CAD usage in an architectural office: From observations to active assistance

Automation in Construction

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-255

  Bhavnani, Suresh K ^a   Flemming, Ulrich ^a   Forsythe, Diana E ^b,f   Garrett, James H ^c   Shaw, Doris S ^d   Tsai, Albert ^e  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^e University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active assistence; CAD usage; Participant observation

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PRODUCTIVITY; USER INTERFACES;

ACTIVE ASSISTANCE; ETHNOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0030234899     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0926-5805(96)00149-5     Document Type: Article

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