Technical note: Parametric exchange of round shapes between a mechanical CAD system and a ship CAD system

摘要: Interoperability among heterogeneous Computed-Aided Design (CAD) systems is an important issue. With the advent of global outsourcing, collaborative design has expanded from inside enterprise to parts suppliers. This paper introduces a method for data exchange between shipyards and equipment These parties usually use different CAD systems, because they want select most suitable one their jobs. provide modeling functionality that based on distinct units. Therefore, data, must map these two sets Some units can be directly mapped converted, other cannot (such as fillet feature in mechanical system) are converted by indirect mapping procedure proposed this paper. The demonstrated with case studies TransCAD AVEVA Marine system.