CADCAM : from principles to practice /
Chris McMahon and Jimmie Browne
- Reading, Massachusetts : Addision-Wesley Publishing Company, c1993
- xviii, 508 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Ch. 1. The design process and the role of CAD -- Ch. 2. Defining the model -- Ch. 3. Techniques for geometric modelling -- Ch. 4. Elements of Interactive computer graphics -- Ch. 5. Entity manipulation and data storage -- Ch. 6. Applying the CAD model in design -- Ch. 7. Standards for computer-aided design -- Ch. 8. Increasing the intelligence of CAD -- Ch. 9. The design/manufacture interface -- Ch. 10. The total approach to product development -- Ch. 11. The link to machine control -- Ch. 12. Introduction to production planning and control -- Ch. 13. Requirements planning systems -- Ch. 14. Shop floor control systems -- Ch. 15. Just in time -- Appendix A: Computer graphics techniques -- Appendix B: Example parametric program -- Appendix C: The APT language -- Appendix D: Line balancing techniques.
Providing an integrated presentation of the application of computers to product design and manufacture, this book concentrates on the theme that CAD/CAM involves the use of computers to create, manipulate and apply models of engineering products and systems.