THE POWERS OF AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT AND FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING CELLS ARE UNDER-EXPLOITED, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE DESIGNERS HAVE NO PRECISE WAY OF KNOWING THE LIMITS OF MACHINES' FLEXIBILITY. PARAMETRIC MODELING ESTABLISHES LINKS BETWEEN DIMENSIONS ON PARTS, AND WITH EXTENSIONS CAN BE USED TO ESTABLISH LINKS BETWEEN PART DIMENSIONS AND CELL DIMENSIONS AS WELL. THE RESULT IS WARNING MESSAGES TO THE ENGINEER WHEN A DESIGN IS CREATED THAT CANNOT BE MANUFACTURED BY THE TARGET EQUIPMENT. ONCE MANUFACTURING MINDFULNESS IS IMPLEMENTED IN PARAMETRIC MODELING PACKAGES, ENGINEERS WILL HAVE A MUCH EASIER TIME DESIGNING FOR MANUFACTURABILITY.
| Number of Pages : | 9 |
| Published : | 06/01/1991 |
