Advanced CAD/CAM systems : state-of-the-art and future trends in feature technology / edited by R. Soenen and G.J. Olling.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface. 1. System-based concurrent methodology for Discrete Part Manufacturing Engineering / M. Lombard-Gregory, F. Mayer 2. Information systems for distributed production / B. E. Hirsch, Z. K. Marciniak, T. Kuhlmann 3. Feature processing as kernel for integrated CAE systems / F.-L. Krause, E. Rieger, A. Ulbrich 4. A conciliator-coordinator for concurrent engineering / I. Degirmencyan, A. Foussier, P. Cholle t5. ICONF - an incremental constraint facility in a feature modelling system / K. Lagus, T. Laakko, M. Mantyla 6. Comparative study of procedural and declarative feature-based geometric modeling / J. J. Shah, G. Balakrishnan, M. T. Rogers, S. D. Urban 7. A part description model for the preliminary design / M. Tollenaere, P. Belloy, S. Tichkiewitch 8. Interactive feature definition / O. W. Salomons, F. van Slooten, H. G. Jonker, F. J. A. M. van Houten, H. J. J. Kals 9. An integration of feature-based design and consistency management in CAD applications / J. Ovtcharova, U. Jasnoch 10. From characteristic shapes to form features: a recognition strategy / J. M. Brun 11. A material angle: a part-level criterion for tool-feature extraction / D. Deneux, R. Maranzana, R. Soenen 12. Backward from feature recognition and removal for an authentic CNC-programming system - BCAM. 13. Validating a feature-based meta-model for mechanical products: a case study / L. E. Taylor, M. R. Henderson 14. Compared application of two knowledge modelisation methodologies on a car engine cylinder head design problem / A. Saucier, C. Vargas, P. Court, P. Albert, P. A. Yvars 15. FEMOD: a feature based modeller architecture / F. Daugy, F. Feru Index of contributors