Integrating Advanced Computer-Aided Design Manufacturing and Numerical Control

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 product modeling and manufacturing while featuring contemporary industrial case studies. A one-stop reference source for the latest international standards and their implementations this comprehensive title also expands beyond the traditional scope of the product development process to give a brief account on product data management (PDM) and product lifecycle management (PLM).