INTEGRATION MODEL AND HIERARCHICAL MANAGEMENT OF DESIGN RESOURCES WITHIN THE WEB-ENABLED ENVIRONMENT

摘要

This paper presents a Web-based collaborative environment, which integrates all the necessary design resources, including the experts from different domains and their own design applications. Two basic working models of the collaborative environment are presented. The server centralised model suits for the administrative tasks, and the point-to-point model is more efficient in other circumstances, such as CAD data exchange and program invocation. This project combines the two models to provide an efficient and effective design approach for product designers. Besides, the hierarchical architecture of naming services for design resources, including CAD, CAM and PDM resources and design optimisation applications, is described. Finally, a conclusion is given.