Computer-Aided Engineering Journal

The wide variety of current VLSI design styles means that different test methods and testability schemes are often required within a single design. This paper reviews new developments in digital system testability, especially that of test planning, in which a complex design is partitioned into a number of smaller blocks which can be tested individually. View full abstract»

This article describes a computer-aided design system developed for the plant and process industries, including related areas such as nuclear engineering, power plant and marine engineering. The system is organised in a modular fashion around a software platform called the Assembly Modeller, which allows solid models to be assembled together in three-dimensional space. View full abstract»

The capabilities of printed circuit board auto-routers can vary considerably, and yet the performance of these systems is not easily measured. This article presents the results of a simple benchmark test on a number of commercially available auto-routers and discusses a novel approach to auto-routing based on an in-house program. View full abstract»

This article discusses the use of expert systems in the engineering environment. An examination of typical computational requirements for engineering software is used as a means of assessing the suitability of expert system shells for a given application. It is suggested that where the greatest flexibility is required an artificial intelligence language, or tools based on such languages, should be... View full abstract»