Software development of a catalogue of engineering symbols as an add-on facility for use in CAD

W. R. Nyemba; C. Mbohwa

doi:10.1109/IEEM.2016.7797943

Software development of a catalogue of engineering symbols as an add-on facility for use in CAD

W. R. Nyemba
, C. Mbohwa

Quality and Operations Management

University of Johannesburg

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Production of engineering drawings have evolved from manual to Computer Aided Design (CAD), primarily for the speed and accuracy presented by CAD. Unlike modelling and simulation packages that are equipped with building blocks, CAD packages are generally supplied with no pre-drawn symbols. From best practices in industrial engineering and working for companies that make use of CAD systems, evidently a lot of time is spent in repetitive tasks in the development of engineering drawings. An industrial engineering approach was adopted in this research where programming was used as a separate process from any specific application to an organization through the creation of a catalogue of almost 500 commonly used engineering symbols and storing them in a database, coupled with an add-on facility for AutoCAD for easy retrieval, aimed at avoiding these repetitive tasks, hence facilitating the rapid production of drawings to improve productivity and efficiency when using CAD systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2016
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	587-591
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509036653
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2016.7797943
Publication status	Published - 27 Dec 2016
Event	2016 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2016 - Bali, Indonesia Duration: 4 Dec 2016 → 7 Dec 2016

Publication series

Name	IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Volume	2016-December
ISSN (Print)	2157-3611
ISSN (Electronic)	2157-362X

Conference

Conference	2016 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2016
Country/Territory	Indonesia
City	Bali
Period	4/12/16 → 7/12/16

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

ASCII
AutoCAD
customization
symbols

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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Nyemba, W. R., & Mbohwa, C. (2016). Software development of a catalogue of engineering symbols as an add-on facility for use in CAD. In 2016 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2016 (pp. 587-591). Article 7797943 (IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management; Vol. 2016-December). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2016.7797943

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Nyemba, WR & Mbohwa, C 2016, Software development of a catalogue of engineering symbols as an add-on facility for use in CAD. in 2016 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2016., 7797943, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, vol. 2016-December, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 587-591, 2016 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2016, Bali, Indonesia, 4/12/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2016.7797943

Software development of a catalogue of engineering symbols as an add-on facility for use in CAD. / Nyemba, W. R.; Mbohwa, C.
2016 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2016. IEEE Computer Society, 2016. p. 587-591 7797943 (IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management; Vol. 2016-December).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Nyemba WR, Mbohwa C. Software development of a catalogue of engineering symbols as an add-on facility for use in CAD. In 2016 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2016. IEEE Computer Society. 2016. p. 587-591. 7797943. (IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management). doi: 10.1109/IEEM.2016.7797943

Software development of a catalogue of engineering symbols as an add-on facility for use in CAD

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