| The GATEWAY TO ARMORY SQUARE Project A Demonstration of CAD in a multidisiplinary Setting |
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| 1. INTRODUCTION | |||
| This paper presents a project undertaken at Syracuse University in 1991/2. The project dealt with the application of high level commercially available CAD software in the educational environment. The project was an attempt to demonstrate what we called Integrated CAD. Technically, the level of integration was, in fact, quite low. To the extent that the results were successful, it was due, in large part, to what integration did exist and, conversely, the significant problems which occurred were in those areas where the integration did not exist. This project was a direct result of a grant, or in the terminology of IBM, a Joint-Study | |||
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| The FORMATION OF THE CAD Lab. | |||
| The IBM MULTIDISCIPLINARY CAD LAB was established at Syracuse University as the result of a joint proposal submitted to IBM by the School of Architecture, the Environmental Design- Interiors program within the College for Human Development and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering within the E.S. Smith College for Engineering. | |||
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| THE THESIS. | |||
| The thesis upon which the proposal was based asserted that 1. The
architectural profession is highly stratified; 2. Communication within the profession
(including the support disciplines) has long been complex and problematic; and 3. The
introduction of computing into the profession has further complicated matters (due to
different computing equipment, software, file formats, database formats, etc.). True
integrated CAD would imply a singular database representing the proposed building, or at
least the ability to transparently link databases. This LAB provided a lower form of
integration, one where files can easily move data from one discipline to another.
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Coleman home page might yield. It was hoped that this small scale example might suggest ways in which the various desciplines related to architecture might be better served by computing. |
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| THE FACILITY. | |||
| The proposal was accepted by IBM and the CAD Lab was established within Slocum Hall (home of the College for Human Development and the School of Architecture) with some $480,000 worth of IBM hardware and software. The Lab consists of two spaces, one with 10 PS/2s running intermediate level software (originally IBMCAD, since replaced with AutoCAD and SilverScreen) and another with three high end workstations (originally IBM RTs, since replaced with RS6000s). The workstations were running AES, the Architecture and Engineering Series, developed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. An output facility connected the two spaces, with a laser printer, a color inkjet printer, four A/B size 8 pen plotters and two E size 8 pen plotters. | |||
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| PURPOSE OF THE FACILITY. | |||
Among the purposes (as stated in the contract scope of work) was:
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