产品族设计中的零件相似性评价方法

在产品族设计过程中,为促进产品平台的组建,提出一种零件相似性评价方法.该方法以形状特征的分类、拓扑关系和特征参数为基础,建立了统一的产品族零件表达模型,讨论了形状特征拓扑关系、几何形状及位置相似度的计算方法,确定了评价零件相似性的流程.应用实例验证了该方法是有效的.     

Similarity Analysis-based Component Standardization for Product Family Design

During the product family design, it is necessary to reduce the variety of components and share common components among many products. The major benefits are lessened design efforts and reduced costs. Therefore, this paper presents an approach to standardize components of a product family. Form feature modeling for components is discussed. Based on the similarity analysis, a step by step method to standardize the feature architectures of components is described. The algorithms for standardization are identified as well. A case for standardizing components of an auto-body family is used to demonstrate the validity of this approach.