Part Library Usage and Supply

Objective

The objectives of the project are to validate and improve the CAD-LIB approach; stimulate the practical use of this approach through developing a complete set of pre-industrial tools; contribute to the final standardisation work through the demonstration of the concepts; and prepare pre-normative specifications as input to European and international standardisation.

The portability of parts libraries is a major economic concern for CAD system users, component manufacturers and for CAD system vendors. To allow such portability, a whole set of concepts, known as the CAD-LIB approach, has been developed in Europe. This set of concepts is based on the experiences gained using proprietary solutions and national standards that fulfilled only portions of the end-user's needs. These concepts constitute the agreed basis of the European and international standardisation work (CEN/TC310-pr ENV 40004 and ISO/TC184/SC4-ISO 13584).

The project aims to strengthen the position of European industry in the parts library market will be strengthened through:

- the development of three pre-competitive library management systems which support the new capabilities resulting from the CAD-LIB approach and the migration from previous proprietary or standardised systems
- the development of a complete description of the components of a part supplier
- the development of know-how about the CAD-LIB approach among the project partners

As a result of the project it will be possible to demonstrate:

- the interactive generation of a parts library
- the exchange and automatic integration of this library by three library management systems related to different CAD systems
- the benefits for the user of such systems resulting from the CAD-LIB approach.

Exploitation of the project results will be through:

- marketing of commercial library management systems and parts library generation tools, based on the new approach
- generation and integration of standards in this field.

Programme(s)

• FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994

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Coordinator

VW-GESELLSCHAFT FÜR TECHNISCHE DATENVERARBEITUNGSSYSTEME

Address

Pascalstraße 11
10587 Berlin
Germany

Participants (6)

INA Wälzlager Schäffler KG

Germany

Address

Industriestraße 1-3
91074 Herzogenaurach

Matra Datadivision

France

Address

31 Avenue De La Baltique
91961 Les Ulis

SEAT S.A.

Spain

Address

Sector A, Calle 2, 1-25, 740
08080 Barcelona

SGAO

France

Address

8 Rue Henri Becquerel
92508 Rueil-malmaison

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLAUSTHAL

Germany

Address

Robert-koch-strasse 32
38678 Clausthal-zellerfeld

École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique

France

Address

109 Site Du Futuroscope
86960 Futuroscope