Process Planning - part design representation – Engineering design – design drafting – Computer aided design – CAD input/output devices – Geometric modeling for Process planning.
Group technology coding and its types
Process engineering – experiment based planning – machinist handbook – and decision trees – process capability analysis.
Variant process planning – preparatory stage – production stage – family formation – data base structure – search procedure – plan editing – parameter selection.
Generative approach – forward and backward planning – input format – CAD modes – decision logic – decision tree – artificial intelligence.
REFERENCES
Tien-Chien Chang and Richard A.Wysk,’Introdution to automated process planning system’, Prentice – Hall, 1985.
Mikell, P. Groover, ‘CAD/CAM’, Prentice – Hall, 1985.
Khabal Taraman, ‘ CAD/CAM integrates and innovation’, Computer and Automated systems association of SME, 1989.
