Collaborative feature-based design via operations with a fine-grain product database

Computers in Industry

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 381-391

  Ma, Y S ^a   Tang, S H ^b   Au, C K ^c   Chen, J Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d STMICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Collaborative engineering; Feature based engineering; Fine grain product database

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE ENGINEERING; COLLABORATIVE PRODUCT DESIGN; COMMUNICATION LOAD; FEATURE LEVEL; FEATURE-BASED DESIGN; FEATURE-BASED ENGINEERING; FEATURE-ORIENTED; FINE-GRAIN PRODUCT DATABASE; GENERIC FEATURES; GRAIN PRODUCT; MULTI-APPLICATION; MULTIPLE CAD SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DATABASE; PRODUCT MODELING; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; REAL-TIME COLLABORATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 67349262335     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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