Research on Integrated Design Platform of Sugarcane Harvester

A sugarcane harvester is a complex electromechanical product. The development process commonly uses means of computer-aided, resulting in a large number of files and data. To solve the problem of data integration and sharing, and to provide a rapid designing environment for designers, an integrated design platform was developed. The overall framework and each function modules were analyzed, and the working flow was explained; Based on the data formats which support by each function modules, the data transmission model was expatiated; and the application of the software controls in the integrated design platform was discussed. Using Visual Studio.net as a tool, the integrated design platform was developed, and the functions of this software was validated by a designing example of wheel-type sugarcane harvester. The practical application of the platform shows that it can significantly speed up the design process and shorten the development cycle.