Methods and Tools for Co operative and Integrated Design formatIsbn:Softcover 9789048165360 conducive to interactions among participants 53 conducive to interactions among participants With all its imperfections it contributed largely to the maintenance of the European order from the turbulent mid century through La Belle Epoque The next step in reducing the time and cost of the production process is to introduce a complete methodology of use and experience feedback of these new models and methods The amount of improvements engendered by the numerical technologies largely justifies the time investment made to obtain a numerical definition of all the different elements in the sand casting process [2]