Information Management for Engineering Design

Information Management for Engineering Design

Author: Randy H. Katz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 3642824382

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Computer-aided design syst,ems have become a big business. Advances in technology have made it commercially feasible to place a powerful engineering workstation on every designer's desk. A major selling point for these workstations is the computer aided design software they provide, rather than the actual hardware. The trade magazines are full of advertisements promising full menu design systems, complete with an integrated database (preferably "relational"). What does it all mean? This book focuses on the critical issues of managing the information about a large design project. While undeniably one of the most important areas of CAD, it is also one of the least understood. Merely glueing a database system to a set of existing tools is not a solution. Several additional system components must be built to create a true design management system. These are described in this book. The book has been written from the viewpoint of how and when to apply database technology to the problems encountered by builders of computer-aided design systems. Design systems provide an excellent environment for discovering how far we can generalize the existing database concepts for non-commercial applications. This has emerged as a major new challenge for database system research. We have attem pted to avoid a "database egocentric" view by pointing out where existing database technology is inappropriate for design systems, at least given the current state of the database art. Acknowledgements.


File Design and Programming

File Design and Programming

Author: William Wesley Peterson

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13:

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Written by noted experts, this text provides a basic understanding of files needed by undergraduates majoring in computer science. The flexible format, in two sections, covers theory and specific applications of language dependent files.


Data File Programming on Your IBM PC

Data File Programming on Your IBM PC

Author: Alan Simpson

Publisher: Sybex

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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Provides Instructions & Examples for Adding Files, Sorting, Searching, Editing & Printing. Also Discusses Programming Design & Development