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Providing data base management for the CAD environment: The AREDAS approach

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In recent years there has been an increasing interest in the integration of data base management systems (DBMSs) into the CAD environment. The motivation for this interest is discussed and several problems are identified that have to be solved in order to yield a genuine coupling of DBMSs and CAD systems. A solution to these problems is proposed in the form of a new architecture for a CAD-DBMS. Based on this, a preliminary implementation is outlined that follows a rapid prototype approach, and in wh ich an access as well as a transaction manager were realized for a software-based fileserver/workstation topology. Some directions for future work are described.

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  1. Lehrstuhl fuer angewandte Mathematik, insbesondere Informatik, Technical University of Aachen, Aachen, FRG

    Gottfried Vossen

  2. CSE Department C-014A, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

    Gottfried Vossen

  3. Lehrstuhl fuer Produktionssystematik-WZL, Technical University of Aachen, Aachen, FRG

    Rene Bimmermann & Georg Buchholz

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Vossen, G., Bimmermann, R. & Buchholz, G. Providing data base management for the CAD environment: The AREDAS approach. Engineering with Computers 3, 207–223 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01202142

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