Design formalism for collaborative assembly design

Joints in product design are common because of the limitations of component geometric configurations and material properties, and the requirements of inspection, accessibility, repair, and portability. Collaborative product design is emerging as a viable alternative to the traditional design process. The collaborative assembly design (AsD) methodologies are needed for distributed product development. Existing AsD methodologies have limitations in capturing the non-geometric aspects of designer's intent on joining and are not efficient for a collaborative design environment. This paper introduces an AsD formalism and associated AsD tools to capture joining relations and spatial relationship implications. This AsD formalism allows the joining relations to be modeled symbolically for computer interpretation, and the model can be used for inferring mathematical and physical implications. An AsD model generated from the AsD formalism is used to exchange AsD information transparently i...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2004
• Where: CAD
• Authors: Kyoung-Yun Kim, Yan Wang, Obinna S. Muogboh, Bartholomew O. Nnaji
• Keywords: AsD Formalism, AsD Methodologies, AsD Tools, CAD 2004, Theoretical Computer Science