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Lu, Ming. "Fan Injecting Mold Design and CNC Process Based on Pro/Engineer." Applied Mechanics and Materials 246-247 (December 2012): 948–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.246-247.948.

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The method to design fan injection mold by software Pro/Engineer Wildfire has been described in the paper. And the CNC programming module has been used to the analog of producing process to verify the design and manufacturing superiority of mold by application software Pro/Engineer.
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Chen, Chan Juan, Guang Meng Fu, and Shuai Gao. "Development and Implementation of Subsystem of Direct Slicing on Three-Dimensional Model Based on Pro/E." Applied Mechanics and Materials 65 (June 2011): 148–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.65.148.

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It discusses the development method of the direct slicing software using on three-dimensional model which can run in the Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 environment. The author uses the secondary development tool Pro/TOOLKIT, which is used in Visual Studio 2008, to write the dynamic link library files which can run in the Pro/E environment with VC++ language. This paper provides the detailed analysis and discussion about the problems encountered in the course, and gives out the capable solutions.
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Zhao, Gang Lian, Yi Jiang, Yu Jun Chen, and Yan Li Ma. "A New Method of Integrate Simulation Based on ADAMS and Pro/ENGINEER." Applied Mechanics and Materials 229-231 (November 2012): 2065–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.229-231.2065.

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A new method of integrate simulation for the kinematics and dynamics analysis of complex mechanical system is presented in this paper. This platform of the method is based on Visual Studio 2005, MD ADAMS( Automatic Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical System) R3 and Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0. The experimental model is built with Pro/E, and then some functions of Pro/Toolkit are used to export file of parasolid format and coordinates of some specified Datum Points. Finally, the coordinates of these Datum Points are written into a CMD file (Commands file of ADAMS). A slider-crank mechanism is used as a numerical example to demonstrate the application of the method. It is shown that this approach is a much easier, faster than usual manual method especially for complex mechanical system which has a lot of Marker Points and constraints.
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Fu, Guang Meng, Chan Juan Chen, and Shuai Gao. "Development of Direct Slicing Software of Three-Dimensional Model Based on Pro/E." Advanced Materials Research 314-316 (August 2011): 1661–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.314-316.1661.

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The direct slicing software of three-dimensional model which can be run in the Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 environment is successfully developed. The method is the use of the secondary development tool Pro/TOOLKIT, which is used in Visual Studio 2008, using VC++ language to write the dynamic link library files which can run in the Pro/E environment. The software realizes not only the function that direct slicing on three-dimensional models, but also the generation of NC code file through the use of custom class on slice and the Standard Template Library which save the three-dimensional contour data of each slice.
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Umar, Abdurrahman Ahmad, Abdulrahaman Shuaibu Ahmad, Auwalu Gidado Yusuf, and Zulfiqar Ibrahim Bibi Farouk. "Effect of Face Width on Bending Stress of Spur Gear Using AGMA and FEA." Advanced Materials Research 945-949 (June 2014): 840–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.945-949.840.

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Spur gears are widely used in industry where the power transmission is required at heavy loads with smoother and noiseless operation. The study in this paper shows that the complex design problem of spur gear requires superior software skills for modeling and analysis. The problem been has solved using Pro/E and ANSYS software which provides equivalent results to that of AGMA. In this paper, spur gear was modeled using Pro/Engineer wildfire 4.0 and stress analysis was carried out using ANSYS 11.0. The results obtained from both AGMA and FEM were compared and found to be approximately similar.
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Stanová, Eva. "Geometrical Modeling of Steel Ropes." Selected Scientific Papers - Journal of Civil Engineering 8, no. 2 (2013): 85–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/sspjce-2013-0021.

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Abstract The paper deals with the mathematical geometric modeling of the ropes of circular cross- section. Such rope can be formed from strands of different shapes. There is considered steel rope made up of six strands, whose crosssection has oval, triangular or circular profil in this paper. The wires of these types of the strands are presented by parametric equations of the wire axis. The equations are implemented in the Pro/Engineer Wildfire V5 software for creating the geometrical model of the strand.
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Gomez, Juan, Justin Williams, In Hyouk Song, et al. "Analysis of Acoustic Characteristics of a Car Cabin Using Computer-Aided Engineering." Applied Mechanics and Materials 268-270 (December 2012): 883–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.268-270.883.

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A computer-aided engineering (CAE) model was developed to analyze the acoustic characteristics of a car cabin. Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0 was used to three-dimensionally represent the geometry of the cabin. The CAE, using COMSOL Multiphysics 4.2a, was performed to investigate the distribution of sound pressure fields at natural frequencies. The principle mode indices were (2, 1, 1), (2, 1, 1), (1, 1, 1), and (2, 2, 2), corresponding to the modal coefficients 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the natural frequencies of 179.691, 139.276, 221.620, and 231.386 Hz, respectively. The results of the analysis provided insight into the car cabin design to suppress exterior and interior noise.
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Stanová, Eva. "Geometry and Modeling of the Oval Strand of n0+(2n0+4)+n2 Type." Selected Scientific Papers - Journal of Civil Engineering 7, no. 2 (2012): 33–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10299-012-0004-3.

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Abstract A wire rope is a structure composed of many individual wires. The wires form two major structural elements: the strand core and the layers of the strand. There may be different shapes of strands in the rope depending on the shape of strand core. The paper deals with the mathematical geometric modeling of the oval wire strand created of n0 + (2n0 + 4) + n2 wires. The number and diameter of the core wires are the initial data. The mathematical representation is in form of parametric equations of the wire axes. The equations are implemented in the Pro/Engineer Wildfire V5 software for creating the geometrical model of the strand.
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Liu, Jun Qing, and Hong Yu Liu. "Strength Finite Element Analysis and Test Research of Steel Package Rotation Table Beam and Tumbler." Advanced Materials Research 605-607 (December 2012): 258–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.605-607.258.

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In order to research the work status of steel package rotation table beam and tumbler, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire software was adopted on establishing the three dimensions model of steel package rotation table beam and tumbler. ANSYS software was adopted on strength finite element analysis of steel package rotation table beam and tumbler under carrying 370 tons liquid steel package. Relative displacement figure, stress figure and strain figure were obtained. Relative distribution rules of displacement, stress and strain were found. Strain and stress on key positions of steel package rotation table beam were tested and analyzed. The relative error between tested value and finite element numerical simulation results of strain and stress on steel package rotation table beam was computed and analyzed. The method of combining finite element numerical simulation and test research provides important reference basis on the improvement of steel package rotation table.
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HAZLETT, CHAD, and MATTO MILDENBERGER. "Wildfire Exposure Increases Pro-Environment Voting within Democratic but Not Republican Areas." American Political Science Review 114, no. 4 (2020): 1359–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003055420000441.

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One political barrier to climate reforms is the temporal mismatch between short-term policy costs and long-term policy benefits. Will public support for climate reforms increase as climate-related disasters make the short-term costs of inaction more salient? Leveraging variation in the timing of Californian wildfires, we evaluate how exposure to a climate-related hazard influences political behavior rather than self-reported attitudes or behavioral intentions. We show that wildfires increased support for costly, climate-related ballot measures by 5 to 6 percentage points for those living within 5 kilometers of a recent wildfire, decaying to near zero beyond a distance of 15 kilometers. This effect is concentrated in Democratic-voting areas, and it is nearly zero in Republican-dominated areas. We conclude that experienced climate threats can enhance willingness-to-act but largely in places where voters are known to believe in climate change.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5"

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Simmler, Urs. "Simulationslösungen in Pro/ENGINEER." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2009. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-200900758.

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Im Vortrag werden alle derzeit bestehenden Simulations-Werkzeuge im Überblick vorgestellt und deren Anwendung an einzelnen Beispielen verdeutlicht. Desweiteren beinhaltet der Beitrag die Vorstellung der wesentlichen Neuerungen der Pro/ENGINEER Version Wildfire 5 auf dem Gebiet Simulation. Dabei wird auf die Dynamische Analyse und die Erweiterungen in Mechanica besonders eingegangen.
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Kloninger, Paul. "MDO-Simulation eines Rutschreifens auf GFK-Wasserrutschen." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-206945.

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Die Option Mechanism Dynamics (MDO) von Creo Parametric ist ein Tool aus dem Bereich Starrkörperdynamik. Im Kern des Vortrags steht jedoch die MDO-Funktion 3D-Kontakt, die einzigartig mit elastischen Körpern arbeitet. Im Vortrag wird die Vorgehensweise bei der dynamischen Simulation eines Rutschreifens auf GFK-Wasserrutschen erläutert, abschließend werden Animationsbeispiele präsentiert.
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Scherer, Timo, and Rainer Lohe. "Klassische Mechanismen-Synthese dynamisch assoziativ durch Pro/Engineer Wildfire." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-87233.

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Im Optimierungsprozess einer Konstruktion und zur Variantenbildung ist die Nutzung der Parametrik für den Konstrukteur zum Standard und unverzichtbar geworden. Auslegungen und speziell die Festlegung von Abmessungen werden im Maschinenbau über die Umstellung von Analysegleichungen oder durch iterative Analysen, wie bspw. die numerische Optimierung durchgeführt. Die Mechanismenlehre ist eines der wenigen Fachgebiete, in denen speziell für die Auslegung klassische Syntheseverfahren entwickelt wurden. Im Zeitalter vollparametrischer CAD-Systeme erscheinen diese Verfahren in einem neuen Licht. Einfache getriebetechnische Kenntnisse sind für die Lösung von Führungs- und Bewegungsaufgaben zwar erforderlich, sind in Lehrbüchern, VDI-Richtlinien, TGL-Blättern usw. aber auch gut nachzulesen. Anhand einiger Beispiele soll hier gezeigt werden, wie diese klassischen grafischen Konstruktionsvorschriften auf einfache Weise in das CAD-System Pro/Engineer Wildfire integriert werden können. Der Konstrukteur kann seine Auslegung dynamisch interaktiv variieren und sogar verschiedene Gütewerte seines Getriebes dabei beobachten. Durch diese assoziative Komponente wird eine mehrparametrige Optimierung realisierbar. Im Vortrag wird an Beispielen gezeigt, dass ein CAD-Konstrukteur diesem Vorschlag folgen und das Verfahren anwenden kann, um einen ersten Entwurf vorzulegen. Eine weitgehende Verwendung von Zusatzmodulen, wie zum Beispiel Pro/Mechanica oder Pro/Mechanism, würde erst bei zusätzlichen Untersuchungen der Konstruktion erforderlich.
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Dippmann, Junghänel, Müller, et al. "Mitteilungen des URZ 2/2003." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2004. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:ch1-200400223.

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Books on the topic "Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5"

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Pro/Engineer Wildfire. Brooks/Cole, 2004.

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Steffen, Dennis. Inside Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire. 4th ed. Thomson Delmar, 2004.

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1964-, Gee James C., ed. Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0. Cengage Learning, 2011.

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Pro/Engineer wildfire instructor. McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2005.

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Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire instructor. McGraw-Hill, 2011.

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Lamit, Louis Gary. Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0. Cengage Learning, 2009.

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1964-, Gee James C., ed. Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0. Cengage Learning, 2009.

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1962-, Graham Gary, ed. Inside Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire. 4th ed. Thomson/Delmar Learning, 2004.

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Lamit, Louis Gary. Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0. Cengage Learning, 2009.

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Smith, Steven G. Pro/ENGINEER wildfire update manual. Cadquest, 2002.

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Book chapters on the topic "Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5"

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Clement, Steffen, and Konstantin Kittel. "Übung 5: Mensatasse." In Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 — kurz und bündig. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-96857-9_6.

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Köhler, Peter. "Einführung in die Arbeit mit Wildfire." In Pro/ENGINEER-Praktikum. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-01331-0_2.

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Köhler, Peter. "Einführung in die Arbeit mit Wildfire 5.0." In Pro/ENGINEER-Praktikum. Vieweg+Teubner, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8348-9691-9_2.

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Clement, Steffen, and Konstantin Kittel. "Allgemeine Einleitung." In Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 — kurz und bündig. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-96857-9_1.

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Clement, Steffen, and Konstantin Kittel. "Übung 1: Hülse." In Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 — kurz und bündig. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-96857-9_2.

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Clement, Steffen, and Konstantin Kittel. "Übung 2: Drosselventil." In Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 — kurz und bündig. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-96857-9_3.

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Clement, Steffen, and Konstantin Kittel. "Übung 3: Sattel." In Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 — kurz und bündig. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-96857-9_4.

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Clement, Steffen, and Konstantin Kittel. "Übung 4: Freischwinger." In Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 — kurz und bündig. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-96857-9_5.

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Clement, Steffen, and Konstantin Kittel. "Übung 6: Scharnier." In Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 — kurz und bündig. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-96857-9_7.

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Clement, Steffen, and Konstantin Kittel. "Schlusswort." In Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 — kurz und bündig. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-96857-9_8.

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Conference papers on the topic "Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5"

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Gerdes, Victor B. "Critical Capabilities for Successful Distributed Collaborative Product Development." In ASME 2004 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2004-57731.

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Discrete manufacturing companies practicing distributed product development encounter challenges creating digital products, collaborating cross functionally in an organization and throughout the value chain, and controlling and managing product information and product development processes throughout the product’s lifecycle. This paper investigates the critical capabilities of a product development system for distributed product lifecycle management (PLM). A comprehensive product development system consisting of PTC’s Windchill PDMLink (control), Windchill ProjectLink (collaborate), and Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire (create - mechanical computer-aided design - MCAD) is presented in this paper with use cases and examples as a software solution for enabling distributed collaborative product development.
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Sung, Baekyoung, Krishnateja Chepuri, Yongjie Lee, Dereje Agonafer, Damena Agonafer, and Cristina Amon. "Thermal Enhancement of Stacked Dies Using Thermal Vias." In ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2006-15352.

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Following Moore's law, the number of transistors on a die continues to rise and has recently exceeded a billion on high end processors. In light of the convergence of technology, power requirements is becoming a serious concern even on low density interconnect systems such as cellular phones and personal digital assistants. Also, in order to minimize foot prints, the recent trend in packaging is stacking. The stacking, however, creates challenges in cooling and especially if one is to include logic in the stack. The primary heat flow path for stacking is through the substrate and as the number of stacks increase, the cooling problem is amplified. Thermal vias are emerging as a viable technology for transferring heat and in effect creating a thermal short circuit from individual die to the substrate. Some of the authors of this paper earlier reported on the reliability of stacked memory dies. In a subsequent paper the thermal reliability that included geometrical stacking architecture (rotating, spacer, ..) and the inclusion of both logic and memory dies was addressed. In this present paper, the heat transfer enhancement using silicon vias on various stacking schemes is discussed. The CAD models required for this study were developed in Pro/Engineer® Wildfire™ 2.0 and for the result simulation ANSYS® Workbench™ 10.0 have been used. Packaging architectures that have been taken in to consideration are die, solder ball, substrate, mold cap and thermal vias.
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Zhang, Andy S. J. "Teaching Computer Aided Product Design With Aesthetic Considerations." In ASME 2005 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2005-85531.

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This paper presents a study on how to utilize the computer based 3-dimensional parametric solid modeling software to integrate aesthetics into the lectures of product design related courses of a mechanical engineering curriculum to improve teaching and learning. The study indicates that when aesthetics were properly introduced into the classrooms of product design related courses; it created an environment that stimulated students’ imagination and creativity therefore enhancing their learning experience. When teaching product design courses, instruction tends to be focused on the underlying engineering requirements related to the product. Little is taught in the classroom about the aesthetic aspects of the product. As a result, the products created from the student’s design projects are mostly functional but not necessarily visually appealing. To address this issue, in teaching design-related courses, students were told to play the roles of both designers and consumers. After learning the basics of aesthetics, students were encouraged to inject their own aesthetic evaluations, considering themselves as customers, into the design process. This allowed the students to put more attention on the human elements (aesthetics) of their design. As a result, the students’ design projects have dramatically improved in content and in forms. The advances in computer based 3D parametric modeling software has made the integration of aesthetics into the engineering design curriculum possible. Both AutoDesk’s Inventor and PTC’s Pro Engineer Wildfire software packages were used in the classrooms. With the software’s enhanced spline and surface features, students were able to try different forms or shapes to generate the desired aesthetic effects that they weren’t able to create in the past.
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Lin, Alan C., and Jun-Chung Wu. "Automatic Positioning for Optical Scanning of Overlapping Fan-Blades." In ASME 8th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2006-95150.

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This research applies ATOS, an optical scanning device, to scan fan blades which possess overlapped geometry between blades. The surfaces to be investigated include a pressure surface, a suction surface and two hub surfaces adjacent to the pressure and suction surfaces respectively. Through numerous scanning practices, rules are found to position the fan blades in proper orientations so that data points of the four types of fan-blade surfaces can be completely obtained. The scanning sequence include: (1) rotate the fan with respect to the z-axis so that the fan can be set parallel to the straight-line connecting the two cameras of ATOS, (2) rotate the fan with respect to the x-axis so that the whole pressure surface can be located inside the scanning region of cameras, (3) rotate the fan w.r.t. the z-axis to let the suction surface be completely scanned, (4) rotate the fan w.r.t. the y-axis so that the hub surface can be located inside the camera scanning region, and (5) rotate the fan w.r.t. the z-axis so that the other hub surface can be scanned. To verify the proposed scanning sequence, this research uses Pro/Toolkit and Visual C++ to develop the programming codes so that the positioning angles for the four different types of surfaces can be automatically found from the Pro/ENGINEER part model of a fan. The goal of automatic positioning for scanning of fan blades can thus be achieved. It is concluded that the research results contribute the possibility of scanning overlapped fan blades in an automation manner, and also in little time-span.
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Hamade, R. F. "Studying Your Students as They Learn: A Case Study of CAD Education." In ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2009-10195.

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Having observed mechanical engineering seniors at the American University of Beirut (AUB) go about learning computer-aided design (CAD) in a formal setting, the instructors always wondered why some students acquire CAD skills with relative ease while some others seem to struggle. For this reason, a methodical study was launched in order to address this issue. Hence, and in order to “study the students as they learn” was accomplished by following 74 mechanical engineering seniors (it took three academic years including AY 2008–09 in order to have access to this relatively large number of trainees) as they went through a semester-long formal training on a commercial computer-aided design (CAD) package (Pro/Engineer, version Wildfire). The study methodically explored the trainees’: (1) technical background, (2) behavioral attributes (willingness-to-learn), and their (3) learning preferences. Investigating the technical background included quantifying the trainees’ relevant technical competencies specifically: basic math foundation, advanced math foundation, CAD-related mathematical foundation, computer science and engineering foundation, methodologies related to CAD, graphics foundation, and mechanical design foundation. Determining the trainees’ behavioral attributes included exploring their initial attitude towards learning of CAD, perception and imagination, and gauging their actual behavior (practice and CAD skills learned) throughout the training. Trainees’ learning styles were determined according to the index of learning styles, ILS [1]. Furthermore, and in order to assess the trainees’ progress in CAD knowledge acquisition, competency tests were conducted at four intervals throughout the semester-long study (2, 4, 7, and 12 weeks). The assessment involved hands-on building of CAD test parts of comparable complexity. At the conclusion of the study, statistical methods were used to correlate the trainees’ attributes with their monitored performance. Only a fraction (17 out of a class of 74 trainees or about one in four) of the trainees were found to fit the “star CAD trainee” mold which was defined in this study as someone who is fast on the tube as well as perceptive enough to be see through the procedure of building progressively more sophisticated CAD models. A profile of this “star CAD trainee” character emerges as an individual who is technically competent and perceptive, with personal drive and positive attitude, and who possesses active, sensor, sequential and visualizing learning styles.
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