Associative assembly design features: concept, implementation and application

Y.-S. Ma, G. A. Britton, S. B. Tor, L. Y. Jin
2006 The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology  
This paper presents a new type of feature, associative assembly design feature. Its concept, implementation, and application are introduced. This new feature allows the following associations: (1) between parts that have not been defined geometrically; (2) between geometric entities defining interfaces between parts; and (3) between part geometry and intermediate geometry used to define a part. The associations can be geometric or nongeometric. Our extension to traditional assembly feature
more » ... rties allows product architectures to be defined using features. These architectures, in turn, can be used to constrain the modular design of assembly geometry. The application is a mould base library for injection mould design.
doi:10.1007/s00170-005-0371-8 fatcat:igqa3wjet5ewjoxnrics2rokhi