The Integrated Feature-based Modeller - The Completion Step

Abstract

The Integrated Feature-Based Modeller is the kernel of the Integrated Feature-Based Prototype System, developed within a European cooperation between Fraunhofer-IGD, Darmstadt and IMATI, C.N.R., Genova. It includes the recognition and the completion steps. The feature recogniser performs a reasoning process in order to identify and classify characteristic regions (form features). The completion step aims at determining the volumetric representations of the space occupied by the features of an object. The objective is to evaluate the volumes that can be associated to specific operations executed in an application context, such as design, assembling or machining. This document describes the upgraded completion process within the Intermediate Modeller module. Moreover, for what concerns the recognition and the completion steps, the usage, the results, and the choices that can be done thanks to the textual interface provided with the application are also explained