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As products become ever more diversified, their life cycles are becoming shorter. To reduce production costs, increased process automation and concurrent design are priorities. Therefore, a collaborative integrated design system is crucial in the mold design and manufacturing process. This research develops a collaborative navigation system for concurrent mold design within the computer-aided design (CAD) browser, using Pro/Web.Link as the core tool. Providing both concurrent engineering and collaborative design functions, the navigation system is capable of assisting designers in accomplishing 3D mold development efficiently and accurately with the help of the standard component library and design decision-making system. The results show significant time savings over other mold design process methodologies.
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Jong, WR., Wu, CH., Liu, H.H. et al. A collaborative navigation system for concurrent mold design. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 40, 215–225 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-007-1328-x
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