Ace 1.1: User's Manual.
Abstract
Computer-aided drafting systems and analysis programs have become common tools in Army facility design, but these technologies have been developed and transferred in a piecemeal fashion. While these tools successfully optimize specific design processes such as facility layout, energy analysis, and structural analysis, they essentially comprise 'islands of automation' that cannot successfully interact. Resulting problems include the need to redundantly enter data and an overload of data not applicable to all design tasks. Previous attempts to integrate these automated tools have been expensive, and have met with limited success. To address this problem the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) developed Ace, an integrated design-assistant technology that automates routine design tasks and incorporates key project information into a central database for access by all participants in various design and specification processes. Ace uses heuristic rules, database technology, and a powerful checklist facility to improve productivity and ensure repeatable design quality. This report documents the operation of Ace version 1.1. System requirements for Ace 1.1 are (1) a 33 MHz Intel 80386 microprocessor or equivalent, (2)16 Mb of random access memory (RAM), (3) a 3.5 in. high-density floppy drive, and (4) the Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Windows NT 3.5 operating system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA305196
Entities
People
- Bruce L. Rives
- Kendra Z. Hoff
- Kirk D. Mcgraw
- Sara E. Ort
Organizations
- Construction Engineering Research Laboratory