Synchronized Collaborative Design
Abstract
It is a challenging issue to exchange procedural CAD models between heterogeneous CAD systems. In this paper, we extend the synchronized collaborative design environment among heterogeneous CAD systems, which we developed previously, to a Web services based platform for exchange of procedural CAD models between heterogeneous CAD systems. First, the realtime exchange of one single operation is extended to the exchange of a complete procedural CAD model between heterogeneous CAD systems. Second, Web services technology is adopted to encapsulate the procedural CAD model exchange functions to a standard interface, which is then released on the Internet and can be easily used by remote developers in their windows applications, Web applications, and so on. Finally, a Web service for exchange of procedural CAD models between SolidWorks and Autodesk Mechanical Desktop is realized.
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Xiang Chen,
Min Li, and
Shuming Gao, 2006, "
A Web service for exchanging procedural CAD models between heterogeneous CAD systems" in:
Weiming Shen,
Kuo-Ming Chao,
Zongkai Lin,
Jean-Paul A. Barthès and
Anne E. James (Eds.),
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design II,
Vol. 3865 LNCS,
Springer Verlag,
Heidelberg, Germany,
pp. 225-234.
