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Author(s): Kevin Lyons, Ram Sriram, Rachuri Sudarsan and U. Roy

Publication date: August 2000

Citation: Kevin Lyons, Ram Sriram, Rachuri Sudarsan and U. Roy: "Function-to-Form Mapping for Tolerance Synthesis: Part-II: Conceptual Design and Tolerance Synthesis," CAD/CAM Journal, August, 2000.

Key words: assembly, function, behavior models, design tolerancing, object oriented information architecture, tolerance analysis and synthesis

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Abstract:

In this paper, a design synthesis process has been proposed for the evolution of a conceptual design from the product specification and a proactive approach to tolerance synthesis has been proposed in the early stages of design when the product realization process is still evolving. The proposed design synthesis method is a mapping from the functional requirements to artifacts, with multi-stage constrained optimization during stages of design evolution. An overall design scheme has been proposed including optimization of global goals involving manufacturability, assembliability, and cost. Tolerance models for synthesis of tolerance during the detailed design phase has been introduced. The methodology presented in this paper, uses generic definitions of product specification, function requirements, behavioral models, and tolerance models introduced in the Part-I of this work.

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