Development of web-based knowledge-based system for CAD modeling and manufacturing

Abstract

With the aim of sustain in the present volatile market, the companies are looking for the alternate methods for designing and manufacturing. Web-based technologies have the potential to blend into the context of engineering design and manufacturing. This paper presents a preliminary approach for developing the web-based Knowledge-Based System for CAD modeling and 9manufacturing. The advanced CAD modeling techniques such as parametric modeling technique have been incorporated in the proposed system along with the macro codes for generation of the CAD model. The generated CAD model is the intermediate output of the proposed system and is the input to the CNC code generator to carry out the manufacturing processes. An inference engine and relevant web-UI are developed for assisting the design engineers. The intension behind the development of the system is to reduce the CAD modeling and manufacturing time and thereby reducing the production cost.