TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a Feature-Based Rapid Design Environment
AU - Roy, Utpal
AU - Panayil, Daniel
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Computer-based realistic projects are required in all of our undergraduate design-related courses. Students are encouraged to design their individual projects (related to some real-life design and manufacturing problems) using state-of-the-art computer-aided design (CAD) tools. However, due to some inherent inflexibilities of current CAD tools, students cannot use them efficiently. It is now recognized that feature-based modeling holds the promise of developing requisite design tools for rapid and efficient design systems. This article discusses the feasibility of using a design-by-feature approach in the students' design projects. It reports the development of a library of macro, micro, and functional features for establishing a prototype, rapid design environment in SDRC's I-DEAS solid model-based design environment (using I-DEAS's programmability).
AB - Computer-based realistic projects are required in all of our undergraduate design-related courses. Students are encouraged to design their individual projects (related to some real-life design and manufacturing problems) using state-of-the-art computer-aided design (CAD) tools. However, due to some inherent inflexibilities of current CAD tools, students cannot use them efficiently. It is now recognized that feature-based modeling holds the promise of developing requisite design tools for rapid and efficient design systems. This article discusses the feasibility of using a design-by-feature approach in the students' design projects. It reports the development of a library of macro, micro, and functional features for establishing a prototype, rapid design environment in SDRC's I-DEAS solid model-based design environment (using I-DEAS's programmability).
KW - Computer-aided design
KW - Feature-based design
KW - Rapid design system
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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0542(1997)5:1<41::AID-CAE5>3.0.CO;2-2
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0542(1997)5:1<41::AID-CAE5>3.0.CO;2-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030679866
VL - 5
SP - 41
EP - 60
JO - Computer Applications in Engineering Education
JF - Computer Applications in Engineering Education
SN - 1061-3773
IS - 1
ER -