Parametric and Feature-Based CAD/CAM: Concepts, Techniques, and Applications - Hardcover

Shah, Jami J.; Mäntylä, Martti

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471002143 ISBN 13: 9780471002147

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, 1995

Synopsis

The book is the complete introduction and applications guide to this new technology. This book introduces the reader to features and gives an overview of geometric modeling techniques, discusses the conceptual development of features as modeling entities, illustrates the use of features for a variety of engineering design applications, and develops a set of broad functional requirements and addresses high level design issues.

About this title

About the Author

Jami J. Shah is an American mechanical engineer and professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State University.

Martti Mäntylä is the author of Parametric and Feature-Based CAD/CAM: Concepts, Techniques, and Applications, published by Wiley.

From the Back Cover

This comprehensive new text and reference book makes it easier to find, understand, and use the state-of-the-art techniques of parametric and feature-based CAD/CAM

Parametric and Feature-Based CAD/CAM is the complete introduction and applications guide to this exciting new technology. It gives engineers, designers, software developers, and graduate students a solid understanding of the basic concepts of features and their applications, and provides a broad overview of the whole range of geometric modeling techniques. Written by two of the leading experts in CAD/CAM, this authoritative book: *Includes specific techniques, algorithms, data structures, and computer code that enable the reader to immediately implement the material in the book *Assists the reader in automating geometric reasoning related to design, product performance evaluation, manufacturability, and inspection *Covers feature types such as geometry and deviations from standard geometric forms; technological features; and material and assembly features

Due to the recent commercial availability of parametric and feature-based CAD/CAM, engineers, developers, and designers have access to excitingly powerful new tools. Design changes can now be made with a few high-level commands, and then automatically propagated through the model. Engineering analysis, manufacturing, and inspection can now be automated and integrated with design to a higher degree than ever before.

Parametric and Feature-Based CAD/CAM offers the reader comprehensive coverage of all topics related to features--from fundamental concepts to applications--and includes specific techniques, algorithms, data structures, and program code. For the first time, information that had required time-consuming literature searches has been gathered and organized for easy perusal. Written by recognized experts in CAD/CAM, this invaluable guide: *Illustrates the use of features in design and manufacturing applications, and offers systematic methods for identification, formalization, and validation of features in various domains *Provides a detailed treatment of various main architectural issues in specifying, designing, and implementing feature-based systems, and describes a wide range of modules in which feature-based modeling systems may be synthesized *Discusses the conceptual development of features as modeling entities and describes their properties and their relationship to other modeling entities *Offers background material on product modeling and provides a review of geometric modeling principles

For engineers, designers, software developers, and graduate students, Parametric and Feature-Based CAD/CAM offers a complete, comprehensive introduction and applications guide to this exciting new technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0471002143
• ISBN 13: 9780471002147
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 640