11UME 6005 CAD/CAM

QUESTION BANK
Unit I
Part A
1. In what way CIM differs from CAD/CAM?
2. List few of the current trends in manufacturing engineering
3. Define the term group technology
4. List out any four benefits of GT
5. What do you meant by part family?
6. Write the various methods of part family formation
7. Define concurrent engineering
8. List out the objectives of concurrent engineering?
9. What do you meant by rapid prototyping?
10. Write down the applications of Rapid Prototyping
11. List out the difference between sequential and concurrent Engineering
12. Draw a Product development cycle of a product
13. Compare design attributes and manufacturing attributes in group technology
14. Define the term Design for Manufacture
15. List out few CAD/CAM software packages.
16. List out the merits of DFM
17. List out the merits of DFA
18. Mention the demerits of Sequential Engineering
Part B
19. Explain the various guidelines for design for manufacturing and assembly(16)
20. Elaborate the optiz coding and classification in detail(16)
21. Explain the concept of concurrent engineering and indicate its advantages
22. Explain the concept of group technology and list out its applications and
merits(16)
23. Elucidate the construction and working of laminated object manufacturing in
detail(8)
24. Explain the construction and working of stereo lithographic process. (8)
25. With neat sketches explain the working of Selective laser sintering in detail(8)
26. Explain the construction and working of fused deposition modelling with
suitable sketches. (8)

Unit II
PART A
1. List out the various geometric transformation
2. Define the term Translation
3. Define the term Scaling

4. What do you meant by reflection?

5. Write down the applications of geometric transformation
6. What do you meant by clipping?
7. Define the term geometric modelling
8. Define the term Wire frame modelling
9. List out the demerits of wire frame modelling
10. What do you meant by surface modelling?
11. List out the applications of surface modelling
12. Define the term solid modelling
13. List out the merits of solid modeling over wireframe modeling
14. Mention some of the main features of solid modeling packages
Part B
15. Explain the geometric transformation in detail with suitable examples (16)
16. Elaborate the working of Cohen-sutherland algorithm in detail (12)
17. Explain the types of geometric modeling in detail(16)
18. Discuss the wire frame modeling in detail(6)
19. Discuss the surface modeling in detail(6)
20. Discuss the solid modeling in detail(6)

UNIT III
PART A
1. Define NC system
2. What is MCU
3. List out any four advantage of using NC
4. What are the limitations of using NC
5. What are all the problems encountered with NC system
6. Define CNC
7. Write the main functions of CNC
8. Write any four application of NC system
9. List the differences between NC and CNC system
10. List the differences between open loop and closed loop control system
11. List any two advantages and disadvantages of open loop control system
12. What are all the basic elements of closed loop control system?
13. Write the various types of MCU used in CNC machines
14. Define DNC
15. List the main component of DNC
16. Write the functions of DNC
17. List out the types of CNC machine
PART B

18. How do you classify CNC system? Explain the various of CNC control in
machine tool(16)
19. Explain the basic configuration of DNC system. Discuss the advantages of
DNC over a conventional NC system(16)
20. Discuss the various types of interpolations in detail (16)
21. Elucidate the open loop and closed loop system with suitable sketches(12)
22. Write short notes on BTR and specialized MCU system(10)

UNIT IV
PART A
1. Define numerical control.
2. How tapes are standardized? List some of them.
3. What are the different types of dimensioning system used?
4. What Is G code? How G codes are represented?
5. Write the different types of tape programming format?
6. Explain the functions of codes G28 and M30.
7. State the function of post processor in CAPP.
8. List out some of the important NC languages.
9. What are the four statements used in APT language?
10. How can you represent an APT geometric statement?
11. What are the different types of surfaces used for achieving continuous path
commands?
12. List the motion command words used in achieving path commands.
13. What are the modifiers used with motion command words?
14. List any four post processor statements.
15. Write any four auxiliary statements.
16. What are the identifications needed to store a tool library?
17. What is the role of computer aided part programming?
16 Marks
18. Write short notes on Canned cycle and subroutines
19. Explain the Manual part programming(turning) with a suitable example
20. Explain the Manual part programming(Milling) with a suitable example
21. Discuss the APT Programming with suitable examples
22. Prepare a NC Part Program to drill holes in the mild steel plate for the given
drawing

UNIT V
PART A

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What is meant my process planning?

List the activities and associated with process planning.
What is meant by CAPP?
What are the basic approaches of CAPP?
Differentiate the underlying concepts of variant and generative CAPP

systems.
6. List the various components of a generative CAPP system.
7. List some commercial variant and generative CAPP software systems.
8. Define the terms database and data model.
9. What is data modeling?
10. Classify data models.
11. What is a hierarchical data model?
12. What is a relational data model?
13. What is an object - oriented database system?
14. What are data associations?
15. List various relational database operators.
16. Write the purpose of data operators select and join.
17. List some important features of DBMS.
Part B
18. Explain Variant type process planning
19. Enumerate Generative type process planning
20. Elaborate the advantages of Generative type over Traditional process
planning
21. Explain the DBMS architecture in detail
22. Elucidate the various types of data models with suitable sketches
23. Discuss the emerging challenges in CAD/CAM
24. Explain the functions of PDM system
25. Write short notes on i) Product modeling ii) Assembly modeling iii) Tolerance
modeling