CATIA - A computer aided design and manufacturing tridimensional system
Abstract
A properietary computer graphics-aided, three-dimensional interactive application (CATIA) design system is described. CATIA employs approximately 100 graphics displays, which are used by some 500 persons engaged in the definition of aircraft structures, structural strength analyses, the kinematic analysis of mobile elements, aerodynamic calculations, the choice of tooling in the machining of aircraft elements, and the programming of robotics. CATIA covers these diverse fields with a single data base. After a description of salient aspects of the system's hardware and software, graphics examples are given of the definition of curves, surfaces, complex volumes, and analytical tasks.
- Publication:
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In: International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
- Pub Date:
- 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982icas....2.1147B
- Keywords:
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- Aircraft Design;
- Computer Aided Design;
- Computer Aided Manufacturing;
- Computer Graphics;
- Aircraft Configurations;
- Computer Programs;
- Fabrication;
- Hardware;
- Robots;
- Shapes;
- Engineering (General)