Title
Feature-based design in a distributed and collaborative environment
Abstract
In this paper, a client/server framework has been developed to enable a dispersed team to accomplish a feature-based design task collaboratively. A manipulation client+modelling server infrastructure has been proposed to facilitate consistent primary information modelling for multiple users and adaptability of the system. Based on feature-to-feature relationships, a distributed feature manipulation mechanism has been proposed to filter the varied information of a working part during a co-design activity to avoid unnecessary re-transferring of the complete large-size CAD files each time when any interactive operation is imposed on the model by a client. In the distributed environment, a design task and the engaged clients are organised and connected through working sessions generated and maintained dynamically with a collaborative server. The environment is open to downstream manufacturing analysis modules to achieve distributed concurrent engineering.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1016/j.cad.2003.09.005
Computer-Aided Design
Keywords
Field
DocType
Client/server,Distributed design,Feature-based modelling
Adaptability,CAD,Concurrent engineering,Distributed Computing Environment,Computer science,Distributed design patterns,Information modelling,Feature based design,Client–server model,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
36
9
0010-4485
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
38
2.10
14
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
W. D. Li137434.17
S.K. Ong2705.10
J.Y.H. Fuh319814.52
Y.S. Wong4815.79
Y.Q. Lu5402.56
A.Y.C. Nee637934.84