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A new 3D-CAD system for set-based parametric design

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So far, there has been an extraordinary development of computer-aided tools intended to generate, present or communicate 3D models. But there has not been a comparable progress in the development of 3D-CAD systems intended to assist designers in representing and manipulating both geometric and non-geometric design information based on solid models, thus facilitating concurrent engineering (CE). Design objects continue to be produced by traditional means using the computer as little more than a drafting tool. In addition, the state-of-the-art 3D-CAD systems are incapable of encoding engineering uncertainties since only precise single-valued assignments are allowed for their modeling operations. Recently, set-based CE (SBCE) has been attracting public attention as an emerging CE paradigm. Such a set-based design (SBD) approach presents many possibilities in handling the uncertainties that are intrinsic at the early phases of design. This paper addresses a novel concept – set-based parametric design (SBPD) – which combines the SBD practice with the parametric modeling technique widely used in most 3D-CAD systems. A preference set-based design (PSD) model and a design information solid (DIS) model are proposed to incorporate the SBPD concept into the current 3D-CAD systems. Finally, a prototype system is implemented to illustrate the potential to achieve a SBPD practice.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, Hanbat National University, SAN 16-1, DuckMyoung-Dong, Yuseong-Gu, 305-719, Daejeon, South Korea

    Y.-E. Nahm

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu-shi, 182-8585, Tokyo, Japan

    H. Ishikawa

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Nahm, YE., Ishikawa, H. A new 3D-CAD system for set-based parametric design. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 29, 137–150 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-004-2213-5

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