Electronic CAD Frameworks

di Timothy J. Barnes (Autore)

David Harrison (Autore)

A. Richard Newton (Autore)

Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2012

When it comes to frameworks, the familiar story of the elephant and the six blind philosophers seems to apply. As each philoso­ pher encountered a separate part of the elephant, each pronounced his considered, but flawed judgement. One blind philosopher felt a leg and thought it a tree. Another felt the tail and thought he held a rope. Another felt the elephant's flank and thought he stood before a wall. We're supposed to learn about snap judgements from this alle­ gory, but its author might well have been describing design automation frameworks. For in the reality of today's product development requirements, a framework must be many things to many people. xiv CAD Frameworks: Integration Technology for CAD As the authors of this book note, framework design is an optimi­ zation problem. Somehow, it has to be both a superior rope for one and a tremendous tree for another. Somehow it needs to provide a standard environment for exploiting the full potential of computer-aided engineering tools. And, somehow, it has to make real such abstractions as interoperability and interchangeability. For years, we've talked about a framework as something that provides application-oriented services, just as an operating system provides system-level support. And for years, that simple statement has hid the tremendous complexity of actually providing those services.

• Autore: Timothy J. Barnes, David Harrison, A. Richard Newton
• Editore: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Collana: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 195 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9781461365808

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