Suppliers are being persuaded to use the same software platforms as the vehicle makers so that they can take 'whole' vehicle information electronically, rather than the few surfaces that surround an isolated component

[ April 2004, CAD - Computer Aided Design, ]

Whereas 2D CAD shortens time scales to some extent, 3D CAD goes much further, directly supporting the whole product development cycle, speeding up every activity and increasing the quality of design by removing many sources of inaccuracy and error

[ April 2004, CAM/CAE - Computer Aided Manufacturing / Engineering, ]