An Architecture for Form Feature Modeling for Concurrent, Cooperative and Consistent Product Design

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Concurrent, cooperative and consistent product design by multiple designers and engineers is a key concept for success in a quickly changing market. For such design, the product modeling system is considered to be the common work space that integrates both design activities and design information from multiple designers and engineers. In this paper a framework of feature-based modeling is proposed to support concurrent, cooperative and consistent product desing involving functional design, machining, assembly and maintenance. The framework defines a mechanism for interpreting shape descriptions from the viewpoint of different applications into a unified representation. With this mechanism, designers and engineers can deal cooperatively with product shapes in an environment of concurrent engineering. Based on this framework, a feature-based modeling system has been developed and an example of implementation is briefly introduced.