Virtual Prototyping: Virtual environments and the product design process

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
About “Plato’s Cave”....Pages 3-20
Information Technology, a Catalyst for Process Optimization....Pages 21-31
Rapid Prototyping An Approach Beyond Manufacturing Technology....Pages 32-47
Cooperative Working on Virtual Prototypes....Pages 48-57
Integration of Virtual Prototyping Applications with a Distributed Conferencing System....Pages 58-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Product and Shape Representation for Virtual Prototyping....Pages 69-77
Virtual Prototyping through Feature Processing....Pages 78-90
Dynamic and semantic modeling — a new approach to model products....Pages 91-98
Solid Modeling as a Framework in Virtual Environments....Pages 99-112
Virtual prototypes and product models in mechanical engineering....Pages 113-128
A feature-based framework for transforming and representing multiple format CAD for virtual prototyping....Pages 129-145
A Reference Model for Product Information Sharing in Concurrent Engineering Environment....Pages 146-155
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Supporting Multidisciplinary Teams in Concurrent Engineering....Pages 159-172
Towards a Virtual Prototyping Environment....Pages 173-183
Network Requirements for Large Distributed Virtual Environments....Pages 184-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Interacting with virtual reality....Pages 199-212
Isaac: Building Simulations for Virtual Environments....Pages 213-227
Task performance using 3D displays....Pages 228-246
Virtual Reality for Enhanced Computer Vision....Pages 247-257
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Physical Models for Solving Off-Road Vehicle Motion Planning....Pages 261-270
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Integrating Applications into a Virtual Prototyping Environment....Pages 271-279
Virtual Prototyping — Design and realistic presentation of industrial products....Pages 280-295
Virtual Prototyping Using Graphical Simulation and Advanced Programming Techniques....Pages 296-312
Prototype Validation in Virtual Environments—Vision and first Implementation -....Pages 313-325
Applying Virtual Reality to Electronic Prototyping — Concept and First Results....Pages 326-336
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
IFIP Workshop on Virtual Environments....Pages 339-340
Virtual Prototyping: Expectations and Realizations of a New Working Paradigm....Pages 341-345
Back Matter....Pages 346-348