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
Int
e
r
f
ac
e
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.
Availabili
ty
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
28
interior design
29
hull design
30
hvac system analysis
31
hvac system design
32
hydrostatic analysis
33
hydrostatic design
34
kinematic analysis
35
landscape design
36
linear systems dynamic analysis
37
lighting analysis
38
lighting design
39
lighting simulation
40
lofting
41
maintenance management
42a
machining, 2 -2˝axis
42b
machining, 3 axis
42c
machining, 4 - 5 axis
42d
machining, >5 axes
42e
machining, lathe
42f
machining, wireEDM
42g
machining, machine tool postprocessing
43
manual digitizing
44
mass property analysis
45
mechanical simulation
46
mold design
47
multi-media presentation
48
network management
49
optics
50
photogrammetry
51
piping, AEC
52
piping, plant
53
power systems analysis
54
power systems design
55
project management
184
rapid prototyping
56
reinforced concrete design
57
remote imaging
©C
opy
righ
t
1
990
,
1
991
,
1
9
9
2
,
19
93,
19
94
,
199
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BH
AS
SOC
IATE
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The CAD Rating Guide
Page 13
Vendor Survey for the Fifth Edition
April 1996
WBH Associates
8220 Stone Trail Drive
301-365-5262 / 301-365-4586 fax
Bethesda, MD 20817-4556
74777.3073@compuserve.com
