Towards the development of a desktop virtual reality-based system for modular fixture configuration design

Assembly Automation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-31

  Gaoliang, Peng ^a   Jun, Gao ^b   Xu, He ^c  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Communication Research Institute   (China)

^c HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assembly; Computer aided design; Design and theory; Manufacturing systems; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MODELING; COLLISION DETECTION; CONFIGURATION DESIGNS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DESKTOP VIRTUAL REALITY; INTUITIVE INTERACTION; KEY TECHNIQUES; KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MODULAR FIXTURES; PHYSICAL MODEL; SEMI-AUTOMATED; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS; TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS; VR APPLICATIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

FIXTURES (TOOLING);

EID: 67651027321     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150910929820     Document Type: Article

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