Title :
3D graphic simulation of flexible manufacturing systems with Day Dream Daemon and 3DCreate
Author :
Ferrarini, Luca ; Veber, Carlo
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan
Abstract :
The paper deals with the problem of the development of 3D graphic representation and simulation of flexible manufacturing systems. A 3D graphic model of a plant can improve the work performed in different control processes during the system life cycle, such as commissioning, monitoring and maintenance. These aspects become more relevant dealing with complex systems. Furthermore, for flexible manufacturing systems, mechanisms to manage the system modularity in the development of the 3D graphic representations are needed. A key factor which is bringing visibility to 3D techniques is the technical improvement of personal computer allowing to have relatively cheap, high graphical performances. Consequently, during last few years, several 3D visualization tools appeared on the marked. Within the paper, two existing simulation tools, 3D create and day dream daemon, are analyzed and compared. Both, have successively been used for the development of a simulation environment for the validation of control functions of a real manufacturing system.
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; data visualisation; engineering graphics; flexible manufacturing systems; 3D graphic representations; 3D visualization tools; complex systems; day dream daemon; flexible manufacturing systems; high graphical performances; system modularity; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Data analysis; Flexible manufacturing systems; Graphics; Mathematical model; Microcomputers; Monitoring; Process control; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Informatics, 2008. INDIN 2008. 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Daejeon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2170-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1935-4576
DOI :
10.1109/INDIN.2008.4618323