CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF AN INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS AIDED DESIGN SYSTEM

This is the first of three interim reports to be prepared on a four-year study to develop an Interactive Graphics Aided Design System. In addition to documenting the accomplishments of the first ten months of the study, it is also intended to document some of the reasoning behind development of an interactive graphics design system for roadway design and to discuss the conceptual designs. The overall objective for the study is the development of a roadway design system utilizing graphics cathode ray tubes as an interface between the designer and the computer with emphasis on graphics input and output. The development is to use as a base existing engineering desing systems and specifically the Roadway Design System (RDS) developed by the Texas Highway Department (now the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation). In addition to the engineering design systems, the Interactive Graphics Aided Design System will utilize the digital geographic data base produced by the Texas Automated Mapping System (also developed by the Texas Highway Deparement) for the base survey information. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transp

  11th and Brazos Streets
  Austin, TX  United States  78701

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • CRAWFORD, W L
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures;
• Pagination: 82 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer aided design; Computer graphics; Databases; Digital computers; Highway design; Mapping; System design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Interactive graphics
• Old TRIS Terms: Digital systems
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00399298
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DHT-1-19-75-520-111
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-8910
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 25 2004 1:39AM