STATION NETWORKING HALVES DESIGN TIME

A Louisiana civil engineering firm met developer's schedule for roadway design with networked workstations and CADD (computer aided design and drafting). It is described how a new CAD system was installed at the engineering firm with a full graphic editor for representing designs on the screen, and enhance communications between engineers via networking. Software was needed that could create the basic outline of a project's geometry, from which all other plans could be distilled. This would enable an engineer to produce the design graphically and then pass it down to the drafters for detailing. These and other characteristics of the software and its capabilities are described.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Scranton Gillette Communications

  380 E Northwest Highway, Suite 200
  Des Planes, IL  United States  60016-2282
• Authors:
  • Kuennen, T
• Publication Date: 1989-6-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 89-92
• Serial:
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Scranton Gillette Communications
  • ISSN: 8750-9229
  • Serial URL: http://www.roadsbridges.com/rb/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer aided design; Highway design; Software
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00485209
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1989 12:00AM