Empowering Design and Manufacturing by Extracting Intelligence from

Empowering Design and Manufacturing by Extracting Intelligence from 3 D Models Leveraging Geometry for Design Translation, Validation, Reuse and Collaboration By Robert Bean, PE EVP, Kubotek USA 9 th NASA-ESA Workshop on Product Data Exchange

Market Problems 1. Variable proprietary formats – – Only 30 percent of designers always receive CAD models from co-workers in their preferred format. Only 6 percent of designers always receive models from other companies in their preferred format. 2. Poor Quality Models Missing geometry Poor trimming 3. Rigid Models Malformed faces Gaps due to tolerances

Discover Intelligence

Moore’s Law Every form of communications technology is doubling priceperformance, bandwidth, capacity every 12 months Source: Wikipedea, Moore’s Law

Data Formats • Paper • 2 D CAD • 3 D Wireframe • 3 D Surface • 3 D Solids • PMI, GD&T, Assembly Data, BOM, PDM …

Discover and Reuse Geometry

Discover Features

Discover Patterns

Discover and Edit

Reuse Legacy Models

Repurpose: Manufacturing/Tooling

Geometry Extraction for Tooling

Repurpose : Analysis

Repurpose: Design

Save Options File Import Load Set options Run Validate Analyze Mass Properties Validation Process Geometry Topology Visualize results Write Import Certification • Validation Workflow Report Read Certified Validation Report Read Run

Related Technology : Validation

Implications of This Technology • CAD data can have the view of the designer, analyst or manufacturer • True Interoperability between CAD systems • The value of CAD data increases over time

Resources • The 2006 CAD Interoperability Survey Results, October 2006 • White Paper, Mining Intelligence in “Dumb” Geometry : Kubotek USA Advances Core Technology, CPDA • White Paper, Kubotek USA Raises the Bar on User Productivity with Super Feature Technology, CPDA

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