Integrating Advanced Computer Aided Design, Manufacturing, and Numerical Control

Presents basic principles of geometric modeling while featuring contemporary industrial case studies. This book offers an account of product data management and product life cycle management. For many years, computers have been playing a prominent role in the process of product design and manufacture. As manufacturing continues to march into the future, there is a critical need to address the role of computer technologies in an integrated fashion, placing emphasis on product data exchange as well as product data management.""Integrating Advanced Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing, and Numerical Control: Principles and Implementations"" presents basic principles of geometric modeling while featuring contemporary industrial case studies. A one-stop reference source for the latest field standards, this comprehensive title expands beyond the traditional scope of the product development process to give a brief account on product data management (PDM) and product life cycle management (PLM).