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3D Visualization of Discrete Event Simulation and Its Applications in Virtual Manufacturing  

Zhong Yongmin (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Australia)
Yuan Xiaobu (School of Computer Science, University of Windsor, Canada)
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International Journal of CAD/CAM / v.4, no.1, 2004 , pp. 19-32 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents a new approach to create 3D visualization from discrete simulation results. This approach connects discrete event simulation directly to 3D animation with its novel methods that analyze and convert discrete simulation results into animation events to trigger 3D animation. In addition, it constructs a 3D animation framework for the visualization of discrete simulation results. This framework supports the reuse of both the existing 3D animation objects and behavior components, and allows the rapid development of new 3D animation objects by users with no special knowledge in computer graphics. This approach has been implemented with the software component technology. As an application in virtual manufacturing, visualizations of an electronics assembly factory are also provided in the paper to demonstrate the performance of this new approach.
Keywords
Discrete event simulation; Discrete simulation events; Visualization; 3D animation; Software components and virtual manufacturing;
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