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Using CAD/CAM to improve productivity - The IPAD approachProgress in designing and implementing CAD/CAM systems as a result of the NASA Integrated Programs for Aerospace-Vehicle Design is discussed. Essential software packages have been identified as executive, data management, general user, and geometry and graphics software. Data communication, as a means to integrate data over a network of computers of different vendors, provides data management with the capability of meeting design and manufacturing requirements of the vendors. Geometry software is dependent on developmental success with solid geometry software, which is necessary for continual measurements of, for example, a block of metal while it is being machined. Applications in the aerospace industry, such as for design, analysis, tooling, testing, quality control, etc., are outlined.
Document ID
19820030833
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Fulton, R. E.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Mechanical Engineering
Volume: 103
Subject Category
Engineering (General)
Accession Number
82A14368
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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