CAD/CAM Systems Integration: : An Integrated Surface and Volume Feature Modelling Scheme

Abstract

Addresses the need for a unified product information model and presents a new representation scheme for mechanical component modelling using shells as its principal geometric primitives for modelling form features. The representation scheme was implemented using the ACIS geometric modeller and C++ on a SUN SPARC/10 station. The advantage of using shells is that both surface and volume information of a form feature can be derived from a shell. Different levels of product data representation can be integrated into a single model. Therefore, it allows the user to model the geometry effectively and form features of a mechanical part on one system.

Citation

Chen, C. and Wu, J. (1994), "CAD/CAM Systems Integration: : An Integrated Surface and Volume Feature Modelling Scheme", Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 5 No. 4/5, pp. 22-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/09576069410069512