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Product Data Interfaces in CAD/CAM Applications Design, Implementation and Experiences

Interest in product data exchange and interfaces in the CAD/CAM area is steadi­ ly growing. The rapidly increasing graphics applications in engineering and sci­ ence has led to a great variety of heterogeneous hardware and software products. This has become a major obstacle in the progress of system...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Encarnacao, J. (Editor), Schuster, R. (Editor), Vöge, E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1986, 1986
Edition:1st ed. 1986
Series:Computer Graphics - Systems and Applications
Subjects:
Computer Graphics
Computer-aided Engineering (cad, Cae) And Design
Computer-aided Engineering
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction — Reference Models, Interfaces, Integration Issues
  • 1.1 Goals in the Application of CAD Interfaces
  • 1.2 Interfaces and Data Transfer Formats in Computer Graphics Systems
  • 1.3 CAD/CAM: Integration in the Automobile Industry
  • 1.4 Interfaces for CAD Applications
  • 2 Graphics Systems — Graphical Standards — GKS
  • 2.1 Graphical Standards
  • 2.2 GKS and Intelligent Terminals
  • 2.3 Tektronix PLOT 10 GKS — Tailored for Customer’s Needs
  • 2.4 Common Graphics Manager — Design Concepts
  • 2.5 GKSGRAL — Software and Hardware Realizations of the Graphical Kernel System
  • 3 Initial Graphics Exchange Specifications — Implementation, Experience
  • 3.1 Product Data Exchange; Design and Implementation of IGES Processors
  • 3.2 Experience Gained Using the IGES Interface for CAD/CAM Data Transfer
  • 4 VDAFS — Functionalities, Approximation Methods, Implementation, Experience
  • 4.1 VDAFS — A Pragmatic Interface for the Exchange of Sculptured Surface Data
  • 4.2 Approximation Methods Used in the Exchange of Geometric Information via the VDA/VDMA Surface Interface 150
  • 4.3 A Tentative Implementation of VDAFS
  • 4.4 Implementation of a VDA Interface in the CAD System STRIM 100
  • 4.5 The Implementation of the VDAFS Geometric Data Interface on Computervision’s CDS 4000 CAD/CAM System
  • 4.6 Experience with VDAFS
  • 5 Specification and Validation
  • 5.1 Specification of Interfaces: A Case Study of Data Exchange Languages
  • 5.2 Validation of Graphics Systems
  • 5.3 Testing and Validation of IGES Processors
  • 6 Outlook
  • 6.1 Progress in the Development of CAD/CAM Interfaces for Transfer of Product Definition Data
  • Contributors

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