Sharing CAD Models Based on Feature Ontology of Commands History

  • Seo, Tae-Sul (Technical Support for Standardization Dept., Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information) ;
  • Lee, Yoon-Sook (Design Innovation Group, Digital Appliance Division, Samsung Electronics) ;
  • Cheon, Sang-Uk (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Han, Soon-Hung (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Patil, Lalit (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan) ;
  • Dutta, Debasish (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan)
  • Published : 2005.12.01

Abstract

Different CAx systems are being utilized throughout the product lifecycle due to the practical reasons in the supply chain and design processes. One of the major problems facing enterprises of today is how to share and exchange data among heterogeneous applications. Since different software applications use different terminologies, it is difficult to share and exchange the product data with internal and external partners. This paper presents a method to enhance the CAD model interoperability based on feature ontology. The feature ontology has been constructed based on the feature definition of modeling commands of CAD systems. A method for integration of semantic data has been proposed, implemented, and tested with two commercial CAD systems.

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