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Interview 010 - Coggle Diagram
Interview 010
STEP
Prior to STEP used IGES dev. USA 1976
STEP dev. product data model
Interoperability
Translate across systems
Facilitated wide collaboration on standards
Coordinate standards across countries
As richness of digital information expands so does need for interoperability
Formed July 1984
Expansion of PLCS
A320
1980s more complicated solid modelling of structures
More sophisticated analysis
Developing systems giving designers more freedom
First wing flat plane geometry
Increased complexity of rib design
Post processors trnslated into XYZ moves on NC machines
Complex double curvatures
Full scale drafting machine to loft
Moved to variable thickness wing skins
Weybridge
CADAM for drawing
MSC Anvil - 3D wireframe
CATIA
1976/77 First CAD tools for drawing
1972 Conic surfaces & bicubic definitions
1968 NMG
CAD and supporting standards
BAC 1972
Maths Services Dept
First gen CAD
Surface definition & intersections = definitive shapes to produce paper drawings
2D electric drafting
2D into wireframes and solid