A REVIEW OF HARDWARE FOR COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN

This paper which is written from the users point of view describes the functioning of the equipment and indicates the factors an intending user should consider before purchasing equipment. The review which describes current developments and covers certain hardware aspects in great detail, directs particular attention to the growing use of minicomputers to control graphical input-output equipment and thus to provide interactive design systems in a variety of work station configurations. Bureau computers and general purpose in-house computers are briefly reviewed, and the details are discussed of input-output equipment. Low intelligence devices-teletype, plotters (drum, flatbed, phot, visual displays) are covered, as well as intelligent terminals, the interactive design system, and interactive visual displays.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This article appeared in Road Design which is a publication containing the Proceedings of Seminar X held at the University of Warwick, England.
• Corporate Authors:

  Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd

  167 Oxford Street
  London W1R 1AH,   England 

  Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd

  167 Oxford Street
  London W1R 1AH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Gott, B
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 81-98
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd
  • Publisher: Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd
  • ISSN: 0266450-X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer graphics; Computers; Highway design; Information processing; Minicomputers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hardware; Interactive graphics
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145018
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: P131
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 1 1977 12:00AM