Fundamentals and new achievements in feature-based modeling, a review

Feature-based modeling approach has been widely utilized in various applications of product and process engineering. Initially, it was introduced for geometry representation in computer-aided design (CAD) utilities. With further developments in computer-aided engineering, process planning, and manuf...

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Main Authors: Besharati-Foumani, Hossein, Lohtander, Mika, Varis, Juha
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Feature interoperability
Feature-based modeling
Knowledge representation
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Summary:Feature-based modeling approach has been widely utilized in various applications of product and process engineering. Initially, it was introduced for geometry representation in computer-aided design (CAD) utilities. With further developments in computer-aided engineering, process planning, and manufacturing, feature-based modeling gained higher importance and role for the integration of these systems. Despite considerable efforts to gain domain-neutral definition for features, they have been mostly defined for specific applications that restrict their reusability for different systems. Recent progress in the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, in addition to additive and hybrid manufacturing techniques, has realized a new manufacturing paradigm called Social Manufacturing which needs significant cross-domain interactions and intensifies the demand for feature interoperability. In this paper, after presenting a brief history of the feature-based modeling approach and its development challenges, we focus on finding the approaches to tackle feature interoperability issues and investigate the role of features in Model-Based Definition (MBD) and the Social Manufacturing paradigm. Also, future research pathways to develop the feature-based modeling approach is presented.
ISSN:2351-9789
2351-9789
DOI:10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.140