VADE: a Virtual Assembly Design Environment

Author

Jayaram, Sankar ; Jayaram, Uma ; Wang, Yong ; Tirumali, Hrishikesh ; Lyons, Kevin ; Hart, Peter

Author_Institution

Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA

Volume

19

Issue

6

fYear

1999

Firstpage

44

Lastpage

50

Abstract

Virtual Assembly Design Environment (VADE) resulted from a research and development project started in 1995, sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The main purpose of this project was to explore the potential and the technical challenges in using VR technologies for design and manufacturing by creating a VE for assembly planning and evaluation. In this article, we describe the overall system, the important features, and examples of using VADE. We also discuss the benefits and limitations of virtual assembly systems. In addition, we compare virtual assembly and automated assembly planning systems

Keywords

assembly planning; computer aided production planning; engineering graphics; virtual reality; Virtual Assembly Design Environment; automated assembly planning systems; manufacturing; Assembly systems; Data gloves; Design automation; Design engineering; NIST; Process planning; Prototypes; Time series analysis; Virtual prototyping; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/38.799739

Filename

799739