Representation of multiple engineering viewpoints in Computer Aided Design through computer-interpretable descriptive markup

Abstract

The aim of this work was to find a way of representing multiple interpretations of a product design with the same CAD model and in a way that allowed reduction of the manual work of producing the viewpoint specific models of the product through automation The approach presented is the recording of multiple viewpoint-interpretations of a product design with a CAD product model using descriptive, by-reference (stand-off) computer interpretable markup of the model.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo