CAD GETS SMART

Computer aided design (CAD) packages are beginning to treat roads as more than just a group of lines, and beginning to give them intelligence. The ultimate aim is to make highway design more creative and less analytical, according to the U.K. Highways Agency, but design lifecycles will be speeded up and design quality improved in the meantime.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/25073860
• Corporate Authors:

  International Road Federation

  525 School Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20024
• Publication Date: 1997-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 57-58
• Serial:
  • World Highways/Routes du Monde
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Route One Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 0964-4598
  • Serial URL: http://www.worldhighways.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer aided design; Highway design; Intelligence; Life cycle analysis
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00738474
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 11 1997 12:00AM