existing designs and provide you with better ways of improving them. In addition, you will be able to see your designs from different angles and change the things that you do not like.
The Future is Bright for Engineers and Designers
If you are a designer or an engineer, you should be looking forward to the solutions and benefits that will be brought by the integration of CAD and AI. Even though some of these things are already in use, they will get better, and we will see better, faster, and more accurate designs compared to what we have today.