Computer-aided process planning (CAPP) is an essential component in linking computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM). Operation sequencing in CAPP is an essential activity. Each sequence of production operations which is produced in a process plan cannot be the best possible sequence every time in a changing production environment. As the complexity of the product incr...

The complexity of software design raised the need for intelligent design assistants, especially in Computer Aided Software Engineering tools. But an efficient and effective design system capable of helping the software designer must address important issues in human-machine communication. At the AI Lab of Coimbra University we are developing an Intelligent Computer Aided Software Engineering to...

The rapid change in teaching of engineering drawing using computer aided design (CAD) technology makes a tremendous change on the staff/students in teaching/understanding engineering drawing in technical institutions. Mastering CAD technology has become order of the day for staff/students especially in technical institutions. CAD course have become a compulsory subject in many technical univers...

Until recently, the engineering design community has focused on addressing isolated engineering design tasks by developing systems such as computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-aided engineering (CAE), or product data management (PDM). Each of these systems has been designed to assist the engineer in a specific task that required little if any cooperation wit...