Abstract
To allow a designer to focus on the information that is relevant for a
particular product development phase, is an important aspect of integral product
development. Unlike current modelling systems, multiple-view feature modelling
can adequately support this, by providing an own view on a product for each
phase. Each view contains a feature model of the product specific for the
corresponding phase. An approach to multiple-view feature modelling is presented
that supports conceptual design, assembly design, part detail design and part
manufacturing planning. It does not only provide views with form features to
model single parts, as previous approaches to multiple-view feature modelling
did, but also a view with conceptual features, to model the product
configuration with functional components and interfaces between these
components, and a view with assembly features, to model the connections between
components. The general concept of this multiple-view feature modelling
approach, the functionality of the four views, and the way the views are kept
consistent, are described.
Accepted for publication in Computer-Aided
Design, Willem F. Bronsvoort and Alex Noort, Multiple-View Feature Modelling
for Integral Product Development.
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Bronsvoort WF and Noort A (2004), Multiple-view feature modelling for integral product development. Computer-Aided Design, vol. 36, no. 10, pp. 929-946.