International Business Machines Corporation

Laurence J McKee

Steven A Duncan

The present invention relates to a system for facilitating design and production engineering processes in a multi-disciplinary computer aided design environment. The system includes first enterprise including a workstation running a CAD application relating to a first engineering discipline; a second workstation running a CAD application relating to a second engineering discipline; a first storage device coupled to the first workstation; a second storage device coupled to the second workstation; a server executing a multi-discipline universal CAD library application; and a network connection for allowing the workstations and the server to communicate. The system also comprises a communications link to a second enterprise for allowing the second enterprise to communicate with the first enterprise. The system also comprises a commercial database accessible to both enterprises via the communications link. The multi-discipline universal CAD library tool utilizes standard component parts definitions to allow the enterprises to share information relating to CAD processes and data over the web.

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Summerville, SC, United States of America

Laurence J McKee