Feature technology: an overview
Open Access
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
- Vol. 6 (1), 2-12
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09511929308944549
Abstract
The proper integration of the activities of computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacture (CAM)is an objective that has become more urgent within the wider context of a total computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) environment. In seeking this integration it is recognized that the diversity of activities and consequent needs for data can best be served by a single representation for design, design analysis and manufacturing planning, and that a strong candidate for this descriptive role is a feature representation. This paper briefly overviews the primary methods of the use of features through feature recognition and design by features, particularly in the process planning application area.Keywords
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