The computer-aided design environment project (COMRADE)

Abstract

Since 1965, the Naval Ship Engineering Center (NAVSEC) and the Naval Ship Research and Development Center (NSRDC), sponsored by the Naval Ship Systems Command, have been actively involved in developing and using computer facilities for the design and construction of naval ships. The overall goals of this effort, known as the Computer-Aided Ship Design and Construction (CASDAC) project, have been twofold---first, to achieve significant near term improvements in the performance of ship design and construction tasks, and second, to develop a long term integrated CASDAC system for all phases of the ship design and construction process.