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1、VirtualAssemblyUsingVirtualRealityTechniquesHughI.Connacher,GraduateAssistantSankarJayaram,AssistantProfessorSchoolofMechanicalandMaterialsEngineeringWashingtonStateUniversityPullman,WA99164-2920KevinW.LyonsManufacturingSystemsIntegrationDivisionNationalIn
2、stituteofStandardsandTechnologyGaithersburg,MD20899ABSTRACTVirtualrealityisatechnologywhichisoftenregardedasanaturalextensionto3Dcomputergraphicswithadvancedinputandoutputdevices.Thistechnologyhasonlyrecentlymaturedenoughtowarrantseriousengineeringapplicat
3、ions.Theintegrationofthisnewtechnologywithsoftwaresystemsforengineering,design,andmanufacturingwillprovideanewboosttothefieldofcomputer-aidedengineering.Oneaspectofdesignandmanufacturingwhichmaybesignificantlyaffectedbyvirtualrealityisdesignforassembly.Thi
4、spaperpresentsaresearcheffortaimedatcreatingavirtualassemblydesignenvironment.INTRODUCTIONThecompleteintegrationof3DdesignandmanufacturingtoolsisanimportantgoalofthedesignersandcreatorsofCAE(Computer-AidedEngineering)systems.Achievingthis3Dengineeringproce
5、sswillprovideameanstoenvision,refine,anddevelopaproductorprocesswithsignificantcostandtimesavings.Technologiesthatallow3Dassemblyevaluationsarenotyetfullyutilizedbyindustry,eventhoughvirtualmanufacturingtechnologiesareregardedasviableandvaluable.Obtaininga
6、trueconcurrentengineeringeffortrequiresacohesiveandcomprehensivesolutionthatsupportsbothproductandprocessviews.Virtualreality(VR)isanewtechnologywhichcanassistwiththisintegration.Virtualassemblycrossesmultipledomainsanditisimportantthattherelatedtechnologi
7、esdevelopsynchronouslytoenableindustrialapplicationsofvirtualassembly.ItisenvisionedthatthedistinctionbetweenCAD(Computer-AidedDesign)andvirtualrealitysystemswillconvergeasnewdesignsystemswillencompassfeaturesfromeachofthetechnologies.Theworkbeingdescribed
8、hereispartofalargereffortcalled“DesignbyManufacture”(Angster,1996).Ina“DesignbyManufacture”environment,thedesignerhasaccesstomanufacturingprocessesandtools(e.g.machinetools,assemblytools,transferlines,etc.)in