Title :
The implementation of DESCRIBE
Author :
Faulconbridge, Anton
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Cardiff Univ., UK
Abstract :
Design engineers frequently re-use or adapt old designs. Currently, this process is undertaken manually, albeit with the assistance of CAD and analysis software. Using object-oriented databases, the DESCRIBE (DEsign System to support Concurrent Re-use of data In Building and Engineering Design) project concerns the creation of a system that allows the storage of design artefacts as discrete objects using object `wrappers´. DESCRIBE employs versioning and configuration management support and has an intuitive user interface. To give the work a practical focus, we are considering the domain of bridge design
Keywords :
CAD; civil engineering computing; configuration management; engineering information systems; object-oriented databases; user interfaces; visual databases; CAD; DESCRIBE project; analysis software; bridge design; configuration management; design reuse; discrete objects; engineering design; intuitive user interface; object wrappers; object-oriented databases; versioning; Automatic control; Bridges; Buildings; Computer science; Data engineering; Design automation; Design engineering; Electrical capacitance tomography; Solids; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Database Engineering and Applications Symposium, 1998. Proceedings. IDEAS'98. International
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8307-4
DOI :
10.1109/IDEAS.1998.694357
