Computer Aided Design: Fundamentals and System Architectures

✍ Scribed by Prof. Dr. José L. Encarnação, Dr. Rolf Lindner, Dr. Ernst G. Schlechtendahl (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 438
• Series: Symbolic Computation
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

2 e This book describes principles, methods and tools that are common to computer applications for design tasks. CAD is considered in this book as a discipline that provides the required know-how in computer hardware and software, in systems analysis and in engineering methodology for specifying, designing, implementing, introducing, and using computer based systems for design purposes. The first chapter gives an impression of the book as a whole, and following chapters deal with the history and the components of CAD, the process aspect of CAD, CAD architecture, graphical devices and systems, CAD engineering methods, CAD data transfer, and application examples. The flood of new developments in the field and the success of the first edition of this book have led the authors to prepare this completely revised, updated and extended second edition. Extensive new material is included on computer graphics, implementation methodology and CAD data transfer; the material on graphics standards is updated. The book is aimed primarily at engineers who design or install CAD systems. It is also intended for students who seek a broad fundamental background in CAD.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Introduction....Pages 1-6
History and Basic Components of CAD....Pages 7-112
The Process Aspect of CAD....Pages 113-163
The Architecture of CAD Systems....Pages 165-221
Implementation Methodology....Pages 223-273
Engineering Methods of CAD....Pages 275-349
CAD Data Transfer....Pages 351-374
CAD Application Examples....Pages 375-397
Back Matter....Pages 399-432

✦ Subjects

Computer Graphics;Manufacturing, Machines, Tools;Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design;Organization/Planning;Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing;Control, Robotics, Mechatronics