VDAS: A virtual design and assembly system in a virtual reality environment

Assembly Automation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 337-342

  Ji, Ping ^a   Choi, Albert C K ^a   Tu, Lizhong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assembly; Knowledge based systems; Planning; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PLANNING; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

VARIATIONAL DESIGN; VIRTUAL DESIGN AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0036430234     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150210446201     Document Type: Article

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