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This work is based on two believes about the next generation of Computer Aided Design: first, it is necessary to explicitly store features and dimensions in a Product Model; second, it is necessary to support user defined features. The Product Model is represented as a hierarchical structure where it is possible to define two kinds of dimensions: local dimensions and relative dimensions. Relative dimensions are constraints that associate two different nodes in the hierarchical structure. It is also proposed an algorithm to satisfy a set of relative dimensions.
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TSUZUKI, M. S. G., born in 1963. Graduated in Electrical Eng. from Escola Politécnica da USP (EPUSP) — Brazil in 1985. Received the M.Sc. from the Dep. of Information Processing Eng. from Yokohama National University — Japan in 1988. Assistant of the Dep. of Mechanics/Mechatronics Eng. of EPUSP since 1990.
MIYAGI, P. E. Ph.D., born in 1959, graduated in Electrical Eng. from EPUSP — Brazil in 1981. Received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Tokyo Institute of Technology — Japan in 1985 and 1988 respectively. Associate Professor of Dep. of Mechanics/Mechatronics Eng. of EPUSP since 1993.
MOSCATO, L. A. Ph.D., born in 1946, graduated in Electrical Eng. from EPUSP — Brazil in 1969. M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Electrical Eng. Dep. from EPUSP in 1971 and 1978 respectively. Full Professor of Dep. of Mechanics/Mechatronics Eng. of EPUSP since 1988.
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Tsuzuki, M.S.G., Miyagi, P.E., Moscato, L.A. (1995). Representing Dimensions and Features in a Product Model. In: Sun, Q., Tang, Z., Zhang, Y. (eds) Computer Applications in Production Engineering. CAPE 1995. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34879-7_6
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