A virtual environment for aesthetic quality assessment of flexible assemblies in the automotive design process

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Maxfield, John ^a   Dew, Peter M ^a   Zhao, Jeff ^a   Juster, Neal ^b   Fitchie, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AESTHETIC QUALITIES; AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN PROCESS; EXISTING SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY; FLEXIBLE COMPONENTS; PREDICTION AND ASSESSMENTS; PRODUCT VARIANTS; SIMULATION MODULES;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 85072459250     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2002-01-0464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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