A Graph-based Software Tool for the CAD Modeling of Mechanical Assemblies

Stanislao Patalano, Ferdinando Vitolo, Antonio Lanzotti

2013

Abstract

The challenge of reducing designing time for new mechanical assemblies, especially in the context of large companies, encourages the use of methods and tools aimed to support designing activities and to re-use the company know-how. Furthermore, the design choices must be rapidly check to avoid errors that could cause delay or expensive re-designing. In such a context, the graph theory and related algorithms could be used to define a transfer function, easily to implement, that governs a software tool able to support the designing activities. Therefore, the paper presents a designing approach, based on the graph theory, aimed to generate the geometric modeling of mechanical assemblies. The approach and the software tool are useful both for designer and companies that want to customize and improve such activities. Finally, the paper shows the case study related to the design of a transversal manual gearbox and the generation of a GUI, developed in MatLAB® environment, to validate the approach.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Patalano S., Vitolo F. and Lanzotti A. (2013). A Graph-based Software Tool for the CAD Modeling of Mechanical Assemblies . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-46-4, pages 60-69. DOI: 10.5220/0004299000600069

in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp13,
author={Stanislao Patalano and Ferdinando Vitolo and Antonio Lanzotti},
title={A Graph-based Software Tool for the CAD Modeling of Mechanical Assemblies },
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={60-69},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004299000600069},
isbn={978-989-8565-46-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013)
TI - A Graph-based Software Tool for the CAD Modeling of Mechanical Assemblies
SN - 978-989-8565-46-4
AU - Patalano S.
AU - Vitolo F.
AU - Lanzotti A.
PY - 2013
SP - 60
EP - 69
DO - 10.5220/0004299000600069