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FIGURE 5.6 Interaction of various elements in computer-aided process planning (CAPP). MRIR: manufacturing<br />

resources internal representation; PDIR: part design internal representation; PPIR: process plan internal representation.<br />

5.6 Part Modeling for CAPP<br />

One of the problems concerning the automation of the process planning function is that of high input<br />

effort needed to describe a part. The reason can be attributed to the fact that the experience and knowledge<br />

of humans play a prominent role in interpreting and communicating the part data in a manufacturing<br />

system. The translation of the part data from human-interpretable format to computer-interpretable<br />

format is complex, but mandatory input for CAPP.<br />

Part modeling, through which a complete and unambiguous definition that captures the design content<br />

of the part is to be achieved, has become one of the key research issues since the inception of CAPP.<br />

There exist three basic sets of data which completely describe the design content of a part:<br />

• Geometrical data: The geometrical data give the basic description of the shape. For ex<strong>amp</strong>le,<br />

diameter of a hole, depth of a groove, width of a keyway, etc. constitute this type of data.<br />

• Technological data: The information pertaining to tolerances and surface finish can be referred<br />

to as technological data, e.g., circularity, diametrical tolerance, runout, etc.<br />

• General (or global) data: Certain global characteristics that are applicable to the part as a whole<br />

are often added to the design specification. These global attributes include quantity to be produced,<br />

work material, design number, part name, and other task-dependent details which normally appear<br />

on the drawing and the process plan.<br />

Representation of Geometrical Details<br />

There are many methods followed for part modeling as a part of CAPP system development. These can<br />

be categorized as (1) non-CAD models, (2) CAD models, and (3) feature-based models.<br />

Non-CAD Models<br />

These modeling methods are characterized by the absence of CAD systems. These can be classified as<br />

• Group technology (GT) coding which is based on GT coding schemes for the retrieval of existing<br />

process plans. Detailed process plans for several part families are developed and stored in the<br />

system’s data base. The major characteristics of the new part are matched with a similar part and

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