United States Air Force Computer-Aided Acquisition Logistics Support (CALS): CAD/CAM/CAE Technology Assessment (1988 - 1998) Version 3.0.

摘要

This report is part of a larger effort to assess the current status of CIM technologies and to project their development over a ten year time horizon. It concentrates on assessing commercial Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing/Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD/CAM/CAE) software and hardware offerings. Source material for the assessment was garnered from trade publications, government sponsored studies/reports industry sponsored studies/reports, and telephone/personal interviews with government personnel and major software and hardware vendors.