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Development of a feature‐based rapid design environment
Author(s) -
Roy Utpal,
Panayil Daniel
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
computer applications in engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.478
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1099-0542
pISSN - 1061-3773
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0542(1997)5:1<41::aid-cae5>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - feature (linguistics) , computer science , cad , macro , computer aided design , systems engineering , software engineering , engineering drawing , engineering , programming language , philosophy , linguistics , operating system
Computer‐based realistic projects are required in all our undergraduate design‐related courses. Students are encouraged to design their individual projects (related to some real‐life design and manufacturing problems) using state‐of‐the‐art computer‐aided design (CAD) tools. However, due to some inherent inflexibilities of current CAD tools, students cannot use them efficiently. It is now recognized that feature‐based modeling holds the promise of developing requisite design tools for rapid and efficient design systems. This article discusses the feasibility of using a design‐by‐feature approach in the students' design projects. It reports the development of a library of macro, micro, and functional features for establishing a prototype, rapid design environment in SDRC's I‐DEAS solid model‐based design environment (using I‐DEAS's programmability). © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 5: 41–60, 1997