Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing. Zhuming Bi
1997 to 2010 (Canis 2012).Table 11.3 The shrinkages of American manufacturing and TDM industry (Canis 2012...Table 11.4 Recommended runner dimensions based on maximum runner lengths.Table 11.5 General guides to position gates.aTable 11.6 Recommended distances (Mold Technology 2011c).Table 11.7 Comparison of kinematic and finite element approaches (Hinterhölzl 20...
12 Chapter 12Table 12.1 Industry evolution from Industry 1.0 to 4.0.Table 12.2 Fifteen representative digital technologies in DM (PWC 2017).Table 12.3 Technical specifications of Dell EMC Ready Solutions (Dell 2019).Table 12.4 Fifteen object types in Simio object library (Simio 2019b).Table 12.5 Predicted needs of printing jobs for students in different courses at...
13 Chapter 13Table 13.1 The timeline of AM application (Tamburrino et al. 2015).Table 13.2 AM – advantages and disadvantages (Sinha 2016).Table 13.3 Supply chain for subtractive and additive manufacturing (Frost and Su...Table 13.4 The interface, steps, and settings to export an .STL file from SolidW...Table 13.5 Surface roughness of AM technique (Campbell et al. 2002; Kumbhar and ...Table 13.6 Practical options for post‐processing for improvement of surface fini...Table 13.7 Examples of commonly used AM techniques and applicable materials (Und...
14 Chapter 14Table 14.1 DOWNTIME and environmental impact (EPA 2017).Table 14.2 Six stages of LCA in SolidWorks Sustainability (Planchard 2019).
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 A manufacturing system can be very simple or complex (a). Blacksmit...Figure 1.2 Description of a manufacturing system.Figure 1.3 The growth of scale and complexity of manufacturing systems (Bi et ...Figure 1.4 Human's role in manufacturing (Ortiz et al. 1999).Figure 1.5 The strategies, domains, and production paradigms of advanced manuf...Figure 1.6 Evolution of computer aided technologies in manufacturing (Bi and C...Figure 1.7 Significant impact of design activities on overall product cost.Figure 1.8 Value‐added chain smile curve (IEC 2019; ITC 2019).Figure 1.9 Relative costs to fix errors at different phases of product lifecyc...Figure 1.10 Human designers and computers in engineering design.Figure 1.11 Architecture of computer aided systems.Figure 1.12 Evolution of computer hardware (Moravec 1998).Figure 1.13 Evolution of semiconductors for processors (Computer History 2019a...Figure 1.14 Main types of computer memories (Computer History 2019b).Figure 1.15 Types of peripheral devices for inputs and outputs.Figure 1.16 Computer aided software system architecture.Figure 1.17 Computer aided collaboration in virtual environment (Wu et al. 201...Figure 1.18 CATs in designing, manufacturing, and assembling and system integr...Figure 1.19 Typical computer aided tools in CAD, CAM, and CAD/CAM.Figure 1.20 The evolution of computer aided technologies in manufacturing, (a)...Figure 1.21 Mismatch of subdisciplines and computer aided tools in manufacturi...Figure 1.22 Proposed course framework for digital manufacturing.Figure 1.23 Selective subjects in a new CAD/CAM course.Figure 1.24 Selective concepts in the CAD/CAM theory.Figure 1.25 Selective CAD/CAM tools.Figure 1.26 Customized outline of the CAD/CAM book.
2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Role of geometric modelling in computer aided systems (CAD).Figure 2.2 Example of basic geometric elements. (a) Points, nodes, lines, edge...Figure 2.3 Three commonly used coordinate systems. (a) Cartesian coordinate sy...Figure 2.4 Default Cartesian CS in a CAD system.Figure 2.5 The definition of a point from existing reference geometries. (a) A...Figure 2.6 Using points to represent lines and planes. (a) Point. (b) Line. (c...Figure 2.7 The definition of a reference line from existing geometric elements...Figure 2.8 The definition of a reference plane from existing geometric element...Figure 2.9 Object coordinate system in a world coordinate system.Figure 2.10 Impacts of elements in a generalized homogeneous matrix.Figure 2.11 Example of a scaling matrix of a 3D object. (a) Before transformat...Figure 2.12 Reflection coordinate transformation matrices of an object. (a) Ob...Figure 2.13 Example of the 3D shearing transformation of an object. (a) Before...Figure 2.14 Rational coordinate transformation of an object. (a) Object in the...Figure 2.15 Vertices, edges, and faces of a solid.Figure 2.16 Relational structure of a pyramid object.Figure 2.17 Hierarchical structure of a pyramid object.Figure 2.18 Network structure of a pyramid object.Figure 2.19 Representation of a spherical surface.Figure 2.20 Examples of valid and invalid geometries. (a) Same geometries with...Figure 2.21 Inner loop and genus examples. (a) Inner loop example. (b) Genus e...Figure 2.22 Variety of geometric modelling methods.Figure 2.23 Ambiguity examples of wireframe models. (a) Wireframe model. (b) P...Figure 2.24 Surface model example.Figure 2.25 Example of half‐spaces in B‐Rep method. (a) Seven surfaces with an...Figure 2.26 Data structure of space composition.