Electronic CAD Frameworks:

When it comes to frameworks, the familiar story of the elephant and the six blind philosophers seems to apply. As each philoso­ pher encountered a separate part of the elephant, each pronounced his considered, but flawed judgement. One blind philosopher felt a leg and thought it a tree. Another felt...

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Main Authors: Barnes, Timothy J. (Author), Harrison, David (Author), Newton, A. Richard (Author), Spickelmier, Rick L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA Springer US 1992
Series:The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, VLSI, Computer Architecture and Digital Signal Processing 185
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Online Access:BTU01
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Summary:When it comes to frameworks, the familiar story of the elephant and the six blind philosophers seems to apply. As each philoso­ pher encountered a separate part of the elephant, each pronounced his considered, but flawed judgement. One blind philosopher felt a leg and thought it a tree. Another felt the tail and thought he held a rope. Another felt the elephant's flank and thought he stood before a wall. We're supposed to learn about snap judgements from this alle­ gory, but its author might well have been describing design automation frameworks. For in the reality of today's product development requirements, a framework must be many things to many people. xiv CAD Frameworks: Integration Technology for CAD As the authors of this book note, framework design is an optimi­ zation problem. Somehow, it has to be both a superior rope for one and a tremendous tree for another. Somehow it needs to provide a standard environment for exploiting the full potential of computer-aided engineering tools. And, somehow, it has to make real such abstractions as interoperability and interchangeability. For years, we've talked about a framework as something that provides application-oriented services, just as an operating system provides system-level support. And for years, that simple statement has hid the tremendous complexity of actually providing those services
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 195 p)
ISBN:9781461535584
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4615-3558-4

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