ANSI adopts IGES for CAD / CAM systems

data types. The notion of abstract data types is relatively recent. Germans have the feeling that CAD/CAM "Too often the people who introduce and computer graphics technology can computer-aided design and computer improve the qualitv of products, according graphics to an organization disregard the to Jose L. Encarnacao, Eurographics social consequences and the human factors," chairman. They want to use engineering Jakob Vlietstra of Philips' Product Developknow-how to produce better and less expenment Coordination Bureau told over 650 sive products more quickly. While not unparticipants at the opening session of concerned about the possible loss of jobs, Eurographics '81. As conference chairman, Encarnacao said, the) put more emphasis on Vlietstra gave one of two invited lectures, suiting such equipment to the human devoting most of his time to outlining what user -an area called ergonomics in Europe. might be done to counter the problem. Wolfgang K. Giloi, honorary conference chairman, extolled the value of the abstractdata-type programming style for developing a graphics application language, a tool that will soon be needed for programming