This chapter provides a brief overview of the history of engineering design prior to CAD. Early engineering focused on war machines and fortifications, with few surviving records of how designs were created. During the Middle Ages, master builders directed large construction projects with some use of sketches, but the concept of technical drawings did not emerge until the 15th century. Early engineering drawings dating back to the 14th-15th centuries can now be found in European archives.
Article publish in first number of 2012 of ArchiMAG, the international ArchiCAD users about the BIM Evolution by Victor Silva
ArchiMAG http://www.archimag.org

This document provides an overview of CAD (computer-aided design) and technical drawings. It discusses the history and applications of CAD, compares 2D and 3D CAD platforms, and outlines the advantages and disadvantages of using CAD software versus traditional drafting tools. Key tools for creating technical drawings like scales, rulers, T-squares and drafting tables are also highlighted. The document aims to illustrate the differences between CAD and drafting and show students the importance of technical representations.
BIMA Breakfast Briefing | Making the most of the 'maker revolution.' Speakers slides.
If consumers are on their way to producing products quickly and cheaply from home thanks to new technologies, what does this mean for agencies and brands?
Andy Huntington (Interaction Designer & Hardware Producer at BERG) slides accompanied his talk with his approach to the topic – ‘The maker movement puts power in to the hands of the people.’
The document provides an overview of a presentation on 21st century real estate and office space trends. It discusses how office space has evolved from the past to today, driven by demographic, technological and economic changes. These changes include an aging workforce, increased mobility and remote work enabled by new technologies. The presentation also examines how these trends are transforming office design and the role of real estate brokers in helping clients find suitable office space.
The document discusses the joy of engineering through examining the works of Francis Bacon, Alfred Chandler, and the comic strip Dilbert. It summarizes that Bacon argued science must learn from engineering, as engineering continuously improves over time, while Chandler showed that modern business originated from trained civil engineers managing early railroads. The document advocates finding passion in one's engineering career by matching strengths to work where time flies, and argues engineering provides a balanced, creative profession when practiced this way.
Delicious is a website where users can save and organize their favorite web links and share them with others. Links are stored on the Delicious servers, allowing users to access saved links from any computer. The site also allows students to work collaboratively, sharing links to help each other develop knowledge and solve challenges both individually and in groups.
Prelims with Answers- The Everything (General) QuizAmol Agrawal
This document contains 15 multiple choice questions from a quiz competition. It provides the questions, clues or context for identifying the correct answer, and finally reveals the answer. Some of the questions require identifying a person, event, concept or thing based on descriptions or details provided. Others involve matching descriptions to known terms, people or events. The document is formatted with questions numbered 1 through 15 along with clues and answers given under each question.
Article publish in first number of 2012 of ArchiMAG, the international ArchiCAD users about the BIM Evolution by Victor Silva
ArchiMAG http://www.archimag.org

This document provides an overview of CAD (computer-aided design) and technical drawings. It discusses the history and applications of CAD, compares 2D and 3D CAD platforms, and outlines the advantages and disadvantages of using CAD software versus traditional drafting tools. Key tools for creating technical drawings like scales, rulers, T-squares and drafting tables are also highlighted. The document aims to illustrate the differences between CAD and drafting and show students the importance of technical representations.
BIMA Breakfast Briefing | Making the most of the 'maker revolution.' Speakers slides.
If consumers are on their way to producing products quickly and cheaply from home thanks to new technologies, what does this mean for agencies and brands?
Andy Huntington (Interaction Designer & Hardware Producer at BERG) slides accompanied his talk with his approach to the topic – ‘The maker movement puts power in to the hands of the people.’
The document provides an overview of a presentation on 21st century real estate and office space trends. It discusses how office space has evolved from the past to today, driven by demographic, technological and economic changes. These changes include an aging workforce, increased mobility and remote work enabled by new technologies. The presentation also examines how these trends are transforming office design and the role of real estate brokers in helping clients find suitable office space.
The document discusses the joy of engineering through examining the works of Francis Bacon, Alfred Chandler, and the comic strip Dilbert. It summarizes that Bacon argued science must learn from engineering, as engineering continuously improves over time, while Chandler showed that modern business originated from trained civil engineers managing early railroads. The document advocates finding passion in one's engineering career by matching strengths to work where time flies, and argues engineering provides a balanced, creative profession when practiced this way.
Delicious is a website where users can save and organize their favorite web links and share them with others. Links are stored on the Delicious servers, allowing users to access saved links from any computer. The site also allows students to work collaboratively, sharing links to help each other develop knowledge and solve challenges both individually and in groups.
Prelims with Answers- The Everything (General) QuizAmol Agrawal
This document contains 15 multiple choice questions from a quiz competition. It provides the questions, clues or context for identifying the correct answer, and finally reveals the answer. Some of the questions require identifying a person, event, concept or thing based on descriptions or details provided. Others involve matching descriptions to known terms, people or events. The document is formatted with questions numbered 1 through 15 along with clues and answers given under each question.
The document contains rules for a quiz competition including prohibitions on electronics and internet use. It outlines the structure of the competition over multiple rounds, with questions on a variety of topics and points awarded for correct or passed answers. Specific questions mentioned relate to countries not using the metric system, segments of the Berlin Wall, a physics experiment recreating Galileo's experiment, and the cartoon character Iznogoud.
The document discusses an educator who was initially unfamiliar with technology tools for teaching but learned how to use them through an educational technology class. They realized technology allows interactive lessons, student practice, and stronger teacher-student relationships beyond just textbooks. The educator now feels comfortable publishing PowerPoints and creating podcasts for students to enhance learning.
This document provides an analogy comparing aspects of human life and relationships to accounting concepts and transactions. Some key points made:
- When you are born, it represents the start of a new financial year. Interactions with others such as helping, hurting, or forgiving others are analogous to accounting journal entries with debit and credit aspects.
- Life events like marriage, having children, and death of a person represent accounting concepts like amalgamation, conversion of a firm to a company, and demerger.
- After death, an assessment is done by "God's Chartered Accountant", Chitragupta Maharaj, who prepares a balance sheet summarizing one's assets and liabilities for their
The document provides an informal quiz with multiple choice and descriptive questions about famous people, events, movies, and more. Some questions identify Amrish Puri, Milton Glaser, Krav Maga, Pele, Sachin Tendulkar, Sherlock Holmes, the Egypt Revolution, Mars, Bollywood adaptations of Shakespeare plays, Geronimo, the non-human avatars of Vishnu, the voice of Howard's mom in The Big Bang Theory, and more.
There are 3 main ways to record a PowerPoint presentation:
1. Using the built-in PowerPoint recording tools to record audio and slides.
2. Using Camtasia Studio recording toolbar within PowerPoint to record audio, slides, and camera. This provides more customization options.
3. Recording involves starting the recording, controlling the slideshow, stopping the recording, and then choosing to produce or further edit the recording. Recordings can also be cancelled and deleted during the process.
Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing program that allows users to design publications for both print and web. It gives users more design freedom than word processing programs. Desktop publishing programs can be used to create documents like newspapers, newsletters, magazines, advertisements and more. Microsoft Publisher 2007 contains various toolbars and features to help layout publications, including standard, formatting and objects toolbars, page boundaries, rulers, and options to insert text boxes, tables, pictures, shapes and more. It allows users to plan publications in advance and provides tools for accurate placement of objects and text.
This document discusses various topics related to starting a startup business, including:
- The 5 key steps of preparing a startup: building a team, accessing the market, defining the product, preparing a business plan, and developing a funding plan.
- The importance of the team, targeting the right market, understanding customer needs, and having a viable business model.
- Tips for writing an effective business plan to attract investors, including describing the product, market opportunity, management team, and financial projections.
- Considerations for different funding options and preparing the proper documents and pitch to secure startup capital.
The overall message is that properly preparing the team, market strategy, product definition, business plan,
The document discusses the key components and classification of cash flows in a cash flow statement. It defines operating, investing, and financing cash flows and provides examples of cash inflows and outflows for each classification. The direct and indirect methods for determining cash flows from operations are also described. Additional information required from the income statement, balance sheet, and other sources is outlined. The uses and limitations of the cash flow statement are listed. Finally, the document includes a sample format for the cash flow statement.
Este documento describe los conceptos fundamentales de la publicidad, incluyendo su definición, funciones, tipos de mensajes, medios, recursos y estrategias. Explica que la publicidad busca promover la venta de productos y servicios a través de mensajes informativos y de persuasión. También analiza cómo a menudo perpetúa estereotipos de género y edad y puede utilizar técnicas subliminales para influir en los consumidores.
La revista Delicious Food presenta una guía de restaurantes en Ibarra, Ecuador, con el objetivo de promover el turismo y la gastronomía local. Incluye información sobre diferentes establecimientos ubicados en varias zonas de la ciudad, destacando sus especialidades y ubicaciones. El documento busca ayudar a turistas a encontrar opciones para probar la comida típica y conocer la oferta culinaria de Ibarra.
1) The document reviews xanthan gum, a polysaccharide used as a thickening, suspending, and stabilizing agent in foods and pharmaceuticals.
2) It describes the chemical and physical properties of xanthan gum, including its molecular structure and functional uses.
3) The review examines studies on using xanthan gum in composite formulations to modify drug release profiles and the rheological properties of solutions.
BIMarabia is the first E-magazine intended to spread awareness of BIM tools and workflows across Arabic region. BIMarabia is written and edited by users, targeted to be beneficial to practitioners and researchers in the field. For more information, please go to
http://bimarabia.com
Dr. Bilal Succar introduced himself as working on BIM performance assessment with a PhD in the field, having worked as a BIM Manager for five years. He defined BIM as a set of techniques and methods of work rather than a single definition. The use of BIM has spread differently in various countries since the early 2000s, though the concepts were known as early as the 1960s but lacked enabling technology.
Interaction design involves understanding how users interact with technology over time within a specific context. Early designs focused on "operating the machine" but the field has evolved to focus more on how people perform tasks and experience technology as part of their daily lives. Effective interaction design considers contextual factors, user activities, and aims to make experiences useful, usable and pleasurable.
1) BIM allows modeling a construction project in phases, with each phase representing a stage of construction like building foundations or erecting structures.
2) Revit specifically allows assigning elements and views to different phases, and filtering views to only show elements for a given phase.
3) Project phasing in BIM and Revit allows scheduling construction, tracking phase progress, and generating phase-specific quantities and drawings. Modeling demolition of existing structures and temporary elements is also possible.
The document provides details about Microsoft Corporation, including its history, products, financial performance, and acquisitions. It discusses that Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen and initially produced BASIC interpreters. It grew to dominate the PC operating system market and now produces a wide range of software. The document lists Microsoft's major products and divisions. It also summarizes Microsoft's largest acquisitions, including Nokia and Skype.
This book is not finished. We’ve been developing it over the past few years. It began as a manilla folder with copies of different process models. We completed the first “book” version as part of a project undertaken for Elaine Coleman and Sun’s Virtual Center for Innovation. We present this version for educational purposes only. We have obtained no permissions to reproduce any of the models. Copyrights remain with their owners.
If you know of any models which are not featured in this book, please feel free to share them with us.
Everyone designs. The teacher arranging desks for a discussion. The entrepreneur planning a business. The team building a rocket.
Their results differ. So do their goals. So do the scales of their projects and the media they use. Even their actions appear quite different. What’s similar is that they are designing. What’s similar are the processes they follow.
Our processes determine the quality of our products. If we wish to improve our products, we must improve our processes; we must continually redesign not just our products but also the way we design. That’s why we study the design process. To know what we do and how we do it. To understand it and improve it. To become better designers.
The document contains rules for a quiz competition including prohibitions on electronics and internet use. It outlines the structure of the competition over multiple rounds, with questions on a variety of topics and points awarded for correct or passed answers. Specific questions mentioned relate to countries not using the metric system, segments of the Berlin Wall, a physics experiment recreating Galileo's experiment, and the cartoon character Iznogoud.
The document discusses an educator who was initially unfamiliar with technology tools for teaching but learned how to use them through an educational technology class. They realized technology allows interactive lessons, student practice, and stronger teacher-student relationships beyond just textbooks. The educator now feels comfortable publishing PowerPoints and creating podcasts for students to enhance learning.
This document provides an analogy comparing aspects of human life and relationships to accounting concepts and transactions. Some key points made:
- When you are born, it represents the start of a new financial year. Interactions with others such as helping, hurting, or forgiving others are analogous to accounting journal entries with debit and credit aspects.
- Life events like marriage, having children, and death of a person represent accounting concepts like amalgamation, conversion of a firm to a company, and demerger.
- After death, an assessment is done by "God's Chartered Accountant", Chitragupta Maharaj, who prepares a balance sheet summarizing one's assets and liabilities for their
The document provides an informal quiz with multiple choice and descriptive questions about famous people, events, movies, and more. Some questions identify Amrish Puri, Milton Glaser, Krav Maga, Pele, Sachin Tendulkar, Sherlock Holmes, the Egypt Revolution, Mars, Bollywood adaptations of Shakespeare plays, Geronimo, the non-human avatars of Vishnu, the voice of Howard's mom in The Big Bang Theory, and more.
There are 3 main ways to record a PowerPoint presentation:
1. Using the built-in PowerPoint recording tools to record audio and slides.
2. Using Camtasia Studio recording toolbar within PowerPoint to record audio, slides, and camera. This provides more customization options.
3. Recording involves starting the recording, controlling the slideshow, stopping the recording, and then choosing to produce or further edit the recording. Recordings can also be cancelled and deleted during the process.
Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing program that allows users to design publications for both print and web. It gives users more design freedom than word processing programs. Desktop publishing programs can be used to create documents like newspapers, newsletters, magazines, advertisements and more. Microsoft Publisher 2007 contains various toolbars and features to help layout publications, including standard, formatting and objects toolbars, page boundaries, rulers, and options to insert text boxes, tables, pictures, shapes and more. It allows users to plan publications in advance and provides tools for accurate placement of objects and text.
This document discusses various topics related to starting a startup business, including:
- The 5 key steps of preparing a startup: building a team, accessing the market, defining the product, preparing a business plan, and developing a funding plan.
- The importance of the team, targeting the right market, understanding customer needs, and having a viable business model.
- Tips for writing an effective business plan to attract investors, including describing the product, market opportunity, management team, and financial projections.
- Considerations for different funding options and preparing the proper documents and pitch to secure startup capital.
The overall message is that properly preparing the team, market strategy, product definition, business plan,
The document discusses the key components and classification of cash flows in a cash flow statement. It defines operating, investing, and financing cash flows and provides examples of cash inflows and outflows for each classification. The direct and indirect methods for determining cash flows from operations are also described. Additional information required from the income statement, balance sheet, and other sources is outlined. The uses and limitations of the cash flow statement are listed. Finally, the document includes a sample format for the cash flow statement.
Este documento describe los conceptos fundamentales de la publicidad, incluyendo su definición, funciones, tipos de mensajes, medios, recursos y estrategias. Explica que la publicidad busca promover la venta de productos y servicios a través de mensajes informativos y de persuasión. También analiza cómo a menudo perpetúa estereotipos de género y edad y puede utilizar técnicas subliminales para influir en los consumidores.
La revista Delicious Food presenta una guía de restaurantes en Ibarra, Ecuador, con el objetivo de promover el turismo y la gastronomía local. Incluye información sobre diferentes establecimientos ubicados en varias zonas de la ciudad, destacando sus especialidades y ubicaciones. El documento busca ayudar a turistas a encontrar opciones para probar la comida típica y conocer la oferta culinaria de Ibarra.
1) The document reviews xanthan gum, a polysaccharide used as a thickening, suspending, and stabilizing agent in foods and pharmaceuticals.
2) It describes the chemical and physical properties of xanthan gum, including its molecular structure and functional uses.
3) The review examines studies on using xanthan gum in composite formulations to modify drug release profiles and the rheological properties of solutions.
BIMarabia is the first E-magazine intended to spread awareness of BIM tools and workflows across Arabic region. BIMarabia is written and edited by users, targeted to be beneficial to practitioners and researchers in the field. For more information, please go to
http://bimarabia.com
Dr. Bilal Succar introduced himself as working on BIM performance assessment with a PhD in the field, having worked as a BIM Manager for five years. He defined BIM as a set of techniques and methods of work rather than a single definition. The use of BIM has spread differently in various countries since the early 2000s, though the concepts were known as early as the 1960s but lacked enabling technology.
Interaction design involves understanding how users interact with technology over time within a specific context. Early designs focused on "operating the machine" but the field has evolved to focus more on how people perform tasks and experience technology as part of their daily lives. Effective interaction design considers contextual factors, user activities, and aims to make experiences useful, usable and pleasurable.
1) BIM allows modeling a construction project in phases, with each phase representing a stage of construction like building foundations or erecting structures.
2) Revit specifically allows assigning elements and views to different phases, and filtering views to only show elements for a given phase.
3) Project phasing in BIM and Revit allows scheduling construction, tracking phase progress, and generating phase-specific quantities and drawings. Modeling demolition of existing structures and temporary elements is also possible.
The document provides details about Microsoft Corporation, including its history, products, financial performance, and acquisitions. It discusses that Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen and initially produced BASIC interpreters. It grew to dominate the PC operating system market and now produces a wide range of software. The document lists Microsoft's major products and divisions. It also summarizes Microsoft's largest acquisitions, including Nokia and Skype.
This book is not finished. We’ve been developing it over the past few years. It began as a manilla folder with copies of different process models. We completed the first “book” version as part of a project undertaken for Elaine Coleman and Sun’s Virtual Center for Innovation. We present this version for educational purposes only. We have obtained no permissions to reproduce any of the models. Copyrights remain with their owners.
If you know of any models which are not featured in this book, please feel free to share them with us.
Everyone designs. The teacher arranging desks for a discussion. The entrepreneur planning a business. The team building a rocket.
Their results differ. So do their goals. So do the scales of their projects and the media they use. Even their actions appear quite different. What’s similar is that they are designing. What’s similar are the processes they follow.
Our processes determine the quality of our products. If we wish to improve our products, we must improve our processes; we must continually redesign not just our products but also the way we design. That’s why we study the design process. To know what we do and how we do it. To understand it and improve it. To become better designers.
Understanding the Past and Present to Determine the Future of DesignFITC
Presented at FITC Toronto 2017
More info at http://fitc.ca/event/to17/
Paul Trani, Adobe
Overview
Visual communication has been around ever since humans could hold a stick. Over the years that stick has changed into a chisel, brushes and now into a mouse and touchpad that we use today. In this session, Adobe evangelist Paul Trani will look at the history of visual design to where we are today with graphic, UI, and UX design. With an understanding of technological advancements and interpreting data on design trends Paul will show where design is headed in both the near and distant future so you can be better equipped to tackle what’s next.
Objective
By looking at the past and present of design as well as technological advancements we are able to see where design will go in the future.
Target Audience
Anyone involved in visual communication (graphic, web, UI/UX)
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
History of graphic design
Present state of graphic, web, UI/UX design
Technological advances that will change your design career
Whats in the near future to help designers
A look at potential design careers in the future
PDF, audio, and voiceover are now available on designintechreport.wordpress.com
Today’s most beloved technology products and services balance design and engineering in a way that perfectly blends form and function. Businesses started by designers have created billions of dollars of value, are raising billions in capital, and VC firms increasingly see the importance of design. The third annual Design in Tech Report examines how design trends are revolutionizing the entrepreneurial and corporate ecosystems in tech. This report covers related M&A activity, new patterns in creativity × business, and the rise of computational design.
The document provides a history of software engineering from the 1960s to present day. It discusses how the term "software engineering" emerged after a 1968 conference to discuss the difficulties of complex software design. Early efforts focused on better programming methodologies and languages to improve structure, modularity, and object-orientation. More recently, increased computing power has dramatically raised demands on software while reducing emphasis on quality design.
Iasa conf2016 experimenting with digital architecture - slide sharePaddy Baxter
Digital architecture refers to the design of complex systems that tightly integrate people, processes, and digital technology to deliver value. There is no single agreed upon definition, as it is a new concept. Experimentation is important when exploring new challenges like digital architecture, as defined by Tom Graves. The document discusses balancing demand and supply through service design and digital translation between different roles.
The article discusses the computational design of the Hangzhou Tennis Center in China, which has one of the most distinctive parametric designs in the world. Parametric design was used to model the building envelope to find an innovative skin design that also reduced steel usage. The computational design was based on five main tasks: the design concept, structural optimization, environmental performance, constructability, and architectural expression. Parametric modeling allowed the designers to iteratively adjust the design parameters to meet all criteria for an optimized building form.
The article discusses the computational design of the Hangzhou Tennis Center in China, which has one of the most distinctive parametric designs in the world. Parametric design was used to model the building envelope to find an innovative skin design that also reduced steel usage. The computational design was based on five main tasks: the design concept, form finding, structural optimization, fabrication constraints, and environmental performance. Overall, parametric design allowed the architects to generate various design options to meet structural and fabrication requirements while achieving the desired aesthetic.
Class notes· Grow up In Germany, BS philosophy, MS Japanese.docxmonicafrancis71118
Class notes:
· Grow up In Germany, BS philosophy, MS Japanese, PhD religion. Permotic technology. After half a year went back to Northrop. Fixing problems for engineer. 3D printing, few of them has been in it for a while. Working on the Nano level. Self learned in engineering. Follow the bio
· First jet made out of wood. Cos radar cannot catch it.
· Reason for doing AM lightweight, elimination of secondary processes, mass customization. Tool- less, unique consumers, challenging( system reliability, need closed-loop, expensive, large built volume, speed)
· SLA 1, helps to easily understand the model.
· Machine some of them using powder to drown the 3D model and some are using iron to do that. The purposes to deliver a heavy material to be used in an easy ways. Ex. Space shuttle main engine.
· Company name for printers, Stratasys, FDM Maxum, FDM titan by Stratasys. That one can resist asphalt and many harsh materials. The largest machine is FDM foutus 900mc additive fabrication system. The first machine is under 30 thousand dollar. Some machines can do 3d with deferent materials in the same time, some machine using electron beams to milt material instead of lazier.
· New machine came out recently makes building out of sands, emphasis on building on moon. Cost saving in custom louver form blocks 4 HOURS VS 2 and a half weeks (96 hours) labor saving.
· Award wining application at 2000 RP&M world conference for rapid manufacturing aircraft locator tooling. 92% reduce of labor works!
· Food printing for candies and chocolate has been used to develop and grow special candy design.
· Nanotechnology is able to change the molecules of elements to be changes for example cup of Lycurgus.
· Nanotechnology are deferent because
· Nano level so deep it even doesn’t excise any fraction in it because you are dealing with the atomics.
· When you get to the Nano level you get self-replication. Ex from nature is fire fuel oxygen and heat.
· No tolerance and QA issue in manufacturing on the Nano level, all what it mater is digital and also it is identify completely.
· Respirocytes replaces 10% of your blood. Can hold breath for 4 hours.
· Conclusion:
I personally enjoyed this lecture due to the amount of information, which I have absorbed through class time. It is interesting know that much of 3D printers and what are their capabilities of capturing in producing deferent design from aerospace repairs to food producing and candies. However in nanotechnology I feel it is almost there to be used heavily in the market and how it can be used starting with radio size.
Short Bio for Boris Fritz
Boris Fritz
Adjunct Professor
Loyola Marymount University
Additive Manufacturing Consultant
C: 310/850-9777
[email protected]
Boris Fritz is an adjunct Professor at Loyola Marymount University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, currently teaching a course in Additive Manufacturing. He also does consulting in Additive Manufacturing. He retired from Northrop.
This document provides a brief history of project management from prehistoric times to the present day. It discusses how:
1) Early projects lacked modern technology and concern for worker safety, with people often seen as expendable.
2) In the 20th century, management scientists studied productivity and Gantt developed charts still used today.
3) Computers in the 1950s-60s made network planning faster but expensive, with project management becoming a recognized role.
4) Personal computers in the 1980s cut processing times and allowed immediate schedule updates, though early software had faults.
5) Today, project risk is taken seriously, communication is powerful, and project management is accepted across industries
4
Productivity Applications
Learning Objectives
After reading this chapter, you should be able to complete the following:
• Summarize the development of word processing, the importance of Microsoft® Word,
and its alternatives.
• Analyze the key features of PowerPoint® and presentation software.
• Describe the importance of Microsoft® Excel® and spreadsheets.
• Explain how databases work and alternatives to Microsoft® Access®.
• Evaluate the different types of multimedia applications.
• Describe mobile applications and their importance.
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CHAPTER 4Pre-Test
Introduction
The office of the 1970s was a noisy place. The clickety-clack sounds made by the fingers of frenetic typists emanated from bulky electric typewriters and calculators with paper tape. Telephones rang loudly and constantly. Metal filing cabinets were
continuously opening and closing. The photocopy machine was in constant operation.
A vast army of secretaries, skilled in the use of cumbersome office equipment, served as
the communications heart of most organizations. Once upon a time, many thousands of
students went to school to learn how to use these machines because they planned for this
to be their primary vocation. Skilled typists could earn up to a few dollars per hour in
the 1960s or 1970s. They would work for someone they called their “boss,” who would
handwrite notes or dictate thoughts into a tape recorder. The typist would simply type the
words, hand over the paper, and go on to the next typing job.
Today’s office is different. Although typing skills have continued to be a vital skill in data
entry, the profession of the skilled secretarial typist is essentially extinct. What killed it?
The computer and the word processor.
Pre-Test
1. Which of the following applications is a competitor to Word today?
a. Google Docs™
b. PageMaker
c. Google Gears
d. MultiMate
2. Which term is NOT associated with PowerPoint®?
a. Multimedia
b. Microsoft®
c. Slide
d. Docs
3. Which of the following is NOT a dedicated spreadsheet application?
a. Excel®
b. Calc
c. VisiCalc
d. Lotus 1-2-3
4. Which of the following is NOT one of the basic items in a database?
a. primary key
b. record
c. field
d. slide
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5. CAD is an acronym for which of the following?
a. Computer Aided Display
b. Computer Aided Drawing
c. Computer Aided Design
d. Computer Aided Dimension
6. Evernote is a popular mobile app that includes several applications. Which of the
following is NOT one of them?
a. Skitch
b. Penultimate
c. Web Clipper
d. Twitter
Answers
1. a. Google Docs™. The answer can be found in Section 4.1.
2. d. Docs. The answer can be found in Section 4.2.
3. d. Lotus 1-2-3. The answer can be found in Section 4.3.
4. d. slide. The answer can be found in Section 4.4.
5. c. Computer Aided Design. The answer.
4
Productivity Applications
Learning Objectives
After reading this chapter, you should be able to complete the following:
• Summarize the development of word processing, the importance of Microsoft® Word,
and its alternatives.
• Analyze the key features of PowerPoint® and presentation software.
• Describe the importance of Microsoft® Excel® and spreadsheets.
• Explain how databases work and alternatives to Microsoft® Access®.
• Evaluate the different types of multimedia applications.
• Describe mobile applications and their importance.
Superstock/Superstock
bow80854_04_c04.indd 87 7/26/13 12:46 PM
CHAPTER 4Pre-Test
Introduction
The office of the 1970s was a noisy place. The clickety-clack sounds made by the fingers of frenetic typists emanated from bulky electric typewriters and calculators with paper tape. Telephones rang loudly and constantly. Metal filing cabinets were
continuously opening and closing. The photocopy machine was in constant operation.
A vast army of secretaries, skilled in the use of cumbersome office equipment, served as
the communications heart of most organizations. Once upon a time, many thousands of
students went to school to learn how to use these machines because they planned for this
to be their primary vocation. Skilled typists could earn up to a few dollars per hour in
the 1960s or 1970s. They would work for someone they called their “boss,” who would
handwrite notes or dictate thoughts into a tape recorder. The typist would simply type the
words, hand over the paper, and go on to the next typing job.
Today’s office is different. Although typing skills have continued to be a vital skill in data
entry, the profession of the skilled secretarial typist is essentially extinct. What killed it?
The computer and the word processor.
Pre-Test
1. Which of the following applications is a competitor to Word today?
a. Google Docs™
b. PageMaker
c. Google Gears
d. MultiMate
2. Which term is NOT associated with PowerPoint®?
a. Multimedia
b. Microsoft®
c. Slide
d. Docs
3. Which of the following is NOT a dedicated spreadsheet application?
a. Excel®
b. Calc
c. VisiCalc
d. Lotus 1-2-3
4. Which of the following is NOT one of the basic items in a database?
a. primary key
b. record
c. field
d. slide
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CHAPTER 4Section 4.1 Word Processing
5. CAD is an acronym for which of the following?
a. Computer Aided Display
b. Computer Aided Drawing
c. Computer Aided Design
d. Computer Aided Dimension
6. Evernote is a popular mobile app that includes several applications. Which of the
following is NOT one of them?
a. Skitch
b. Penultimate
c. Web Clipper
d. Twitter
Answers
1. a. Google Docs™. The answer can be found in Section 4.1.
2. d. Docs. The answer can be found in Section 4.2.
3. d. Lotus 1-2-3. The answer can be found in Section 4.3.
4. d. slide. The answer can be found in Section 4.4.
5. c. Computer Aided Design. The answer.
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2. It also touches on 3D printing enabling more automated "last mile" assembly in factories, the impact of algorithmic design on product design careers, and potential early applications of quantum computing despite major challenges in developing usable quantum algorithms and hardware.
3. Specific examples and perspectives are provided for each topic from sources like CNN, Bloomberg, IT World, and Re/Code to further illustrate trends and issues in these developing areas
This document summarizes a presentation about the challenges faced by requirements engineers and professionals due to the rise of new technologies and amateur developers. It notes that tools like the internet have lowered barriers for non-professionals to create software. This has led to a gap between professional analysts and amateur developers working in marketing. The document gives examples of issues that can arise when marketing departments hire external agencies to quickly build applications without following proper requirements and security practices. While some applications become obsolete after campaigns, others take on more importance over time, leaving professionals struggling to maintain unstructured code. The document argues this approach does not lead to true success and discusses potential measures to improve coordination between professionals and amateurs developing customer-facing applications and websites.
David Liddle explains that technology is adopted in three phases: the enthusiast phase, the professional phase, and the consumer phase. These phases apply to technologies like remote controls and computers. Interaction design plays an important role in adoption, especially in making technologies easy to use for consumers. Examples discussed include the development of digital cameras, photo stitching software, and the success of the iPod's intuitive interface.
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This document introduces the concept of design. It defines design as conceiving and giving form to artifacts that solve problems. It provides examples of designed artifacts across different domains, from computer programs to cameras to buildings. The document proposes a unifying framework for design, viewing it as a problem-solving process that begins with perceiving a gap, leads to a plan for a new artifact, and results in the production of that artifact. This framework positions the user at the start of the design process.
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1. Foreword
By: Dr. Joel Orr
By the time I met Dave Weisberg, in the mid-seventies, he was already a computer-
graphics veteran and a CAD pioneer. So his stories and remarks are those of an observer
and participant, not a researcher from a subsequent generation. He was there as the
discoveries and inventions that led to the computer-aided design we have today were
being made, and he had an impact on them, as you will read herein.
The field of CAD has been blessed with numerous great innovators and a few good
business people—but almost no chroniclers. It is something of a “cowboy culture,” in
which the heroes just keep on keepin’ on until they’re through; they don’t retire and write
their memoirs.
But happily for us, Dave decided to become a journalist, and to observe and write about
the CAD industry professionally. This chronicle reflects that professional shift.
An engineer does not stop being an engineer just because of a shift in professional focus.
It is with an engineer’s eye that Dave’s observations were made, and from an engineering
point of view they were recorded and analyzed. This fact makes this book more than just
an eyewitness account of events.
It took the viewpoint of a working engineer to note the effects of technology on the very
practices of engineering. Not only are engineers now able to do what they did before
much faster and more accurately—the way they approach design has changed as a result
of the absorption and integration of new technologies.
Dave’s book is at once a personal history, replete with vignettes that are the stuff of life; a
history of the birth, infancy, adolescence, and maturity of a family of technologies; and a
record of the sea changes that have happened in engineering as a result of those
technologies. In short—a feast for CAD old-timers, engineering educators, and young
engineers alike.
Enjoy!
Joel
Dr. Joel Orr
VP & Chief Visionary
Cyon Research Corporation
Mountain View, CA