The MultiCAD Project:
toward an intelligent multimedia information system for CAD

George Miaoulis¹, Dimitri Plemenos², Dimitri Magos¹, Christos Skourlas¹

Section of Information Systems, Department of Informatics
Technological Educational Institute of Athens
Ag. Spyridonos Str, EGALEO, ATHENS 12210, GREECE
Tel.: (+301) 5909002, Fax: (+301) 5911590,
E-mail : gmiaoul@hol.gr, dmagos@teiath.gr, cskourlas@hol.gr

Laboratoire Méthodes et Structures Informatiques - MSI
Faculté des Sciences, Université de Limoges
83,rue d'Isle, 87060 LIMOGES CEDEX, FRANCE,
Phone: (+33) 5 55 43 69 74, FAX: (+33) 5 55 43 69 77,
E-mail:

plemenos@unilim.fr

ABSTRACT

In this work, we present a set of proposals for the definition of a generalised multimedia information system. The system supports production of scenes using techniques of the declarative modelling by hierarchical decomposition. These proposals include a declarative design process model, the corresponding user needs and define information system framework. The resulting software system architecture is also presented and a prototype of it is implemented. The whole system named MultiCAD is developed as a joint project between laboratory MSI of the University of Limoges and the Information systems and applications Group of the TEI of Athens.

Keywords: computer graphics, CAD, conceptual modelling, design process, design knowledge representation, multimedia information systems, knowledge-based systems, decision support systems.