Title :
Constraint representation and reduction in assembly modeling and analysis
Author :
Turner, Joshua U. ; Subramaniam, Srikanth ; Gupta, Suvajit
Author_Institution :
New York State Center for Adv. Technol. in Autom. & Robotics, Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
fDate :
12/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Uniform representation for assembly constraints that applies to a wide variety of constraint relations given in the literature is given. A systematic procedure for constraint reduction is also given: if two parts or subassemblies are related by multiple constraints, the constraint reduction procedure computes a single net constraint having the same effect. Three broad applications of the constraint representation and constraint reduction methods to problems in assembly modeling and tolerancing are discussed
Keywords :
CAD/CAM; assembling; CAD/CAM; assembly; assembly constraints; constraint reduction; constraint representation; tolerancing; Aggregates; Assembly systems; Economic indicators; Geometry; Gravity; Motion analysis; Robot kinematics; Robotics and automation; Solid modeling; Tolerance analysis;
Journal_Title :
Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on
