Computer Aided Design
Subtitle: Fundamentals and System Architectures
By: by José L. Encarnação, Rolf Lindner, Ernst G. Schlechtendahl
Contributors: Lindner, Rolf; Schlechtendahl, Ernst G.
Edition: Second, rev. and Extended edition.
Series: Symbolic Computation, Computer Graphics -- Systems and Applications; Symbolic computation
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9783642840548
Description: 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.