A Virtual Assembly Design Environment

Published

March 13, 1999

Author(s)

Sankar Jayaram, Yong Wang, Uma Jayaram, Kevin W. Lyons, Peter F. Hart

Abstract

The Virtual Assembly Design Environment (VADE) is a Virtual Reality (VR) based engineering application which allows engineers to evaluate, analyze, and plan the assembly of mechanical systems. This system focuses on utilizing an immersive virtual environment tightly coupled with commercial Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems. Salient features of VADE include: 1) data integration (two-way) with a parametric CAD system, 2) realistic interaction of user with parts in the virtual environment, 3) creation of valued design information in the virtual environment, 4) reverse data transfer of design information back to the CAD system, 5) significant interactivity in the virtual environment, 6) collision detection, and 7) physically-based modeling. This paper describes the functionality and applications of VADE. A discussion of the limitations of virtual assembly and a comparison with automated assembly planning systems are presented. Experiments conducted using real-world engineering models are also described.

Proceedings Title

Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality '99 Conference

Conference Dates

March 13-17, 1999

Conference Location

Houston, TX

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

Assembly, CAD, Design Information, Design Intent, Physics-Based Model, Virtual Reality

Citation

Jayaram, S. , Wang, Y. , Jayaram, U. , Lyons, K. and Hart, P. (1999), A Virtual Assembly Design Environment, Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality '99 Conference, Houston, TX, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=821340 (Accessed October 16, 2025)