Increased concurrency between industrial and engineering design using CAT technology combined with virtual reality

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-16

  Wickman, Casper ^a   Söderberg, Rikard ^b  

^a VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concurrent engineering; Industrial design; Nonnominal evaluation; Virtual geometric verification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PRODUCT DESIGN; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER AIDED TOLERANCE (CAT) TOOLS;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 0038717373     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293X03011001001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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