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Customer-driven Collaborative Product Assembler for Internet-based Commerce

Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, csschan{at}comp.polyu.edu.hk

Sophia M. K. Soo

Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

K. M. Yu

Department of Industrial and System Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

In this study, a real-time collaborative 3D assembling system (Co-assembler) has been described that allows casual customers to interactively and virtually configure the 3D products over the Internet. It provides a framework for a web-based 3D assembly system that uses a customizable product model to significantly simplify the configuration and the assembly process, and a customer-driven recommendation helper to assist the customers make their design decisions. Two assembly-specific data formats - Assembly ML and Parametric Product ML are developed for archival and data transfer. The system aims to capture the customers’ needs and convert them into technical specifications, indirectly helping to promote e-commerce for manufacturing enterprises.

Key Words: customer-driven • 3D product assembler • collaborative work • internet • co-assembler

Concurrent Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 2, 99-109 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1063293X06065538


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