A new framework for integration of the CAD and macro CAPP systems based on IGES data standard

Nowadays the world of manufacturing and production has been encountered with a continually changing behaviour’s of customers. Moreover in the global market, a company can survive if it has the efficient capabilities for rapid product development. These capabilities are known to be important and they mainly affect on the market penetration and cost reduction. In recent years, many researchers have proposed different solutions and frameworks to integrate CAD and CAPP concepts. The most remarkable solutions are the automatic feature recognition tools. These tools work with CAD systems and highly impact the level of integration. CAD files contain detailed geometric information of the parts, which are not suitable for using in the downstream applications such as process planning. To overcome this shortcoming, this paper proposes an intelligent feature recognition framework to enable a feature recognition system. This system has the ability to communicate with various CAD/CAPP systems.