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Engineering Change of Products Using Workflow Management Based on the Parameters Network  

Yang, Jeongsam (Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST)
Goltz, Michael (Institute for Mechanical Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology)
Han, Soonhung (Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST)
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Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers / v.29, no.2, 2003 , pp. 157-164 More about this Journal
Abstract
The amount of information increases rapidly when working in a distributed environment where multiple collaborative partners work together on a complex product. Today's PDM (product data management) systems provide good capabilities regarding the management of product data within a single company. However, taking into account the variety of systems used at partner sites in an engineering environment one can easily imagine problems regarding the interoperability and the data consistency. This paper presents a concept to improve the workflow management using the parameters network. It shows a parameter driven engineering workflow that is able to manage engineering task across company boarders. We introduce a mechanism of workflow management based on the engineering parameters and an architecture of the distributed workspace to apply it within a PDM system. For a parameter mapping between CAD and PDM system we developed an XML-based CATIA data interface module using CAA.
Keywords
engineering change; parameter based workflow; engineering parameters;
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