Why can't we manage computer-aided design?: 19 November 1980, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London. Sponsored by the Process Industries Division of the I Mech E.

✍ Scribed by Alan Pipes

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 240 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-4485
• DOI: 10.1016/0010-4485(81)90088-9

✦ Synopsis

computer interaction and the type of operators needed for interactive graphics systems.

Joel Greenstein from Virginia Polytechnic Institute provided a review paper. From his studies he was able to identify which tasks can be better done by computer and which by a human operator. As would be expected, systems must be designed according to their subsequent use. Where the operator monitors realtime progress, the tasks are undertaken at a pace forced by the computer. In the case of a system created for design, the analyst drives the system at his own pace. Mr Greenstein noted that the human role changes when using graphics systems