Patent ID: 8332062

Claim:
A method of designing and manufacturing a cam device using a three-dimensional design-support computer program including a customer setup program for customers and a manufacture setup program for cam device manufactures, the customer setup program and the manufacture setup program being configured to generate different finenesses in 3D models and characteristic values of cam performance, which are output or displayed as a result of design of the cam device, and being configured so as to obtain a result which indicates the same cam device except for fineness and the required calculation items when same parameters are loaded, wherein the customer setup program is lent from the cam device manufacture to the customer on the assumption of an order placement of the cam device to the cam device manufacture from the customer, and detailed design to constructional details of the cam device is performed using the manufacture setup program on the basis of design data created using the customer setup program and handed to the cam device manufacturer, whereby the cam device is manufactured on the basis of the detailed design drawing.