Authors:
Sophia M K Soo
and
Stephen C F Chan
Affiliation:
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Keyword(s):
Assembling Mechanism, Parametric Object-Oriented Grouping Method, Assembly ML
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Human-Computer Interaction
;
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Robotics and Automation
;
Virtual Environment, Virtual and Augmented Reality
;
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
Abstract:
We describe a system that allows customers to interactively select, assemble, and modify 3D products over the WWW, enhancing the usage of 3D techniques for e-business. It provides a framework for a web-based 3D assembling system that can significantly simplify the assembling process while retaining enough flexibility to build an approximate model of real products. The assembled object is captured in a two-level architecture. Components are first connected using simplified and automatic assembling mechanism; then a bundle of connected components are grouped together by a parametric object-oriented grouping method. This grouping method parameterize the components to build a group of descriptive, featured and related object types - product, part and primitive within the assembling model. The system enhances the flexibility and efficiency for the assembling process over the WWW. For archival and data transfer, we developed an assembly-specific data format – Assembly ML. In the prototype
implementation of our interactive 3D assembler (I3DA), we integrated an intelligent decision helper to assist casual customers in selecting and assembling their desired product.
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