Title :
A novel method for design cases indexing and retrieval
Author :
Xu-tang Zhang ; Xin Hou ; Tian-Guo Jin
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mechatron., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin
Abstract :
Case based design is an effective method to reuse existing resources in an enterprise. The similarity between 3D models of parts is measured by shape distribution method. Fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm is applied to classify products 3D models. The classes of 3D model form high dimension Euler space and the vector space model is used to represent the product case. The process to construct product case database and to retrieve the product is presented. Through experiments, it is proved that the method can promote the degree of automation and retrieval accuracy in Case based design when applying to special field.
Keywords :
CAD; database indexing; fuzzy set theory; information retrieval; pattern classification; pattern clustering; product design; production engineering computing; solid modelling; Euler space; case based design; design case indexing; design case retrieval; fuzzy c-means clustering; part 3D model; product 3D model classification; product case database; product design; shape distribution method; vector space model; Artificial intelligence; Clustering algorithms; Design automation; Design methodology; Indexing; Information retrieval; Mechatronics; Shape measurement; Space technology; Spatial databases; 3D model clustering; case based design; shape matching; vector space model;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2008. AIM 2008. IEEE/ASME International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2494-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2495-5
DOI :
10.1109/AIM.2008.4601814
