SME MS910449

THE PRODUCTIVITY CAD BRINGS TO ENGINEERING IS NOT SHARED BY ALL PARTS OF THE ORGANIZATION. TOO OFTEN NEW PARTS ARE SO EASILY CREATED THAT DOWNSTREAM DEPARTMENTS GET BURIED IN THE AVALANCHE THAT BILLOWS FROM CAD. GROUP TECHNOLOGY ADDRESSES THIS AND OTHER PROBLEMS, BUT WITH LIMITED SUCCESS. AN INTELLIGENT GT SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE MAKES DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY (DFM) EASY BY COMBINING GT FUNDAMENTALS WITH ADVANCES IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY. CAD SYSTEMS WHICH CREATE A GT DATABASE AS A BYPRODUCT OF THE PART MODEL ARE NOT FAR BEHIND.

Product Details

Published:

06/01/1991

Number of Pages:

17

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1 file , 1.1 MB