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Group Index > CAD

APT Project (Automatically Programmed Tools) for numerical control (1956)

MIT-led joint effort with Aircraft Industries Association companies; led to ANSI/ISO Standard. MIT's first Government/Industry/University joint effort. Precursor to CAD Project's AED effort. Continues as CAM-I, Computer-Aided Manufacturing - International.
References:
Ross, D.T. 1977. "Origins of the APT Language for Automatically Programmed Tools." In 1981. R.L. Wexelblat (ed.) History of Programming Languages, New York: Academic Press, pp. 279-367.

Reported By:
Doug Ross