A drawing database management system for the rest of us

This paper presents a DbaseIV program for administering Engineering Drawing information. To help meet DOE QA requirements, it tracks Engineering Change Requests/Engineering Change Notices (ECR/ECN's) and Engineering Orders (EO's). It produces reports showing the current drawing revisions; ECN's not yet incorporated on a drawing and all drawings affected by an ECN. It also allows searches of the drawing database for similar components using the drawing title. It runs under MS DOS using an IBM or compatible PC. Although the program was written to uniquely satisfy the requirements of the NSLS, the source code could be easily adapted to satisfy other design environments. The program is now going through Beta Testing. When this is completed, the source code will be made available to interested parties in the CAD/CAE community. 3 refs., 7 figs.