THIS PAPER PRESENTS AUTOMATIC PROCESS GENERATION (APG) AS PART OF AN ALTERNATIVE TO CONVENTIONAL CAD/CAM SYSTEMS. IT DESCRIBES THE APPROACH AND OUR PROTOTYPE APG IMPLEMENTATION. USING THIS APPROACH, BROAD GT PART FAMILIES ARE ORGANIZED BY PROCESS SIMILARITY. A PARAMETRIC FEATURE-BASED DESIGN SYSTEM IS BUILT FOR EACH FAMILY. THE PART AND PROCESS DESIGNS ARE SPECIFIED PARAMETRICALLY, FROM WHICH AN AUTOMATED SOLID MODELLER CREATES A MODEL. AN APG SYSTEM USES THIS MODEL TO GENERATE THE PROCESS, AND THE PART IS PRODUCED AUTOMATICALLY ON A FIVE-AXIS NC MACHINE. THE GOALS ARE SHORTENED LEAD TIMES, LOWER DEVELOPMENT COSTS, AND TIME FOR MORE DESIGN ITERATIONS.
| Number of Pages : | 21 |
| Published : | 06/01/1990 |
