Assembly planning in a virtual environment
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Dewar, R.G.; Carpenter, I.D.; Ritchie, J.M.; Simmons, J.E.L.
- Source
- Innovation in Technology Management. The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97 Technology management Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology. :664-667 1997
- Subject
- Engineering Profession
Virtual environment
Virtual reality
Assembly systems
Prototypes
Design automation
Chemical engineering
Concurrent computing
Manufacturing industries
Virtual manufacturing
Design engineering
- Language
This paper presents novel tools to assist manual assembly in an virtual environment. While assembling virtual components, the user's actions are logged and an assembly plan is produced. Prototyping is reduced and concurrency is enhanced using such tools. Successful pilot studies have now been completed.