Engineering Shape Search System

<<The primary goal of this project is to develop a search system for engineering parts. It is expected that this system can be used in conjunction with PLM systems or can be customized as a standalone feature in CAD repositories. A significant amount of knowledge generated during design and manufacturing is associated with the 3D model. However, text-based searching is not robust primarily for the following reasons: (a) All models will not have a well-defined attached context. (b) Keywords such as project names or part names may be unknown to the user. (c) Context may be too narrow or too broad to retrieve relevant models. (d) Context changes with time, such as when designers or naming conventions change. Thus, a search system which is capable of retrieving similar 3D models based on their shape will also retrieve related knowledge.>>

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<a href="http://tools.ecn.purdue.edu/~cise/dess.html">http://tools.ecn.purdue.edu/~cise/dess.html</a> Received on Fri Apr 16 23:36:00 2004