Associative assembly design features: Concept, implementation and application

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 434-444

  Ma, Y S ^a   Britton, G A ^a   Tor, S B ^a   Jin, L Y ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Assembly feature; Associative feature; Design library; Feature based design

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; INJECTION MOLDING; MACHINE DESIGN;

ASSEMBLY FEATURES; ASSOCIATIVE FEATURES; DESIGN LIBRARY; FEATURE-BASED DESIGN;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33847764967     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-005-0371-8     Document Type: Review

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