Virtual prototyping : virtual environments and the product design process : procedings of the IFIP WG 5.10 workshops on virtual environments and their applications and virtual prototyping, 1994

A virtual prototype is a major interim step towards the creation of a virtual environment. This book explores the simulation, interaction, concepts and tools of virtual prototypes and environments. It provides a mixture of state-of-the-art, advanced research and industrial papers. 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