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FIGURE 9.9 Derivation of mating frames.<br />

With the same sequence of calculations, one can find the direction of mating frame axes of the mating<br />

part. Relationships such as parallel-offset, incline-offset, and include-angle may use this method of<br />

reversing one of the normal directions of a face of a part. For a cylindrical (spherical) feature, the normal<br />

directions of the feature are infinite; the orientation can be finite through the intersection of other features’<br />

spatial relationships.<br />

Product Specification Attributes<br />

Product specifications describe the constraints of form and function of a product. Tolerances are form<br />

specifications that specify the available range for position, orientation, and form of a product or<br />

component. Function specifications describe the functional performance of a product or its individual<br />

components. Form specifications influence the functional performance; function is the product of<br />

interaction of forms. For ex<strong>amp</strong>le, in order to fasten two blocks with a screw, the bolt of the screw<br />

must have the same type of thread as the threaded hole of the block below. Based on design principles,<br />

the hole for the block above has to be a smooth cylindrical surface. The outside diameters should be<br />

the same for the threaded holes and the depth of thread of the bolt should move far enough to make<br />

contact with the threaded hole of the bottom block. It can be seen that the form specifications needed<br />

are: thread type, thread length, and the diameter tolerance. In assembling the forms, the fasten function<br />

can thus be achieved. In this ex<strong>amp</strong>le, if designers assign the screw-fasten function between threaded<br />

hole and bolt with a specified load, then they provide enough information for searching the form<br />

specifications for both bolt and threaded hole. We propose that the most appropriate time to assign<br />

the specifications to a product is in the assembly mode, which saves human effort and clarifies the<br />

intention of the designer.<br />

Product specification attributes such as functional descriptions and positional specifications can be<br />

specified by the designers. Others can be automatically (or interactively, when the default information<br />

is insufficient) generated through the specifications assigned. These specification attributes contain the<br />

information about the methods of assembly (such as glue, weld, snap fit, etc.) and the tolerances<br />

associated with positioning the parts. Through assignment of the spatial relationships, these attributes<br />

are inferred. For ex<strong>amp</strong>le, in Figure 9.2, the positional tolerances Da � ta and Db � tb are assigned<br />

with association of parallel-offset, and then the tolerance Dc � tc and Dd � td of components are<br />

decided upon. With complete specifications represented and assigned, this information can be propagated<br />

to a postprocessor such as tolerance propagation and process planning. In the next section, we<br />

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