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FIGURE 5.12<br />

Schematic sketch of the CAPP system, GIFTS.<br />

5.9 GIFTS: A Generative CAPP System for Rotational Parts<br />

Based on the models described above, this section outlines a PC-based CAPP system for rotational parts<br />

conceived as GIFTS—<br />

a Generative, Interactive, Feature-based and Technology-oriented System.<br />

The schematic<br />

sketch of GIFTS is shown in Figure 5.12. The objective of GIFTS is to achieve a PPIR for a given PDIR with<br />

respect to MRIR. GIFTS is designed in modular fashion with each module responsible for one function of<br />

planning as follows.<br />

Turbo-Model: a part modeling module for representing the part data in terms of form features. The<br />

resultant part model is PDIR.<br />

Data-GIFTS: a data base management module for modeling the manufacturing resources. These data<br />

bases are collectively referred to as MRIR.<br />

Macro-GIFTS: a macro-planning module responsible for the planning functions at the part level.<br />

Machine selection, setup planning, and operation sequencing are attempted by this module.<br />

Micro-GIFTS: a module that works at the operation level. Selection of cutting tool, optimization of<br />

process parameters, determination of costs and times are attempted by this module.<br />

Report-GIFTS: a module that converts PPIR, which stores planning details generated by Macro- and<br />

Micro-GIFTS, to the required external format (e.g., textual process plan, graphical simulations of<br />

plans).<br />

5.10 Turbo-Model: Part Modeling System for GIFTS<br />

The proposed CAPP system, GIFTS, is designed to work in a manufacturing system where the part design<br />

is available as an engineering drawing. Hence, a post-design approach needs to be employed for part<br />

modeling. As shown in Figure 5.13, the second method (FBMS) is employed because it avoids the<br />

additional step of creating the geometric model to prepare the input for FRES.

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