Management Information Systems for Computer Aided Design

Methods and production means of the mechanical industry are disturbed by the presence of computers, robots, programmable controllers, numerical controls, etc. After the appearance of the numerically controlled machine tools, the main developments were marked by an accelerated development of the computational techniques, the processing centers, the group technology, sensors, the geometric modeling techniques and graphical data processing, simulation, CAD/CAM systems, systems and diagnostic techniques, high-level programming languages and the artificial intelligence. Informatics found the first place at the administrative functions of the company: accounting and management, then it enabled the automation of the control and the production processes. However, the “classical” techniques of mechanical, electrical engineering and electronics have evolved, enabling the development of the new performance parts and adjusting the digital signal treatment. Adding the computer techniques to the high established techniques allowed the access to the flexible automation of the manufacturing processes.