Unified Feature Modeling Scheme for the Integration of CAD and CAx

Computer-Aided Design and Applications

Volumn 1, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 595-601

  Chen, G ^a   Ma, Y S ^a   Thimm, G ^a   Tang, S H ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Concurrent engineering; Feature modeling; Information consistency control

Indexed keywords

DATA FORMAT; FEATURE ASSOCIATION; FEATURE MODELING; FEATURE MODELS; FEATURE UNIFICATION; INFORMATION CONSISTENCY CONTROL; INFORMATION REPRESENTATION; PRODUCT INFORMATION;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

CONCURRENCY CONTROL;

EID: 33645910047     PISSN: 16864360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16864360.2004.10738303     Document Type: Article

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