Mechanism synthesis using the workstation environment

Author

Barris, W.C. ; Kota, S. ; Riley, D.R. ; Erdman, A.G.

Author_Institution

Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Volume

8

Issue

2

fYear

1988

fDate

3/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

50

Abstract

Some capabilities of modern engineering workstations and their impact on the mechanism synthesis process are discussed. Specific examples of ongoing work at the University of Minnesota utilizing the Apollo color raster workstation to provide user-friendly general-purpose user-interface tools are presented. The application of these tools to the LINCAGES-4 four-bar linkage synthesis and analysis program and the Minn-Dwell dwell mechanism synthesis program is described. The impact that this environment can have on computer-aided design is assessed.<>

Keywords

CAD; digital simulation; engineering graphics; engineering workstations; mechanical engineering computing; user interfaces; Apollo color raster workstation; CAD; LINCAGES-4; Minn-Dwell; University of Minnesota; computer-aided design; digital simulation; dwell mechanism synthesis; engineering graphics; engineering workstations; four-bar linkage synthesis; mechanical CAE; mechanism synthesis; user-friendly; user-interface tools; workstation environment; Animation; Application software; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Design automation; Operating systems; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; User interfaces; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/38.502

Filename

502