Contribution to predefinition of the geometric features and their processing sequences in order to create a CAPP model

Abstract

In order to create a Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP) model for a family of parts, it is necessary to establish a database containing the geometric features specific to that family. In the car body production line industry, several families of parts can be determined each having specific geometric features. The parts that are part of a family of parts must be designed in such a way that at the end, they contain those specific features. The next step in the implementation of the CAPP model, is to create a database for processing sequences associated with geometric features. Combining these two databases, the database of geometric features and the processing sequences, the result is the NC program of the designed part. This study presents the creation of these two databases and the link between them.