Feature Mapping Automation for CAD Data Exchange

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leen Hanayneh ◽  
Yiwen Wang ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Jack C. Wileden ◽  
Khurshid A. Qureshi
Keyword(s):  
Information Integration ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Feature Model ◽  
Feature Mapping ◽  
Data Interoperability ◽  
Data Formats ◽  
Engineering Environment ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

Computer-aided design (CAD) data interoperability is one of the most important issues to enable information integration and sharing in a collaborative engineering environment. A significant amount of work has been done on the extension and standardization of neutral data formats in both academy and industry. In this paper, we present a feature mapping mechanism to allow for automatic feature information exchange. A hybrid semantic feature model is used to represent implicit and explicit features. A graph-based feature isomorphism algorithm is developed to support feature mapping between different CAD data formats.

Ontology-Based Representation and Verification to Enable Feature Interoperability Between CAD Systems

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Tessier ◽  
Yan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Information Integration ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Exchange Process ◽  
Input Parameter ◽  
Heterogeneous Data ◽  
Boundary Representation ◽  
Target System ◽  
Data Interoperability ◽  
Cad Systems

Data interoperability between computer-aided design (CAD) systems remains a major obstacle in the information integration and exchange in a collaborative engineering environment. The standards for CAD data exchange have remained largely restricted to geometric representations, causing the design intent portrayed through construction history, features, parameters, and constraints to be discarded in the exchange process. In this research paper, an ontology-based framework is proposed to allow for the full exchange of semantic feature data. The Ontology Web Language (OWL) is used to represent feature types as well as the concepts and properties that define features, which allows the use of existing ontology reasoning tools to infer new relationships and information between heterogeneous data. Boundary representation (B-Rep) data corresponding to the output of the feature operation is also stored for purposes of feature identification and translation verification. The base ontology and a small feature library are built in OWL, and a combination of OWL and SWRL (Semantic Web Rule Language) rules are developed to allow a feature from an arbitrary source system to be automatically classified and translated into the target system through the use of a reasoner. These rules relate input parameter and reference types to expected B-Rep objects, allowing classification even when feature definitions vary or when little is known about the source system. In cases when the source system is well known, this approach also permits direct translation rules to be implemented. With such a flexible framework, a neutral feature exchange format could be developed.

scholarly journals Analyzing and Implementing a Feature Mapping Approach to CAD System Interoperability

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Altidor ◽  
Jack Wileden ◽  
Yiwen Wang ◽  
Leen Hanayneh ◽  
Yan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Information Integration ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Feature Mapping ◽  
Fundamental Study ◽  
Cad Systems ◽  
Cad System ◽  
Mapping Process ◽  
System Interoperability

Interoperable information exchange between computer-aided design (CAD) systems is one of the major problems to enable information integration in a collaborative engineering environment. Although a significant amount of work has been done on the extension and standardization of CAD data formats as well as the cooperation of CAD systems in both academy and industry, these approaches are generally low-level and narrowly targeted. Lack of fundamental study of interoperability and generic solution to this problem is the major issue. Our intention of this research is to design a solution of CAD feature interoperability as generic as possible based on a theoretical foundation of language types. In this paper, we present a fundamental model of semantic features and feature mapping process based on the type theory. We implement and demonstrate our approach for automated feature exchange between commercial CAD systems.

scholarly journals Model-Based Feature Information Network (MFIN): A Digital Twin Framework to Integrate Location-Specific Material Behavior Within Component Design, Manufacturing, and Performance Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-409
Author(s):  
Saikiran Gopalakrishnan ◽  
Nathan W. Hartman ◽  
Michael D. Sangid
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Material Behavior ◽  
Information Network ◽  
Digital Twin ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Feature Information ◽  
Damage Tolerant

AbstractThe digital transformation of manufacturing requires digitalization, including automatic and efficient data exchange. Model-based definitions (MBDs) capture digital product definitions, in order to eliminate error-prone information exchange associated with traditional paper-based drawings and to provide contextual information through additional metadata. The flow of MBDs extends throughout the product lifecycle (including the design, analysis, manufacturing, in service life, and retirement stages) and can be extended beyond the typical geometry and tolerance information within a computer-aided design. In this paper, the MBDs are extended to include materials information, via dynamic linkages. To this end, a model-based feature information network (MFIN) is created to provide a comprehensive framework that facilitates storing, updating, searching, and retrieving of relevant information across a product’s lifecycle. The use case of a damage tolerant analysis for a compressor bladed-disk (blisk) is demonstrated, in Ti-6Al-4V blade(s) linear friction welded to the Ti-6Al-4V disk, creating well-defined regions exhibiting grain refinement and high residuals stresses. By capturing the location-specific microstructure and residual stress values at the weld regions, this information is accessed within the MFIN and used for downstream damage tolerant analysis. The introduction of the MFIN framework facilitates access to dynamically evolving data for use within physics-based models (resulting in the opportunity to reduce uncertainty in subsequent prognosis analyses), thereby enabling a digital twin description of the component or system.

hData - A Simple XML Framework for Health Data Exchange

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Beuchelt ◽  
Harry Sleeper ◽  
Andrew Gregorowicz ◽  
Robert Dingwell
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Health Information Exchange ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Data Interoperability ◽  
History Of ◽  
Electronic Health

Health data interoperability issues limit the expected benefits of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. Ideally, the medical history of a patient is recorded in a set of digital continuity of care documents which are securely available to the patient and their care providers on demand. The history of electronic health data standards includes multiple standards organizations, differing goals, and ongoing efforts to reconcile the various specifications. Existing standards define a format that is too complex for exchanging health data effectively. We propose hData, a simple XML-based framework to describe health information. hData addresses the complexities of the current HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA). hData is an XML design that can be completely validated by modern XML editors and is explicitly designed for extensibility to address future health information exchange needs. hData applies established best practices for XML document architectures to the health domain, thereby facilitating interoperability, increasing software developer productivity, and thus reducing the cost for creating and maintaining EHR technologies.

scholarly journals EXTRACTION AND TRANSFORMATION OF IFC DATA TO CITYGML FORMAT

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-4/W16 ◽  
pp. 595-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Sani ◽  
I. A. Musliman ◽  
A. Abdul Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Data Interoperability ◽  
Industry Foundation Classes ◽  
Gis Applications ◽  
Two Systems ◽  
Building Information ◽  
The Difference

Abstract. The integration of Geographic Information System (GIS) and the Building Information Modeling (BIM) referred to as the merging of the two systems for the purpose of data interoperability. The need to share information between the two systems is what motivated the integration process purposely for geospatial analysis. This can be achieved through their data exchange formats such as; City Markup Language (CityGML) and Industry Foundation Classes (IFC). The formats are the two most prominent key schemas of GIS and BIM systems respectively. The integration is a step towards information exchange or sharing (data interoperability) between the two systems. The selection of the two most prominent data exchange formats is as a result of their widespread applications in the GIS and BIM domains. However, the differences in geometric and the semantics information hinders data interoperability (information sharing) between GIS and BIM. Also, coupled with the difference in schema structure and the level of information richness between IFC and CityGML. This paper, propose a geometry transformation process that can be used to extract and transform IFC building objects to that of CityGML building objects to enable 3D model design and constructed using BIM tool to be easily reused in 3D GIS applications which will be able to support the CityGML model format. Where the geometric information will be extracted using the IFC tree-structure (hierarchy) and transformed to destination CityGML.

Design of Information Integration for Distribution System Based on IEC61968

2014 ◽  
Vol 556-562 ◽  
pp. 6072-6075
Author(s):  
Si Peng Hao ◽  
Cheng Biao Chu ◽  
Quan Fang
Keyword(s):  
Information Integration ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Management System ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Distribution Management ◽  
Integration Architecture ◽  
Message Format ◽  
Distribution Management System

To deal with the problem that information shares hardly and data exchanges inefficiently in distribution system, various information systems need multi-source integration. The IEC61968-based information exchange platform is an effective means to resolve the integration problem, realizing seamless data exchange and sharing of data between various subsystems. This paper mainly analyzes the Distribution Management System (DMS) information integration architecture and the message structure. Firstly, the paper proposes a design scheme of power Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) based on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) which meeting IEC 61970/61968 standards. Meanwhile, by analyzing the message characteristic of IEC61968 standard, introduce a kind of message format which is suitable for the loosely coupled heterogeneous system with application services and integrating and information sharing. The proposed ESB architecture and message format can meet the need of data processing under different business integration scenes, so as to facilitate the information integration of distribution management system.

scholarly journals OpenPharma Blockchain on FHIR: An Interoperable Solution for Read-Only Health Records Exchange through Blockchain and Biometrics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gracie Carter ◽  
Ben Chevellereau ◽  
Hossain Shahriar ◽  
Sweta Sneha
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Identity Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Distributed Applications ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
Data Interoperability ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Share Data

The healthcare system in the United States is unique. From payor to provider, patients have the freedom of choice. This creates a complicated and profitable paradigm of care. Legislation defines government expectations of data exchange; however, the methods are left to the discretion of the stakeholders. Today, devices and programs are not built to unified standards, thus they do not share data easily. This communication between software is known as interoperability. We address the health data interoperability by leveraging Fast Health Interoperable Resource (FHIR) standard, a viewer of FHIR called OpenPharma, and Blockchain technology. Our proof of concept, called “OpenPharma Blockchain on FHIR” (OBF), is interoperable by design and grants clinicians access to patient records using a combination of data standards, distributed applications, patient-driven identity management, and the Ethereum blockchain. OBF is a trustless, secure, decentralized, and vendor-independent method for information exchange. It is easy to implement and places the control of records with the patients.

CAD Data Exhange and CAD Standards

2009 ◽  
pp. 32-53
Author(s):  
Xun Xu
Keyword(s):  
Data Exchange ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Engineering Model ◽  
Data Interoperability ◽  
Cad System ◽  
Data Formats ◽  
Heavy Equipment ◽  
Feature Based ◽  
Original Equipment Manufacturers

Today, more companies than ever before are involved in manufacturing various parts of their end products using different subcontractors, many of whom are often geographically diverse. The rise of such global efforts has created the need for sharing information among vendors involved in multi-disciplinary projects. Transfer of data is necessary so that, for example, one organization can be developing a CAD model, while another performs analysis work on the same model; at the same time a third organization is responsible for manufacturing the product. Data transfer fills the need to satisfy each of these functions in a specific way. Accurate transmission is of paramount importance. Thus, a mechanism for good data transfer is needed. The CAD interoperability issue - using one CAD system in-house, yet needing to deliver designs to, or receive designs from, another system, poses a challenge to industries such as automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, heavy equipment, and high-tech original equipment manufacturers and their suppliers. It is worth studying the issue and determining how engineering model data is delivered today to manufacturers and suppliers, how CAD conversion, geometric translation, and/or feature-based CAD interoperability are handled, at what expense, and under whose authority. This chapter explores the various ways to make this vital transfer possible. The attention will be directed towards data exchange and standards for 3-D CAD systems. Since CAD data formats have a lot to do with CAD kernels that govern the data structure and therefore the data formats, some popular CAD kernels are discussed. The data interoperability section covers different types of data translations and conversions. The use of neutral or standardized data exchange protocols is one of the natural methods for data exchange and sharing. This topic is covered at the end of this chapter.

scholarly journals Document-Driven Design for Distributed CAD Services in Service-Oriented Architecture

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Wang ◽  
Bart O. Nnaji
Keyword(s):  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
Feature Model ◽  
System Throughput ◽  
Data Interoperability ◽  
Batch Mode ◽  
Human Errors ◽  
Cad Systems ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
New Feature

Current computer-aided design (CAD) systems only support interactive geometry generation, which is not ideal for distributed engineering services in enterprise-to-enterprise collaboration with a generic thin-client service-oriented architecture. This paper proposes a new feature-based modeling mechanism—document-driven design—to enable batch mode geometry construction for distributed CAD systems. A semantic feature model is developed to represent informative and communicative design intent. Feature semantics is explicitly captured as a trinary relation, which provides good extensibility and prevents semantics loss. Data interoperability between domains is enhanced by schema mapping and multiresolution semantics. This mechanism aims to enable asynchronous communication in distributed CAD environments with ease of design alternative evaluation and reuse, reduced human errors, and improved system throughput and utilization.

A Programming Language Approach to Parametric CAD Data Exchange

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Altidor ◽  
Jack Wileden ◽  
Jeffrey McPherson ◽  
Ian Grosse ◽  
Sundar Krishnamurty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Programming Language ◽  
Information Integration ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Cad Systems ◽  
Cad System ◽  
Parametric Data ◽  
Language Research ◽  
Parametric Cad ◽  
Aided Design

Data exchange between different computer-aided design (CAD) systems is a major problem inhibiting information integration in collaborative engineering environments. Existing CAD data format standards such as STEP and IGES enable geometric data exchange. However, they ignore construction history, features, constraints, and other parametric-based CAD data. As a result, they are inadequate for supporting modification, extension and other important higher-level functionality when accessing an imported CAD model from another CAD system. Achieving such higher-level functionality therefore often requires a time-consuming, error-prone, tedious process of manually recreating the model in the target CAD system. Based on techniques adapted from programming language research, this paper presents an approach to exchanging parametric data between CAD systems using formally-defined conversion semantics. We have demonstrated the utility of our approach by developing a prototype implementation that automates the conversion of 2D sketches between two popular CAD systems: Pro/ENGINEER and SolidWorks. We present examples showing that our approach is able to accurately convert parametric CAD data even in cases where models were constructed using operations from the source CAD system that have no direct counterpart in the target CAD system. Although the case study focuses on 2D interoperability, our approach provides formal foundations for supporting 3D and semantic interoperability between CAD systems.

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