3-D assembly process information generation technology based on virtual assembly

Abstract

The process of interactive virtual assembly contains mass of assembly process information which is described and saved by assembly hierarchical liaison model. Assembly BOM and 3-D assembly process files generation technology is presented. Data structure of single hierarchical assembly BOM is described, and mapping method of assembly data from assembly hierarchical liaison model to assembly BOM is given. Assembly process files data model is described. The generation flow of 3-D assembly animation based on Pro/Toolkit and assembly process files structure is presented. An application case is given to verify the validation of the proposed technology which can improve the process file editing efficiency. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.