The Boeing Company has expanded the use of computers to include the preparation of engineering drawings. The system utilized is a combination of large host mainframes and minicomputers. This combination is tied together with a network called the CAD/CAM Integrated Information Network (CI IN) which allows data to be transferred between machines and also to be stored and retrieved from a common Geometric Data Base (GDB). Engineering drawings are produced using a combination of general and special batch APT (Automatically Programmed Tool) programs on the mainframes and then completed on the interactive computer graphics (ICG) system. Drawings are also originated on the graphics computer. Data can be accessed from either system and this data is available to other design groups like payloads, controls, hydraulics, power plant, electrical, etc., as well as manufacturing. (Wassmann)
CAD in airframe design
Rechnergestuetztes Konstruieren bei der Auslegung von Flugzeugspanten
1979
12 Seiten, 8 Bilder, 3 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
Springer Verlag | 2017
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