CANDID - Integrated Design System

Abstract

Emerging computer-based information technologies can dramatically increase team productivity on engineering design projects. This paper outlines the development of the CANDID - Integrated Design System currently being used on the CANDU 3 nuclear power station design. The paper describes the current successes and areas under development. The early development of the three dimensional project model and data base in CADDS presented the opportunity to go electronic for all engineering design activity. A distributed general purpose computer ring now in use at AECL supports all aspects of the CANDU 3 project engineering design work beyond the CADDS-3D project model. Design and licensing analysis traditionally done on mainframe computers is now done on the network using workstations and a computer server. In addition to this, all project documentation is produced and managed on the computer ring under an integrated system called the Information Management System (IMS).