David E. Weisberg. The Engineering Design Revolution

Революция в проектировании, 2008. - 650 с.Обзор истории возникновения и развития инженерного (CAD/CAE) программного обеспечения. Приведены достаточно подробные сведения из истории ряда важнейших программ.
Over 650 pages of material discussing the people, companies and products that made the CAD industry what it is today. Sit back and enjoy a trip through the nearly 60 years that totally revolutionized the practice of engineering design.Forward by Dr. Joel Orr
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Brief Overview
Chapter 3: Computer-Aided Design Strong Roots at MIT
Chapter 4: Research in the Second Half of the 1960s
Chapter 5: Civil Engineering Software Development at MIT
Chapter 6: The First Commercial CAD System
Chapter 7: Applicon
Chapter 8: Autodesk and AutoCAD
Chapter 9: Auto-trol Technology
Chapter 10: Bentley Systems
Chapter 11: Calma
Chapter 12: Computervision
Chapter 13: IBM/Lockheed/Dassault Systèmes
Chapter 14: Intergraph
Chapter 15: Patrick Hanratty and Manufacturing & Consulting Services
Chapter 16: Parametric Technology Corporation
Chapter 17: Structural Dynamics Research Corporation
Chapter 18: SolidWorks
Chapter 19: Siemens PLM Software (UGS)
Chapter 20: Tom Lazear and VersaCAD
Chapter 21: Miscellaneous Companies
Chapter 22: Analysis Companies
Appendix A: Terminology
Appendix B: Bibliography