Associative feature modeling for concurrent engineering integration

Computers in Industry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-71

  Ma, Y S ^a   Tong, T ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Associative features; CADCAM; Design automation; Injection mold design; Knowledge engineering

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; DECISION MAKING; INJECTION MOLDING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE; PLASTICS MOLDING;

INJECTION MOLD DESIGN;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 0038046244     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(03)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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