Virtual bloxing - Assembly rapid prototyping of near net shapes

Proceedings of the ASME/AFM World Conference on Innovative Virtual Reality 2009, WINVR2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 151-156

  Lim, Theodore ^a   Medellin, Hugo ^b   Sung, Raymond ^a   Ritchie, James ^a   Corney, Jonathan ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly planning; Near net shape; Rapid prototyping; Virtual reality virtual prototyping

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY PLANNING; ASSEMBLY TASKS; COGNITIVE ACTIVITIES; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLIES; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EQUIVALENT SCALE; FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPES; IMMERSIVE; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY; INTEGRATED PROJECT; NEAR NET SHAPE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PHYSICAL PROTOTYPING; POST PROCESSING; RAPID PROTOTYPING AND MANUFACTURING; RAPID PROTOTYPING SYSTEMS; SMALL COMPONENTS; VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING;

COMPETITION; JOB ANALYSIS; MACHINE DESIGN; RAPID PROTOTYPING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 77952840171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/WINVR2009-723     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (31)

1. McLeod, J. Superfast simulators make it a lot easier to skip prototyping. Electronics, 1988, 60(11):61-68.
2. Wholers, T., Rapid prototyping and manufacturing: State of the industry - Annual World Wide Progress Report, 2006, Wohlers Associates.
3. Bullinger, H.J. and Richter, M. Integrated Design and Assembly Planning. Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems, 1991, 4(4):239-247.
4. Bekey, G.A. "Computer-Aided Mechanical Assembly Planning", Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991.
5. Homem de Mello Luiz S., Lee Sukhan, "Computer-Aided Mechanical Assembly Planning", foreword by George A. Bekey, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991.
6. th Electronics, Robotics and Automative Mech. Conf. (CERMA 2007), Sept. 25-28, 2007, pp.614-619.
7. Bourjault, A. Contribution a une approche méthodologique de l'assemblage automisé:Elaboration automatique des séquences opératoires. PhD Thesis, 1984 (l'Université de Franche-Compté, France).
8. Homem de Mello, L.S. and Sanderson, A.C. AND/OR Graph Representation of Assembly Plans. IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, 1990, 6(2):188-199.
9. Latombe, J-C, Wilson, R.H. and Cazals, F. Assembly Sequencing with Toleranced Parts. CAD, 1997, 29(2):159-174.
10. Baldwin, D.F., Abell, T.E., Lui, M.M., De Fazio, T.L. and Whitney, D.E. An Integrated Computer Aid for Generating and Evaluating Assembly Sequences for Mechanical Products. IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, 1991, 7(1):78-94.
11. Wilson, R.H. Minimizing User Queries in Interactive Assembly Planning. IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, 1995, 11(2):308-312.
12. Bourell, D.L., Beaman, J.J., Marcus, H.L., and Barlow, J.W. Solid freeform fabricationL an advanced manufacturing approach. Proc. of the SFF Symposium, 1990, 1-7.
13. Ye Nong, Banerjee Prashant, Banerjee Amarnath, and Dech Fred, A Comparative Study of Assembly Planning in Traditional and Virtual Environments. In IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part C: Applications and Reviews, 29(4), 1999.
14. Lim T., Ritchie J.M., Dewar R.G., Corney J.R., Wilkinson P., Calis M., Desmulliez M., Fang J.J., Factors affecting user performance in haptic assembly. Virtual Reality, 2007, 11(4).
15. Howard B.M., Vance J.M., Desktop haptic virtual assembly using physically based modeling. Virtual Reality, 2007, 11(4).
16. Garbaya Samir, Zaldivar-Colado U., The affect of contact force sensations on user performance in virtual assembly tasks. Virtual Reality, 2007, 11(4).
17. Massie T. and Salisbury K., The PHANTOM Haptic Interface: A Device for probing Virtual Objects. In ASME Winter Annual Meeting, 1994, DSC-Vol. 55-1:295-300.
18. Lanzagorta, M., Rosenberg, R., Rosenblum, L.J., and Kuo, E.Y. Rapid prototyping of virtual environments. Comp. in Sci. & Eng., 2000, 2(3):68-73.
19. Choi, S.H. and Samavedam, S. Visualisation of rapid prototyping. Rapid Prototyping J., 2001, 7(2):99-114.
20. Gibson, I., Brown, D., Cobb, S., and Eastgate, R. Virtual Reality and Rapid Prototyping. Proc. of IEE workshop on Virtual Reality in Engineering, 1993, 51-63.
21. Morvan, S.M. and Fadel, G.M. IVCES: interactively correcting STL files in a virtual environment. Proc. ASME DETC, 1996.
22. Zorriassatine, F., Wykes, C., Parkin, R., and Gindy, N. A survey of virtual prototyping techniques for mechanical product development. Proc. Instn. Mech. Engrs Part B: J. Engineering Manufacture, 2003, 217:513-530.
23. th Int. Conf. on CAPE, Edinburgh, 1989, pp. 1-4.
24. Ritchie, J.M., Dewar, R.D., Simmons, J.E.L. The Generation and Practical Use of Plans for Manual Assembly using Immersive Virtual Reality, J. of Eng. Manuf., IMechE Part B, 1999, 213:461-474.
25. rd National Conf. on Rapid Prototyping, Tooling, and Manufacturing, Prof. Eng. Pub., ISBN: 1860583741.
26. Medellín H., Corney J., Davies J.B.C., Lim T., Ritchie J. M., "Algorithms for the physical rendering and assembly of octree models", CAD, 2006, 38: 69-85. (Pubitemid 41427782)
27. H. Medellín, J. R. Corney, J. B. C. Davies, T. Lim, and J. M. Ritchie, Octree-Based Production of Near Net Shape Components, IEEE Trans. on Automation Science and Engineering, 2008, 5(3):457-466.
28. Ng FM, Virtual Reality and Computer-Based Tools for the Routing of Cable Harnesses. PhD Thesis 1999, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
29. Robinson G., Ritchie J. M., Day P. N. and Dewar R. G.: System design and user evaluation of CoStar: an immersive stereoscopic system for cable harness design, CAD, 2007, 39:245-257.
30. Ritchie J. M., Lim T., Sung R.S., Corney J.R., Rea H., The Analysis of Design and Manufacturing Tasks Using Haptics and Immerse VR: Some case Studies'. In Talaba Doru and Amditis Angelos (eds.): Product Engineering: Tools and Methods Based on Virtual Reality, 2008, 507-522. Springer, Netherlands.
31. Chua, C.K., The, S.H., and Gay, R.K.L., Rapid Prototyping Versus Virtual Prototyping in Product Design and Manufacturing, Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol., 1999, 15:597-603.