Advancements in Software Tools IN THE DIGITAL MANUFACTURING ERA

Abstract

Software applications, commonly known as apps, have become an integral part of our day-to-day personal and professional lives. Computer integrated manufacturing and automation have been widely adopted in the metal casting industry since the Industry 3.0 revolution of the '70s and '80s compared to other competing manufacturing processes. Over the past two decades, hardware has become lot faster, especially with multi-core processors, GPUs, hyper-threading, and high-performance parallel computing, making various complex engineering software applications practical and valuable in the real, production-agile environment.