Abstract
In this paper it is suggested how an integrated computer based system for part design can be built. The main issue is how to automatically provide geometry data, determined by selected interacting standard components, to the used CAD-system. This kind of function determined geometry is in the paper called “interface geometry.”
The key component in the integrated computer program system is the standard component data base. This data base contains a parametric model of the standard component and its “interface geometry”. Parameters necessary as input data both to component performance analysis programs and geometry creation programs, are all included in the model.
The integrated program system consists of a data base, managed by a data base management system, application programs for component performance analysis and selection, and a conventional CAD-system. In order to make these different parts communicate, certain interface programs, both CAD-system dependent and independent, have been developed.
