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Requirements of CAD Databases

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There are generally three approaches to the task of giving a systematic presentation of the requirements of CAD databases. First, we may survey as wide a range as possible of individual implementations and uses of database control software, collect the features and functions that are proper to CAD, extract from them application independent elements and state them in more abstract terms. This is the inductive approach. Second, we may take the deductive approach in which the database requirements derive from a still more abstract and comprehensive conception of the world of design objects and processes. Such a premise must be given by a general theory of design. Since both approaches raise obvious difficulties, we will have to rely on the third one which may imprecisely but conveniently be called abductive. That is, we assume a firm though not quite comprehensive position concerning our universe of discourse, examine the requirements contained in a selection of concrete examples and proposals, and refine and extrapolate them in accordance with this position. To use a popular metaphor, it is like looking closely at sampled specimens through a magnifying glass and portraying a complete picture constituted of those directly observed as well as unobserved portions.

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Yagiu, T. (1991). Requirements of CAD Databases. In: Yagiu, T. (eds) Modeling Design Objects and Processes. Computer Graphics: Systems and Applications. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84420-1_2

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