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A utilitarian approach to CAD

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DAC '82: Proceedings of the 19th Design Automation Conference

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Published: 01 January 1982 Publication History

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The benefits of using and writing software utilities are appreciated by most software engineers. However, many Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems do not take full advantage of this technology. This could be because good utilities do not exist, because CAD developers are not aware of existing utilities, or because developers do not know what features to include and leave out when they are writing their own utilities. As with much of computer science, the art of effectively using and writing software utilities has remained just that: an art. This paper discusses the desirable features of good software utilities for CAD and describes techniques that encourage effective use of existing utilities as well as the specification and implementation of new ones. Throughout the paper, experiences from a four year development effort in Designer's Workbench (DWB) [1] are used as examples (both good and bad).

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Leath COllanik SRadke COfek HShaklee DLosleben PNash JPistilli PLambert PPreas BLerman H(1983)Software architecture for the implementation of a Computer-Aided Engineering systemProceedings of the 20th Design Automation Conference10.5555/800032.800654(137-142)Online publication date: 27-Jun-1983
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/800032.800654
O'Neill LCrabbe JRadke COfek H(1982)A retrospective on software engineering in design automationProceedings of the 19th Design Automation Conference10.5555/800263.809179(10-14)Online publication date: 1-Jan-1982
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/800263.809179

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A utilitarian approach to CAD
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
    1. Architecture (buildings)
      1. Computer-aided design
  2. Physical sciences and engineering
    1. Engineering
      1. Computer-aided design

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January 1982

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Leath COllanik SRadke COfek HShaklee DLosleben PNash JPistilli PLambert PPreas BLerman H(1983)Software architecture for the implementation of a Computer-Aided Engineering systemProceedings of the 20th Design Automation Conference10.5555/800032.800654(137-142)Online publication date: 27-Jun-1983
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/800032.800654
O'Neill LCrabbe JRadke COfek H(1982)A retrospective on software engineering in design automationProceedings of the 19th Design Automation Conference10.5555/800263.809179(10-14)Online publication date: 1-Jan-1982
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/800263.809179

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