Abstract
A system designed to help engineers define and manage product engineering data is called an Engineering Data Management system (EDMS). Although a lot of CAD tools for 3-D design applications are capable of modeling objects using personal computers, there are still obstacles to manage huge existing product engineering data or define a new product comprehensively and efficiently. Further, these CAD systems often have functional limitation for specialized applications. This paper will develop an EDMS to manage existing products data and define new products. We focus on the development of a userfriendly interface for EDMS in order to achieve the objective of a user-oriented design and engineering environment. © 1995 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.