Design-led component selection

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 391-405

  Harmer, Q J ^a,b   Weaver, P M ^b,c   Wallace, K M ^b  

^a Cambridge Consultants Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Component selection; Design; Graphical interaction, constraints

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DESIGN LED COMPONENT SELECTION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0032049974     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(97)00103-6     Document Type: Article

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