Advances in CAD/CAM: Case Studies

✍ Scribed by John J. Clancy (auth.), Peter Cheng-Chao Wang Ph.D. (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 218
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

To understand what we know and be aware of what is to be known has become the central focus in the treatment of CAD/CAM issues. It has been some time since we began treating issues arriving from engineering data handling in a low key fashion because of its housekeeping chores and data maintenance aspects representing nonglamorous issues related to automation. Since the advent of CAD/CAM,large numbers of data bases have been generated through standalone CAD systems. And the rate of this automated means of generating data is rapidly increasing; this is possibly the key factor in changing our way of looking at engineering data related problems. As one deeply involved with engineering data handling and CAD/CAM applications, I know that to succeed, we must do our homework: tracking the trends, keeping abreast of new technologies, new applications, new companies and products that are exploding on the scene every day. In today's fast-paced information handling era, just keeping up is a full-time job. That is why ATI has initiated these publications, in order to bring to the users some of the information regarding their experiences in the important fields of CAD/CAM and engineering data handling. This volume contains some of the paper, including revisions, which were presented at the Fifth Automation Technology Conference held in Monterey, California. A series of publications has been initiated through cooperation between ATI and the Kluwer Academic Publishers. The first volume was Advances in Engineering Data Handling-Case Studies.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Directions for Engineering Data Exchange for Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing....Pages 1-36
Integrating Engineering and Manufacturing....Pages 37-55
Applications and Benefits of CAD/CAM Data in the Manufacturing Environment....Pages 56-71
Release Control, Configuration Management, Design Retrieval, and Remote Viewing of CAD Generated Product Definition Drawings....Pages 72-76
Automation Technology: The Key to Our Productive Future....Pages 77-81
Creating an EDP Architecture via Computer Grahics — A Tool for Systems Integration Management....Pages 82-89
Operation of Jukebox Optical Disk over a Local Area Network....Pages 90-94
Raster Scan Technology Opens New Frontiers for the Microimaged Engineering Drawing....Pages 95-97
Computer-Aided Technical Publications....Pages 98-112
Image Processing Technology Applied to Engineering Document Management Systems....Pages 113-118
Solids Modeling in Engineering Documentation....Pages 119-125
The Impact of Optical Storage Technology on Image Processing Systems....Pages 126-130
Mass Storage Systems from the User Point of View....Pages 131-141
3M Multifunction Printer for CAD....Pages 142-147
The National Coal Liquefaction Technology Data Base System....Pages 148-162
Problems in Integrating and Automating a Multi Site/Multi Sponsor Test Data Collection and Reporting System....Pages 163-169
Optical Storage of Digital Data on Video Discs for Distributing Engineering Data and Technical Documentation....Pages 170-173
An Integrative Approach to Engineering Data and Automatic Project Coordination....Pages 174-178
Strategic Project Methodology for a Computer-Aided Engineering Design System....Pages 179-181
DEMAND the First Operational Optical Disk Based DEMAND Printing System....Pages 182-209

✦ Subjects

Manufacturing, Machines, Tools