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Architectural Limitations in Multi-User Computer-Aided Engineering Applications
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Red, Edward Jensen, Greg Weerakoon, Prasad French, David Benzley, Steven Merkley, Karl |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | The engineering design process evolves products by a collaborative synthesis of specifications, personnel and organizations. Unfortunately, collaborative effectiveness is thwarted by existing single-user computer-aided applications like computer-aided design, computer-aided analysis, and others. These applications and associated file management systems assign editing rights to one technical person, e.g., a designer, analyst, or a process planner. In the absence of collaborative computer-aided engineering applications, we conducted a survey to establish that product collaboration is limited to interactive, either formal or ad-hoc design sessions, social communication tools, serial model sharing, terminal/screen sharing, and to conference call interactions. Current computer-aided (CAx) tools do not permit simultaneous model changes by a collaborative team editing the same model. Although over a decade of prior research has demonstrated multi-user feasibility for computer-aided applications, the architectural breadth of this research has apparently not yet compelled developers and end-users to develop and adopt new multi-user computer-aided applications devoted to product development. Why have collaborative engineering CAx tools not been commercialized for mainstream use? This paper uses several multi-user prototypes, including the first Computer-Aided Engineering multi-user prototype called CUBIT Connect, to expose additional architectural hurdles to implementing new multi-user collaborative paradigms. These challenges relate to variable algorithmic performance times, multi-threading and event driven client notification processes, distributed access level security, and model change management in design sessions. |
| ISSN | 19138989 |
| e-ISSN | 19138997 |
| DOI | 10.5539/cis.v6n4p1 |
| Journal | Computer and Information Science |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 6 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Canadian Center of Science and Education |
| Publisher Date | 2013-08-07 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Software Engineering Engineering Design Process Multi User Change Management Aided Engineering User Computer Computer Aided Design |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
