The National Shipbuilding Research Program. 1988 Ship Production Symposium, Paper No. 2B: An Integrated CAD/CAM Network for Work Packaging Development and Database Management
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Zone Logic Technology CAD/CAM and networked Database Management System is an integrated system of commercially available, off-the-shelf computer hardware and software products. These products have been carefully selected, tailored, and integrated to specifically satisfy and support the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (PNSY) Zone Technology Program in support of work packaging development, computer aided graphics and an on line, real-time, distributive database management system. The process used publishing this paper serves as a small example of some of the capabilities of the system at PNSY. The entire document, including graphics, was generated on the system. Scanners, CAD and PC systems were utilized to input, develop and convert the graphics files into appropriate formats for import into a technical publications software package. LAN interconnection capabilities provided option developing portions of this document on different systems and at different locations with the ability IO access the appropriate files remotely. Philadelphia Naval Shipyard has thrust itself into the 21st century in both new management and automated technologies. Senior managers arc making bold business decisions necessary to the shipyard shipyard's survival. A pilot project has been initiated to develop and execute a transition phase to improve shipyard productivity. Major changes to management, workpackaging, production, planning, and design execution are currently ongoing Computer assistance has been developed and is being coupled with these changes, thus forming a Zone Logic Technology (ZLT) Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) and networked Data Base Management System (DBMS).