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This paper describes a proposed prototype design environment which aims to improve the efficiency of computer-aided engineering design by supporting the concurrent re-use of existing design information with an object-oriented database system. The authors investigate the mechanisms by which existing design versions may be represented, combined and edited to provide new designs. The system aims to manage component versioning within a flexible design environment being used by a design team with an evolving complex design. The domain of bridge design is used as a realistic focus for the work.
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Kim, I., Carnduff, T., Gray, A., Miles, J. (1996). DESCRIBE: An Object-Oriented Design System to Support Concurrent Reuse of Data in Building and Engineering Design. In: Murphy, J., Stone, B. (eds) OOIS’ 95. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1009-5_3
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