Product design enhancement by integration of virtual design and assembly analysis tools

Assembly Automation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-290

  Choi, Albert C K ^a   Guda, Prasanthi ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MANUFACTURE; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ASSEMBLY ANALYSIS TOOLS; COMPUTER AIDED PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY (DFA); PRODUCT DESIGN ENHANCEMENT; SOFTWARE PACKAGE TECHNOMATRIX'S DYNAMO; UNIGRAPHICS; VIRTUAL DESIGN;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 8644276389     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150010378416     Document Type: Article

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