TY  - BOOK
AU  - McMahon, Chris
AU  - Browne, Jimmie 
TI  - CADCAM: from principles to practice 
SN  - 201565021
AV  - T 38.5 .M36 1993 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Reading, Massachusetts
PB  - Addision-Wesley Publishing Company
KW  - CAD/CAM SYSTEMS
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -