Advances in Cad/CAM: Case Studies

ISBN-13: 9781461297833 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 210 str.

P. C. C. Wang

Opis

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

Spis treści

1. Directions for Engineering Data Exchange for Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing.- 2. Integrating Engineering and Manufacturing.- 3. Applications and Benefits of CAD/CAM Data in the Manufacturing Environment.- 4. Release Control, Configuration Management, Design Retrieval, and Remote Viewing of CAD Generated Product Definition Drawings.- 5. Automation Technology: The Key to Our Productive Future.- 6. Creating an EDP Architecture via Computer Graphics—A Tool for Systems Integration Management.- 7. Operation of Jukebox Optical Disk over a Local Area Network.- 8. Raster Scan Technology Opens New Frontiers for the Microimaged Engineering Drawing.- 9. Computer-Aided Technical Publications.- 10. Image Processing Technology Applied to Engineering Document Management Systems.- 11. Solids Modeling in Engineering Documentation.- 12. The Impact of Optical Storage Technology on Image Processing Systems.- 13. Mass Storage Systems from the User Point of View.- 14. 3M Multifunction Printer for CAD.- 15. The National Coal Liquefaction Technology Data Base System.- 16. Problems in Integrating and Automating a Multi-Site/Multi-Sponsor Test Data Collection and Reporting System.- 17. Optical Storage of Digital Data on Video Disks for Distributing Engineering Data and Technical Documentation.- 18. An Integrative Approach to Engineering Data and Automatic Project Coordination.- 19. Strategic Project Methodology for a Computer-Aided Engineering Design System.- 20. DEMAND: The First Operational Optical Disk-Based Demand Printing System.