In recent years, various researchers have come up with different ways and means to
integrate CAD and CAM. Automatic feature recognition from a CAD solid model, for …

Modern manufacturing is characterized by low volume, high variety production and close
tolerance high quality products. Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) is recognized as …

Features are increasingly used in CAD/CAM to define product information on a semantic
level and to store this information in so-called product models. Feature-based models offer …

In order to compete in the current commercial environment companies must produce greater
product variety, at lower cost, all within a reduced product life cycle. To achieve this, a …

Computer-aided process planning (CAPP) has attracted great research interest for the last
two decades and a large volume of material has been published on the subject. With the …

The industrial design profession is on the verge of another manufacturing revolution
commonly referred to as Industry 4.0. This paradigm shift will influence the way in which …

A design methodology has been developed which takes manufacturing restrictions into
account in the geometric design phase. This has been accomplished by defining …

In recent years, features have been identified by the engineering community as meaningful
abstractions with which humans can reason about products and processes. From the …

It is increasingly recognized that designers have a large potential influence on product costs.
Unfortunately they do not often have the opportunity to minimize costs. The time available for …

Error prediction and control are key factors in precision machining. These factors rely on the
development of formal approaches for analyzing and characterizing error sources in …