Extracting process planning information from various wire frame and feature based CAD systems

Computers in Industry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-162

  Kruth, J P ^a   Van Zeir, G ^a   Detand, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CAD CAPP integration; Concurrent engineering; Feature based design CAPP; Feature modelling for CAPP; Multiple feature views; Neutral programming interface

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; PLANNING; PROCESS CONTROL; USER INTERFACES;

FEATURE BASED APPLICATIONS; MULTIPLE FEATURE VIEWS; NEUTRAL PROGRAMMING INTERFACE; PROCESS PLANNING; USER DEFINABLE MANUFACTURING; WIRE FRAME COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0030244735     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-3615(96)00039-5     Document Type: Article

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