A framework for collaborative top-down assembly design |
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Authors: | Shuming Gao Shuting Zhang Xiang Chen Youdong Yang |
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Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, PR China;2. School of Mechanical Engineering & Automation, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China;3. Zhijiang College, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310024, PR China |
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Abstract: | This paper presents a new system framework for collaborative top-down assembly design. Different from current computer-aided design (CAD) systems, the framework allows a group of designers to collaboratively conduct product design in a top-down manner. In our framework, a multi-level and distributed assembly model is adopted to effectively support collaborative top-down assembly design. Meanwhile, fine-granularity collaborative design functionalities are provided. First, the coupled structural parameters involved in the distributed skeleton models of the product can be collaboratively determined by the correlative designers based on fuzzy and utility theory. Second, agent based design variation propagation is achieved to ensure the consistency of the multi-level and distributed assembly model during the whole design process. Third, collaborative design of assembly interfaces between the components assigned to different designers is supported. The prototype implementation shows that our framework works well for supporting practical collaborative top-down assembly design. |
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Keywords: | Collaborative design Top-down design Assembly design Computer-aided design |
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