Industrial AI Podcast The future of CAD - an Indian Perspective
Aug 6, 2025
Pravin Waghmare, CEO of Prescient and an expert in CAD and PLM, shares insights from his engineering journey. He discusses the dramatic evolution of CAD from an Indian perspective, emphasizing AI's transformative role in streamlining workflows. Pravin highlights the competitive landscape shifts in CAD, CAM, and PLM driven by AI, as well as India's aspirations in industrial AI. He also examines the nation's infrastructure challenges and future prospects in chip production, showcasing innovative AI applications in manufacturing.
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AI Handles Repetitive CAD Tasks
- AI can detect repetitive modeling patterns and surface suggested commands directly in the CAD interface.
- This reduces clicks and speeds modeling by predicting actions like fillets and bulk edits.
AI May Replace Some CAD/CAE Math
- AI could replace or augment complex CAD/CAE mathematical algorithms to solve hard problems more easily.
- This may unlock solutions beyond current analytic limits in modeling and simulation.
3D Geometry Needs Dedicated Models
- CAD uses 3D geometry, not text or images, requiring bespoke models or embeddings.
- LLMs alone won't map cleanly to CAD workflows without geometry-aware models.