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Title: Liaison based assembly design

Abstract

Liaison Based Assembly Design extends the current information infrastructure to support design in terms of kinematic relationships between parts, or liaisons. These liaisons capture information regarding contact, degrees-of-freedom constraints and containment relationships between parts in an assembly. The project involved defining a useful collection of liaison representations, investigating their properties, and providing for maximum use of the data in downstream applications. We tested our ideas by implementing a prototype system involving extensions to Pro/Engineer and the Archimedes assembly planner. With an expanded product model, the design system is more able to capture design intent. When a product update is attempted, increased knowledge availability improves our ability to understand the effect of design changes. Manufacturing and analysis disciplines benefit from having liaison information available, so less time is wasted arguing over incomplete design specifications and our enterprise can be more completely integrated.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Financial Management and Controller, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
419084
Report Number(s):
SAND-96-3004
ON: DE97001820; TRN: 97:000553
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, LAW, MISCELLANEOUS; 42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTION

Citation Formats

Ames, A, Kholwadwala, D, and Wilson, R H. Liaison based assembly design. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.2172/419084.
Ames, A, Kholwadwala, D, & Wilson, R H. Liaison based assembly design. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/419084
Ames, A, Kholwadwala, D, and Wilson, R H. 1996. "Liaison based assembly design". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/419084. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/419084.
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year = {Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1996}
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