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In the metal processing industry, casting is the most popular means for achieving a desired shape (net shape) in a single step. The casting process is heavily experience-oriented and casting design is an iterative task between casting designers and foundry experts. There is a lot of wastage of resources and time during the design-manufacturing cycle when a part is being engineered. Initial estimates of manufacturability are valuable to the design-er as this avoids costly redesign efforts. With the emergence of abundant computing resources, computer-aided design (CAD)/computer-aided manu-facture (CAM) of casting parts is poised for a big leap forward. Part descriptions of three-dimensional CAD models are in a form of basic geometry and topology to which manufacturing process and engineering analysis cannot be directly applied. Conventional solid models have been concentrated on representing physical information of objects, thus allowing the system to perform mathematical operations. However, recent develop-ments in computer applications to manufacturing processes require more information for decision making in such areas as process planning and manufacturability analysis. Since domain knowledge is usually associated with manufacturing features rather than detailed geometric descriptions, obtaining manufacturing feature descriptions has been one of the most important aspects in CAD/CAM integration.
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You, I.C., Chu, C.N., Kashyap, R.L. (1994). Expert system for casting design evaluation. In: Mital, A., Anand, S. (eds) Handbook of Expert Systems Applications in Manufacturing Structures and rules. Intelligent Manufacturing Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0703-7_9
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