BDE-CAD/CAM/CAE

Here are some of the most widely used terms associated with high-end graphic capabilities: Aliasing - The jagged lines that result from drawing on a raster screen.

There is no doubt that finite-element analysis is getting a bigger role in development projects.

Video monitor resolution is often quoted in terms of pixels and raster lines.

The ability to construct accurate, easily modified models is helping make manufacturers more competitive.

By Paul KurowskiPresident, ACOM Consulting, London, Ontario, Canada, Barna SzaboProfessor of Mechanics, Washington University, St.

To examine problems and solutions that small work groups encounter in managing their documents, it is helpful to look at the software aimed at the lower levels in PDM, software capabilities, and issues and standards that surround drawing management.

Several suppliers of graphics accelerator boards for PCs now claim their products will bring high-performance, 3D graphics to PC platforms.

Advances in printers, workstations, and storage media help make engineers more productive.

Engineers in the United States handle billions of drawings each day.

The ability to construct accurate, easily modified models is helping make manufacturers more competitive.

Viewing drawings is the most basic feature of document management packages.

The need for fast color hardcopy is often the primary justification for electrostatic plotters.