AUTOMATIC CALCULATION OF PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE METRICS WITHIN A SOLID MODELER

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages 39-48

  Line, J Kevin ^a   Steiner, Mark W ^b  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; PRODUCT DESIGN;

AUTOMATIC CALCULATIONS; CASE-STUDIES; DESIGN OBJECTIVES; INTERNAL PROJECT; MODEL PROGRAMS; MODELING PACKAGES; PHYSICAL COMPONENTS; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; SOLID MODELLER; SOLID MODELLING;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

EID: 78649255855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2000/DFM-14000     Document Type: Conference Paper

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