... is illustrated on an industrial aircraft structural part. To conclude, options to integrate the proposed method in a computer assisted process planning system are discussed. 29 09 2006 07 05 2009 29 10 2009 CAD/CAM computational geometry computer aided production planning machine tools...

... on the person doing the planning. Hence, there is a need to automate such a process. numerical control process planning boring turning (machining) computer aided production planning 19 12 2005 31 05 2005 Feature structure of final part External features Attributes (cm...

... IN ENGINEERING . Manuscript received April 9, 2004; revised September 23, 2004. Associate Editor: S. Urban. 09 April 2004 04 01 2005 process planning process control manufacturing data processing computer aided production planning planning (artificial intelligence) supply chains...

.../medium ruled freeform. • At least one of the feature faces is planar or simple or medium ruled freeform. Geometric characteristics ¯ (Freeform Cut-thru) CAD/CAM computer aided production planning milling feature extraction machine tools electronic data interchange...

... in the JOURNAL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING . Manuscript received December 23, 2003; revised June 11, 2004. Associate Editor: K. Lee. 23 December 2003 11 June 2004 07 09 2004 CAD CAD/CAM computer aided production planning assembly planning engineering graphics...

... SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING . Manuscript received Jul. 2002; revised Jul. 2003. Associate Editor: P. Wright. 01 Jul 2002 01 Jul 2003 16 09 2003 computer aided production planning matrix algebra mechanical engineering computing Accessibility analysis of an object helps...

... for publication in the Journal of Computing and Information in Science Engineering Manuscript received Sept. 2002; Revised Jul. 2003. Associate Editor: D. Rosen. 01 Sep 2002 01 Jul 2003 16 09 2003 machining CAD computer aided production planning optimisation Process Planning...

... manuscript received December 2002. Associate Editor: P. Wright. 01 September 2001 01 December 2002 26 03 2003 functionally graded materials computer aided production planning manufacturing resources planning engineering graphics computational geometry path planning laser...

... October 2002 02 01 2003 computer aided production planning CAD/CAM A feature-based approach has been the most popular technique for the development of process planning systems, since machining features often provide a convenient mapping between the design phase and the subsequent...