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CAD/CAPP Integration using Feature Ontology

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Author(s)

C Dartigues, P Ghodous, Michael Gruninger, D Pallez, Ram D. Sriram

Abstract

In a collaborative computer-supported engineering environment, the interoperation of various applications will need a representation that goes beyond the current geometry-based representation, which is inadequate for capturing semantic information. The primary purpose of this paper is to discuss a semantically-based information exchange protocol that will facilitate seamless interoperability among current and next generation computer-aided design systems (CAD) and between CAD and other systems that use product data. We describe an ontological approach to integrating computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided process planning (CAPP). Two commercial software applications are used to demonstrate our approach. The approach involves the development of a shared ontology and domain specific ontologies in the KIF (Knowledge Interchange Format) language. Domain specific ontologies--which are feature-based?are developed after a detailed analysis of the CAD and the CAPP software. Mapping between the domain ontologies and the shared ontology is achieved by several mapping rules. The approach is validated by using a variety of parts.
Citation
Journal of CAD

Keywords

CAD, CAPP, Design, Interoperability, Knowledge Interchange Format, Ontologies, Process Planning

Citation

Dartigues, C. , Ghodous, P. , Gruninger, M. , Pallez, D. and Sriram, R. (2005), CAD/CAPP Integration using Feature Ontology, Journal of CAD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=822256 (Accessed October 12, 2024)

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Created January 1, 2005, Updated February 17, 2017