Abstract
The purpose of this study was to construct a knowledge-based CAD/KBE system for the optimal design of golf heads. The inability of conventional CAD systems to identify existing knowledge during design and manufacturing processes is a current development bottleneck. Therefore, this study attempted to effectively introduce and integrate KBE technology into a CAD system, so as to achieve the objective of knowledge driven automation (KDA). This study selected golf iron heads with a complex-design surface as the research subject, adopted commercial CAD software (UG/NX) and its secondary development environment as a platform and applied perturbation vectors in the control of NURBS free-form surfaces. We changed the CAD’s entity shapes and physical properties, integrated the optimal principle of design with a CAD solid model, to automatically drive the CAD solid model of golf iron heads according to the design objectives, and constructed a knowledge-based optimal CAD design technology.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Reference12 articles.
1. R. Studer, V.R. Benjamins, Knowledge engineering: Principles and methods, Elsevier, Data & Knowledge Engineering 25 (1998) 161-179.
2. S. Cooper, I.S. Fan, G. Li, Achieving competitive advantage through knowledge-based engineering: a best practice guide, 2001 Cranfield university.
3. H. Liu, C. Sun, Z.D. Bai, Q.P. Zhao, Automated implementation of a design principle during the optimization of conceptual aircraft, Knowledge-Based Systems 20 (2007) 277-282.
4. J.A. Penoyer, G. Burnett, D.J. Fawcett, S.Y. Liou, Knowledge based product life cycle systems: principles of integration of KBE and C3P, Computer-Aided Design 32 (2000) 311-320.
5. S. Myung, S. Han, Knowledge-based parametric design of mechanical products based on configuration design method, Expert Systems with Applications 21 (2001) 99-107.