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Integrated computer-aided design using minicomputersComputer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM), a highly interactive software, has been implemented on minicomputers at the NASA Langley Research Center. CAD/CAM software integrates many formerly fragmented programs and procedures into one cohesive system; it also includes finite element modeling and analysis, and has been interfaced via a computer network to a relational data base management system and offline plotting devices on mainframe computers. The CAD/CAM software system requires interactive graphics terminals operating at a minimum of 4800 bits/sec transfer rate to a computer. The system is portable and introduces 'interactive graphics', which permits the creation and modification of models interactively. The CAD/CAM system has already produced designs for a large area space platform, a national transonic facility fan blade, and a laminar flow control wind tunnel model. Besides the design/drafting element analysis capability, CAD/CAM provides options to produce an automatic program tooling code to drive a numerically controlled (N/C) machine. Reductions in time for design, engineering, drawing, finite element modeling, and N/C machining will benefit productivity through reduced costs, fewer errors, and a wider range of configuration.
Document ID
19810054876
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Storaasli, O. O.
(NASA Langley Research Center Integrated Programs for Aerospace-Vehicle Design Projects Office, Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1980
Subject Category
Computer Programming And Software
Report/Patent Number
ASCE PREPRINT 80-671
Meeting Information
Meeting: Convention and Exposition of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Location: Hollywood, FL
Start Date: October 27, 1980
End Date: October 31, 1980
Sponsors: American Society of Civil Engineers
Accession Number
81A39280
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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