Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering: Proceedings of the Third IDMME Conference Held in Montreal, Canada, May 2000 [Hardcover]

1: Design Theory : Methodology.- Confrontation of viewpoints in a concurrent engineering process.- A concurrent engineering experience based on a Cooperative and Object Oriented Design Methodology.- A Method and a Support for a Better Integration of Mechanical Simulation in the Design Process.- Representation of Design Activities Using Neural Networks: Application to Fuzzy Dimensioning.- Quantitative constraints in integrated design.- Handling imprecision in pairwise comparison.- Funtional and Manufacturing Specifications  Part 1: Geometrical Expression by Gauge with Internal Mobilities.- Funtional and Manufacturing Specifications  Part 2: Validation of a Process Plan.- Robust design and statistical tolerances analysis.- Development and Feedbacks of a New Communication Tool to Harness Information and Knowledge and Know-How in Integrated Engineering  Case Study at Eads.- A knowledge-based environment for modelling and computer-aided process planning of rapid manufacturing processes.- Evaluation of Decisions Considering the Choice of Actors in Product Design Processes.- 2: Design Theory: Models.- A Declarative Approach to a 2D Variational Modeler.- Copying of Free-Forms from Digitized Data.- Flexible Parts Modelling for Virtual Reality Assembly Simulations.- A rectification algorithm for manifold Boundary representation models.- Information Support in an Integrated Product Development System.- A methodology for modeling process information.- A Set of New Tools for the Automatic Meshing and Remeshing of Mechanical Parts.- A Control Criterion Dedicated to Detail Removal for F.E.A. Geometry Adaptation.- Feature Recognition and Remeshing by Local Hermite Diffuse Interpolation.- 3: Control, Measurement and Tolerancing.- Tight fit design taking into account form andsurface defects.- Calculation of virtual and resultant part for variational assembly analysis.- 3D quantification of machining defects.- Formal Definition of Tolerancing in Cad and Metrology.- Quality Measureml“?