Title :
A Virtual Assembly Design Environment
Author :
Jayaram, Sankar ; Wang, Yong ; Jayaram, Uma ; Lyons, Kevin ; Hart, Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Mater. Eng., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
Abstract :
The Virtual Assembly Design Environment (VADE) is a virtual reality (VR) based engineering application which allows engineers to evaluate, analyze, and plan the assembly of mechanical systems. This system focuses on utilizing an immersive virtual environment tightly coupled with commercial computer aided design (CAD) systems. Salient features of VADE include: data integration (two-way) with a parametric CAD system; realistic interaction of the user with parts in the virtual environment; creation of valued design information in the virtual environment; reverse data transfer of design information back to the CAD system; significant interactivity in the virtual environment; collision detection; and physically-based modeling. This paper describes the functionality and applications of VADE. A discussion of the limitations of virtual assembly and a comparison with automated assembly planning systems are presented. Experiments conducted using real-world engineering models are also described
Keywords :
CAD; assembly planning; mechanical engineering computing; user interfaces; virtual reality; CAD; VADE; Virtual Assembly Design Environment; assembly planning systems; collision detection; computer aided design; data integration; data transfer; engineering application; experiments; immersive virtual environment; mechanical systems; physically-based modeling; user interaction; virtual reality; Assembly systems; Design automation; Design engineering; Integrated circuit modeling; Manufacturing systems; NIST; Power engineering and energy; Process planning; Virtual environment; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Reality, 1999. Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0093-5
DOI :
10.1109/VR.1999.756948