Computer-aided design for construction : a guide for engineers, architects and draughtsmen / Stanley Port.
By: Port, Stanley
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BookPublisher: London : Granada, 1984Description: 147 p. : ill, plans ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0246122013.Subject(s): Structural design -- Data processing | Civil engineering -- Data processingDDC classification: 624.177102854 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 624.177102854 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00034859 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Design offices throughout the world are striving in competition with one another, to increase their efficiency and to improve their product. Increasingly they are considering computer-aided design. The economics are changing constantly and with rapid advances in available facilities, practising architects, engineers and draughtsmen can no longer remain aloof. This introduction to the techniques of computer-aided draughting and design concentrates on practical applications and on the installation and management of systems.
Includes index.
Introduction -- Fundamentals of CAD -- The Workstation -- Computers and plotters -- CAD systems: Operation and facilities -- Some applications -- More about equipment - Configurations -- Is there a need for CAD? -- The options -- Assessment and selection of turnkey systems -- Financial and legal considerations of system acquisition -- Management -- Final thoughts.