The evolution of knowledge acquisition and representation in manufacturing technologies is
vital for translating complex manufacturing data into actionable insights and advancing a …

Sharing product design information with other downstream applications, such as process
planning, is a major barrier to develop an integrated manufacturing system. Part of this …

Automatic Feature Recognition (AFR) is considered as the key connection technique of the
integration of Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Process Planning …

Fixture design and planning is one of the most important manufacturing activities, playing a
pivotal role in deciding the lead time for product development. Fixture design, which affects …

Abstract Automatic Feature Recognition (AFR) techniques provide the capabilities for
translating the data of the part definition between Computer Aided Design (CAD) system and …

This paper describes a computer-aided tool for the quantitative evaluation of
manufacturability of prismatic machining parts. A feature recognition approach, which uses …

Part modeling and assembly modeling are two important aspects of product modeling, which
is crucial to manufacturing industrial completeness. Although the two aspects are greatly …

Feature recognition is an important technology of computer-aided design/computer-aided
engineering/computer-aided process planning/computer-aided manufacturing integration in …

Sheet metal products are often designed without a systematic consideration of downstream
product development requirements, such as process planning, manufacturability, production …

In manufacturing companies, computer-aided design (CAD)/computer-aided manufacturing
(CAM) feature-based approaches have been developed for faster numerical control (NC) …