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World standard for diagrams in system manuals
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World Standard for Diagrams in System Manuals The increasing complexity of modern electrotechnical systems, which often combine different technologies, puts high demands on the accuracy of documentation describing them. Further, the urgent need to minimize downtime due to faults, requires documentation that facilitates both training and maintenance. With complex systems, the location of faults often takes longer than their repeair and it is therefore important that diagrams in the documentation are such that the diganostic process is simplified as much as possible. A world standard has just been published by the IEC to meet these needs. Designated IEC Publication 113-8, it presents a method of allowing the system function and the functional flow, often masked by hardware or technological boundaries, to be the guiding principles for the lay-out of documentation. Its title is: "Diagrams, charts, tables. Part 8: Preparation of diagrams for system manuals." Items dealt include: the concept of functionalization, functional lay-out, user considerations,
maintenance considerations, the preparation>0f block diagrams and circuit diagrams with regard to these principles. The contents of Publication 113-8 include a number of diagrams as examples. The International Electrotechnical Commission, (TEC) is the authority for world standards in electrical and electronics engineering. The IEC is composed of National Committees in 43 countries formed to represent in international discussions all their national electrical and electronics interests, including manufacturers, users, trade associations, the engineering profession and government. More from Information Officer Central Office of the IEC, 3, Rue de Varemb6 1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland Telephone: 34 01 50 Telegrams: Inelission Telex: 28872 CEIEC-CH
The California Polytechnic State University Computer Productivity Lab The newly operational lab, now used mainly for computer-aided design (CAD), is located in Cal Poly's Computer Science Building. Research and instruction in computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) are in progress a half-mile away in the Engineering Technology Department's Manufacturing Processes Laboratory.
Experimental courses being taught in the new lab include drafting, aeronautical engineering analysis, architecture, and industrial engineering. The university plans to make the laboratory available to all academic departments. More than 65 different courses annually enrolling about 4,500 students are likely candidates for the facility.
North-Holland Computers in Industry4 (1983) 213-214
Industry's chief interest in computer-aided productivity up to now has been in CAD and CAM -
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World Standard for Diagrams in System Manuals The increasing complexity of modern electrotechnical systems, which often combine different technologies, puts high demands on the accuracy of documentation describing them. Further, the urgent need to minimize downtime due to faults, requires documentation that facilitates both training and maintenance. With complex systems, the location of faults often takes longer than their repeair and it is therefore important that diagrams in the documentation are such that the diganostic process is simplified as much as possible. A world standard has just been published by the IEC to meet these needs. Designated IEC Publication 113-8, it presents a method of allowing the system function and the functional flow, often masked by hardware or technological boundaries, to be the guiding principles for the lay-out of documentation. Its title is: "Diagrams, charts, tables. Part 8: Preparation of diagrams for system manuals." Items dealt include: the concept of functionalization, functional lay-out, user considerations,
maintenance considerations, the preparation>0f block diagrams and circuit diagrams with regard to these principles. The contents of Publication 113-8 include a number of diagrams as examples. The International Electrotechnical Commission, (TEC) is the authority for world standards in electrical and electronics engineering. The IEC is composed of National Committees in 43 countries formed to represent in international discussions all their national electrical and electronics interests, including manufacturers, users, trade associations, the engineering profession and government. More from Information Officer Central Office of the IEC, 3, Rue de Varemb6 1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland Telephone: 34 01 50 Telegrams: Inelission Telex: 28872 CEIEC-CH
The California Polytechnic State University Computer Productivity Lab The newly operational lab, now used mainly for computer-aided design (CAD), is located in Cal Poly's Computer Science Building. Research and instruction in computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) are in progress a half-mile away in the Engineering Technology Department's Manufacturing Processes Laboratory.
Experimental courses being taught in the new lab include drafting, aeronautical engineering analysis, architecture, and industrial engineering. The university plans to make the laboratory available to all academic departments. More than 65 different courses annually enrolling about 4,500 students are likely candidates for the facility.
North-Holland Computers in Industry4 (1983) 213-214
Industry's chief interest in computer-aided productivity up to now has been in CAD and CAM -