THE APPLICATION OF FEATURE TECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPING A CAD-BASED HIGH LEVEL PROCESS PLANNING SYSTEM
Abstract: High-level process
planning plays an important role in determining candidate process domains at
the configuration design stage. Changing the process domains later increases
the product development cycle and the product development cost. Therefore,
determining the most appropriate manufacturing processes at the beginning
stages of the design process becomes critical. However, high-level process
planning systems have traditionally lacked integration of design synthesis and
design evaluation. The objective of this paper is to propose a CAD-based
high-level process planning system that will help designers decide whether or
not the designs are worth pursuing. A hybrid approach incorporating design by
feature and feature recognition approaches is proposed and implemented.
Synergizing both advantages of both approaches will reduce the complexity of
feature recognition algorithm without sacrificing the flexibility in creating a
part model.
Keywords: high level process
planning, design by feature, feature recognition, concurrent engineering,
process selection
Author: Ade Febransyah
Journal Code: jptindustrigg050006
