A survey of CAD and virtual reality within the house building industry

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-379

  Whyte, J ^a   Bouchlaghem, N ^a   Thorpe, Antony ^a   Mccaffer, Ron ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAD; Design process; House building; Industry survey; IT strategy; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993077950     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021125     Document Type: Review

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