Impact of CAD tools on creative problem solving in engineering design

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 136-146

  Robertson, B F ^a   Radcliffe, D F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD; Conceptual design; Creativity

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; MACHINE DESIGN; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURVEYS;

CAD; CAD TOOLS; COMPUTATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; COMPUTER TOOLS; CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING; CREATIVITY; ENGINEERING DESIGNS; ENGINEERING TEAMS; ON-LINE SURVEYS; VISUALISATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 63449118951     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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