[comp.ai] need info on AI in CAD

uro@infko.UUCP (Uwe und Roland) (03/25/88)

In doing research on intelligent CAD-systems, I'm looking
for literature, technical/research reports and conference 
proceedings on following topics:

- Architecture of intelligent CAD-systems
- Design and Implementation of AI-models which enable
the user to include structural knowledge (i.e. design knowledge),
exceeding topological knowledge while describing his objects to the
CAD-system. I'm looking for a kind of shell, surrounding the realization
of the topological/geometrical model, but beeing as independent 
as possible from the latter one.
- Applications of results of neural-network research
in the construction of CAD-systems 

Does anybody know, whether there are "intelligent" CAD-systems
already available for "real-life" applications?

--
Roland Berling, Uni Koblenz (EWH), Informatik
               Rheinau 3-4, D-5400 Koblenz  (West Germany)
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rustcat@csli.STANFORD.EDU (Vallury Prabhakar) (03/30/88)

In article <332@infko.UUCP> uro@infko.UUCP (Uwe und Roland) writes:

# In doing research on intelligent CAD-systems, I'm looking
# for literature, technical/research reports and conference 
# proceedings on following topics:
# 
# - Architecture of intelligent CAD-systems
# - Design and Implementation of AI-models which enable
# the user to include structural knowledge (i.e. design knowledge),
# exceeding topological knowledge while describing his objects to the
# CAD-system. I'm looking for a kind of shell, surrounding the realization
# of the topological/geometrical model, but beeing as independent 
# as possible from the latter one.

I don't know if it's a bit late, but could you kindly forward pertinent
responses to the above portions of your original query to me?  

On a related note, I've been looking for literature/publications relevant
to topics such as pattern recognition in a CAD "drawing", such as determining
line connectivies, and figuring out whether a series of lines form a closed
path, etc.  I would appreciate any information/pointers on this.

If this is the wrong newsgroup for such a question, I apologize.  I've 
tried comp.graphics but wasn't able to get much from there.  

Enjoy,

						-- Vallury Prabhakar
						   rustcat@cnc-sun.stanford.edu

PS: Please reply directly to my e-mail address.  I don't come here very often.