CAD/CAM Increasingly Effective in the Civil Aircraft Sector

Abstract

AIRCRAFT design methods have changed drastically during the past few years. Not so long ago components were designed by use of pencils, curve templates and drawing boards; but since the early eighties, graphics screens with keyboards and light pens have been in common use for this work. The various functions of an efficient Electronic Data Processing (EDP) system can be initiated from the display screen. Such functions include, for example, the storage of data for design and the capability to handle multiple changes in these data, including long and complex calculations.

Citation

(1987), "CAD/CAM Increasingly Effective in the Civil Aircraft Sector", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 59 No. 10, pp. 8-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb036514