TABLES
PLEASE NOTE: For each and every row in the following tables, check off one response in the
"Availability" columns. If you check off one of the shaded "Availability" columns, you should also give
an answer for both the "Program Interface" columns and the "Data Interface" columns. These will
appear in the book as a three-part response (i.e.,
lnu, or HzG, or JyF, and so on).
Data
Interface
External data format translation is required .
Internally-translated neutral data format is used, no external data translation is required.
No internally translated neutral data format is used, no data translation is required.
Pr
og
ram
In
ter
f
ace
Requires user to exit from current program back to operating system to run second
program. The round-trip process is not necessarily automated, and the user
may need to specify datafiles.
Launches second program without exiting current program. When finished, user
is returned back to first program in the same state as when it was exited.
This is either an integral part of the program, or appears that way to the
user. No program is launched, no exit is required.
A
vailability
Requires purchase from a third party of optional software not supported by the vendor.
Requires purchase of optional software supported by the vendor and sold
either by the vendor or by a third party.
Included as part of the system.
Requires custom programming. Can be accomplished in less than
one man-month with tools included as part of the system.
Scheduled to be incorporated in the next release of the software.
Not appropriate or not applicable.
No, or not possible.
Symbol as appears in the books tables:
7
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+ m l J H n z
y u F G
Application-Specific
Tasks
1
animation
2
architectural design
3
architectural modeling
4
automated mapping
5
building code analysis
6
cartographic projections
7
closed-form analysis
8
compartment design
9
computer-aided dispatch
10
construction documents
11
cost estimation
12
design development
13
design rules checking
14
direct NC output
15
document management
16
drafting
17
drawing management
18
duct design
19
dynamic analysis
20
facility management
21
finite element analysis
22
finite element modeling
23
flat pattern nesting
24
flat pattern unfolding
25
flowcharting
26
fluid analysis
27
interference detection
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righ
t
1
990
,
1
991
,
1
9
9
2
,
19
93,
19
94
,
199
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The CAD Rating Guide
April 1996
Vendor Survey for the Fifth Edition
WBH Associates
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301-365-5262 / 301-365-4586 fax
Bethesda, MD 20817-4556
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