Journal-2008-CAD Applications-Rules Based Design Abstract
From Clemson Engineering Design Applications and Research
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[edit] Citation
Chavali, S., Sen, C., Mocko, G., Summers, J., (2008), "Using Rules Based Design in Engineer to Order Industry: An SME Case Study", Computer-Aided Design and Applications, vol. 5, no. 1-4, pp. 178-93. on-line.
[edit] Abstract
In this paper, the development and usage of rule-based design (RBD) in an industrial engineer-to-order (ETO) application is presented. First, three different design and geometric modeling processes are discussed for specifying customized bottle packaging systems, assemblies, and components. These processes include: (1) a manual method in which custom design specifications are uniquely created using two-dimension CAD software, (2) a custom in-house Visual Basic automated system built on a commercially available three-dimension solid modeling package, and (3) a commercially available rule-based system integrated with a commercially available three-dimensional solid modeling software tool. The advantages and limitations of the different modeling approaches are presented and evaluated qualitatively. Second, a detailed case study of an ETO sub-assembly is presented in which the third approach is used to create rule-based design applications. The rules for this sub-assembly are formulated and preliminary observations are reported. Guidelines for building and preparing solid models used in RBD are developed.
Keywords: Rule-based design, CAD automation, engineer-to-order.
