Assembled Switchgear Designed by Computer II-A General Computer Method for Translating Functional and Descriptive Input into Parts Lists

The problem of converting descriptive input into parts lists implies a common coding that will permit association of application demands with the required parts. A general method has been devised whereby parts and descriptive conditions are suitably coded and their patterns, developed according to the same definitions, are matched. This method has been used to translate metal-clad switchgear application descriptions into parts lists.