Specification for Exchange of Product Analysis Data: Version 3During the past 25 years computers have been introduced in industry to perform technical tasks such as drafting, design, process planning, data acquisition, process control, and quality assurance. Computerized solutions nevertheless have normally been single, isolated devices within a manufacturing plant. Computer technology is still evolving rapidly. The life cycle of todays' products and production methods is shortening, with continuously increasing requirements of customers, and a trend to market interrelations between companies at a national and international level. This urges a need for efficient storage retrieval and exchange of information. Integration of information flow is urgent inside companies to closely connect together departments, which used to work, more or less, on their own. On the other hand direct communication with outside customers, suppliers, and partner institutions will often determine the position of an enterprise among the competitors. In this sense, computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) is the key of today for the competitiveness of tomorrow. But the realisation of a future oriented CIM concept is not possible without powerful, widely accepted, and standardised interfaces. They are the vital issue on the way to CIM. They will contribute to harmonise data structures and information flows and play a major role for open CIM systems. Standardised interfaces should allow for: Access to data produced and archived on computing equipment which is no longer in active use; Communication between hardware and software from different vendors; Paperless exchange of information. |
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2D element adaptive mesh refinement ALLNODES amplitudes ana-id Apollo Computer assem beam beam2 CAD*I neutral file CAD*I project CAD/FEM Computervision coordinate system named cosys default allowed damper damping data base dcond Defines the properties developed dynamic eigenfrequencies eigenvectors ELEM NUMBER ELEM_NUMBER element_name END_ENTITY END_PROPERTY ENTITY Example expert system FE Modelling FEM preprocessor FEM programs finite element analysis Fortran 77 frequency geometry given global coordinates Heuristic Rule Set hexa27v hexa8 IDIR input integer interface keyword LCASE lexical analyser list_of_nodes listed nodes load loadcase matrix modaldamp named cosys default NEH Consulting Engineers nodal nodal_reference node named node_name Node ordering NODELIST object OPTIONAL coord OPTIONAL node OPTIONAL real parameter penta15 penta21v penta6 pentahedron preprocessor quad4 quad8 quad9v RDNF referenced Rutherford Appleton Laboratory scond SELECT node Software specification static analysis STREEQR STRENOR STREPRR structure system named cosys tetra10 tetra4 tetral5v tri3 tri6 tri7v TYPE_CODE unique element number UNIQUE integer