Representation and interpretation of sketches in mechanical design: Experimental and theoretical approaches

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 613-624

  Zeng, Y ^a   Pardasani, A ^a   Antunes, H ^a   Li, Z ^a   Dickinson, J ^a   Gupta, V ^a   Baulier, D ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Valiant Machine and Tool Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axiomatic approach; Conceptual design; Experimental approach; Mathematical structure; Sketch interpretation; Sketch representation

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

AXIOMATIC APPROACH; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH; MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL DESIGN; SKETCH INTERPRETATION; SKETCH REPRESENTATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 1842810031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2003/dtm-48657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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