Computer software that generates three-dimensional models engineers make sure that the parts they design fit together. which definition best fits the word generates as used in the sentence? to be a reason for to cause something to produce to have a purpose

Generates, in this sentence, means "to produce." It comes from the prefix "gen-," which can be described as the "birth" of something. In this case, it can also be taken further back, to the Latin "generat," which meant "to create." Creating something can be seen as the synonym of producing an object or idea.