Research problems of CAD-systems

Summary CAD-Technology has been introduced to a number of companies with relatively good success. Nevertheless it is important to increase economics, flexibility and integration as well as userfriendliness to follow the demands of the market. Therefore it is necessary to further develop systems from the conceptual point of view as well as to adapt them to industrial use. Coming from that there are tasks for research. These are input/output capabilities, models, and methodbanks, informationsystems, artificial intelligence for design systems, use of basic systems for application oriented efforts like assembling and off-line robot programming. Other areas are system communication, processing of data for standard parts, use of CAD systems in networks and the replacement of software functions by Hardware-Software solutions. A CAD-methodology will be the result of research for the unification of CAD-processes.