Editing CAD/CAM (section)

==Overview==
Both ''CAD'' and ''CAM'' are computer-intensive. Although, in 1981, [[Computervision]] was #1 and IBM was #2, IBM had a major advantage: its systems could accommodate "eight to 20" users at a time, whereas most competitors only had enough power to accommodate "four to six."<ref name=CADcam.NYT81/> ''CAD/CAM'' was described by ''The New York Times'' as a "computerized design and manufacturing process" that made its debut "when Computervision pioneered it in the 1970's."<ref name=CADcam.NYT1985/>

Other 1980s major players in ''CAD/CAM'' included [[General Electric]]<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
   |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/18/business/ge-s-expansion-into-cad-cam.html
   |title=G.E.'s Expansion into CAD/CAM |date=January 18, 1981}}</ref> and [[Parametric Technology Corporation]];<ref name=CADcamPTC.NYT92>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/18/business/market-place-designing-tools-for-the-designers.html
|title=Designing Tools For the Designers
|author=Glenn Rifkin  |date=June 18, 1992}}</ref> the latter subsequently acquired Computervision, which had been acquired by [[Prime Computer]].<ref name=CADcamPTC.NYT92/>

CAD/CAM originated in the 1960s;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abedin |first=Engineer Zain ul |date=2023-11-10 |title=What is CAD/CAM? |url=https://mechanicalmentor.com/what-is-cad-cam |access-date=2023-11-19 |language=en-US}}</ref> an [[IBM System/360 Model 44|IBM 360/44]] was used to build via ''CNC''<ref>{{cite book |publisher=[[Library of Congress]]
      |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series: 1969: January - June
      |quote=IBM System/360 Model 44 ... AD APT numerical control processor |year=1972}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.gao.gov/assets/400/393980.pdf
|title= 360/44 for numerical control (NC)}}</ref> the wings of an airplane.

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