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Published June 1999 | public
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Conceptual design for mechatronic assemblies

Abstract

We have developed a tool to support computer-aided conceptual design of mechatronic assemblies in a collaborative, multi-user environment. Conceptual Understanding and Prototyping (ClJP) allows a team of design engineers, collaborating over the Internet, to develop a high-level structure-behavior-function (S-B-F) description of an assembly in a VRML-based virtual environment. Our goal is to enable users to navigate intricate Product Data Management (PDM) and case-based design knowledge-bases, providing the ability to perform design at conceptual level and have intelligent CAD tools that can draw on details from large repositories of previously archived designs.

Additional Information

© 1999 ACM. NSF CAREER Award CISE/IIS-9733545 and Grant ENG/DMI-9713718; additional support from the NIST Grant 60NANB7D0092 and AT&T Labs, Internet Platforms Division. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF or the other supporting government and corporate organizations.

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