Virtual functional build for body assembly

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineering Division, MED

Volumn 16-1, Issue , 2005, Pages 521-530

  Gerth, Richard J ^a  

^a Center for Automotive Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL BUILD (FB); MODELING SOFTWARE; VIRTUAL FUNCTIONAL BUILD (VFB);

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GROUND VEHICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 33645978690     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2005-79884     Document Type: Conference Paper

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