• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제30권7호
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• pp.816-825
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• 2006

This paper describes the development of a web-based interference verification system in the mold design process. Although several commercial CAD systems furnish interference verification functions, those systems are very expensive and inadequate to perform collaborative works over the Internet. In this paper, an efficient and precision hybrid interference verification algorithm for the web-based interference verification system over the distributed environment has been studied. The proposed system uses lightweight CAD files produced from the optimally transformed CAD data through ACIS kernel and InterOp. Collaborators related to the development of a new product are able to verify the interference verification over the Internet without commercial CAD systems. The system reduces production cost, errors and lead-time to the market. Validity of the developed system is confirmed through case studies.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.488-495
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• 2006

The demand for the use of 3D CAD data over the Internet environment has been increased. However, transmission of 3D CAD data has delayed the communication effectiveness because of the CAD data size. Lightweight CAD file design methodology is required for rapid transmission in the distributed environment. In this paper, to derive lightweight CAD files from commercial CAD systems, a file translation system producing a native file is constructed first by using the InterOp and API of the ACIS kernel. Using the B-rep model and mesh data extracted from the native file, the lightweight CAD file with topological information is constructed as a binary file. Since the lightweight CAD file retains topological information, it is applied to the dimensional verification, digital mock-ups and visualization of CAD files. Effectiveness of the proposed lightweight CAD file is confirmed through various case studies.

• 정보처리학회논문지A
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• 제18A권3호
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• pp.81-92
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• 2011

제품수명주기(Product life cycle) 중 설계단계에서 생성되는 3차원 CAD 데이터를 다양한 단계에서 활용하고자하는 노력이 관련 산업 분야에서 이루어져 왔다. 그러나 3차원 CAD 데이터는 데이터 처리를 위한 많은 컴퓨팅 자원을 요구하고 설계지식이 유출될 수 있는 위험이 있으며, 라이선스 비용이 따르기 때문에 원격지 협업 검토나 마케팅, 전자 기술 매뉴얼과 같은 서비스단계에서 활용하기에 적합하지 않다. 이러한 문제점들을 해결하기 위해 경량화된 가시화 파일형식과 이를 적용한 응용시스템에 대한 다양한 연구가 수행되었으나, 제안된 경량화 파일형식들은 대부분 기업 혹은 기관의 독자적인 형식으로 서로 간에 공유될 수 없으며, 제품의 형상 정보와 함께 제품구조 정보를 표현하는데 한계점을 보이고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이를 해결하기 위하여 웹 기반 3차원 그래픽 표준인 X3D를 활용하여 제품의 형상 정보뿐만 아니라 구조 정보의 표현이 가능한 X3D 기반 데이터 집합인 prod-X3D(Enhanced X3D Dataset for Web-based Visualization of 3D CAD Product Model)를 정의하고, 3차원 CAD 데이터로부터의 변환 기법을 제안한다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.635-643
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• 2007

As many engineers and technicians are involved in the design process of large scale and/or complex products, there are a lot of miss matches and interferences due to designers' faults and several kinds of CAD systems. Recently, CAD systems are applied to verify and check the assembly process. Digital Mock-Up(DMU) system, a tool to build a virtual mock-up in the design stage, has been used to prevent the interferences and miss matches during precision design processes. Using the virtual assembly tool, engineers are able to design precision and interference free parts without physical mock-ups. Instead of a single CAD source, several CAD systems are used to design a complex product. Several organizations are involved in the distributed design environment for heterogeneous multi-CAD assembly. XML and the lightweight CAD file are proposed for the multi-CAD assembly. XML data contains hierarchy of the heterogenenous multi-CAD assembly. STEP PDM schema and STEP ISO 10303-28 formations are applied to construct the XML data. The lightweight CAD file produced from various CAD files through ACIS kernel and InterOp not only contains mesn, B-Rep and topological data, but also is used to visualize CAD data and to verify dimensions. Developed system is executed on the desktop computers. It does not require commercial CAD systems to visualize 3D assembly data. Real-time interference and fitness checks, dimensional verification, and design and assembly verification are performed on the developed system. Assembly of heterogeneous models for a car is conducted to verify the effectiveness of the developed DMU system on the Internet.