The National Shipbuilding Research The National Shipbuilding Research Program. REAPS 5th Annual Technical Symposium Proceedings. Paper No. 2: An Approach for the Use of Interactive Graphics in Part Definition and Nesting
The National Shipbuilding Research The National Shipbuilding Research Program. REAPS 5th Annual Technical Symposium Proceedings. Paper No. 2: An Approach for the Use of Interactive Graphics in Part Definition and Nesting

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There are numerous ways to define steel parts and each yard favors some subset of these. Interactive graphics is just one of these and not necessarily the obvious best choice right now. Those I know of are: Optical negatives, Digitizing, Part Coding, Part Splitting, Direct ESSI, APT Interactive Graphics. The philosophy differences come in on whether interactive coding should be the best approach toward speeding the process or perhaps using AUTOKON NORMS in a digitizing system or even letting the Design office put the parts in numerical form rather than the Mold Loft. We've also heard philosophy differences on whether the source code or the part geometry itself should be kept as the true record of the part. In other words Parts Definition is different things to different people.

The National Shipbuilding Research Program) Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium, Paper No. 19: AUTOPART, AUTONEST, AUTODRAW Systems for Interactive Generation of Production Information
The National Shipbuilding Research Program) Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium, Paper No. 19: AUTOPART, AUTONEST, AUTODRAW Systems for Interactive Generation of Production Information

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Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium. Paper No. 19: AUTOPART, AUTONEST, AUTODRAW Systems for Interactive Generation of Production Information. This paper describes AUTOPART, AUTONEST and AUTODRAW, a suite of new AUTOKON program for parts definition, nesting, verification and general drafting. They are implemented in interactive graphic technology using a mini computer and a Tektronix 4014 storage tube for communication. AUTOPART and AUTONEST may be used as a stand alone system providing N/C cutting information, partly replacing similar functions of the AUTOKON batch system.

The National Shipbuilding Research Program. Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium. Paper No. 24: Group Technology and Automated Process Planning, a Change in Management Strategy
The National Shipbuilding Research Program. Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium. Paper No. 24: Group Technology and Automated Process Planning, a Change in Management Strategy

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Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium. Paper No. 24: Group Technology and Automated Process Planning, a Change in Management Strategy. The trend toward increased customization is increasing the problems associated with batch manufacturing, both in design and manufacturing itself. Group technology helps to solve these problems and is thus attracting great interest. The benefits of group technology in such applications as design retrieval, design standardization, standardization of machine tool routings, automated process planning, and machine tool investment can bring about dramatic savings in the multibillion dollar manufacturing industry. Three or four years ago, only a handful of companies were interested in group technology. Today, many companies, including a number considered to be highly conservative, are seriously considering or have adopted group technology systems. This increased interest is a reflection of a growing awareness of the potential benefits of group technology, particularly for batch manufacturing. These advantages can apply to both design and manufacturing.

The National Shipbuilding Research Program, Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium Paper No. 19: The Application of Numerical Control Systems to Plan Production, Or N/C Part Definition Can Mean Plans Too!
The National Shipbuilding Research Program, Proceedings of the REAPS Technical Symposium Paper No. 19: The Application of Numerical Control Systems to Plan Production, Or N/C Part Definition Can Mean Plans Too!

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Parts definition language used to describe ships parts for N/C fabrication can also be used to assist the designer/draftsman in producing ship's plans. Expanded coding techniques developed by General Dynamics allow the efficient application of the AUTOKON Parts Program to provide the interface between the drafting function and the numerically controlled flat - bed plotter.

The National Shipbuilding Research Program. Proceedings of the IREAPS Technical Symposium, Paper No. 2: PARTGEN: An Advanced Interactive Method for Highly Automated Parts Generation Based on the Design Model Data
The National Shipbuilding Research Program. Proceedings of the IREAPS Technical Symposium, Paper No. 2: PARTGEN: An Advanced Interactive Method for Highly Automated Parts Generation Based on the Design Model Data

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This is a brief introduction to the present status of the AUTOMODL development- effort (AUTOKON) and an indepth description of the first module of an AUTOMODL named PARTGEN. PARTGEN works on a topological model of the ship and is stored in the database. PARTGEN uses extensively interactive graphics and will virtually eliminate 90 percent of what today is called partcoding in the production phase. In addition to performing part generation, PARTGEN also has other valuable functions. It can do fairing of lines, interactively, to establish a preliminary hull form for building up the design model in the database, It has a report generator whereby the user can make extensive reports from the database and inake user formulated layouts on the reports. PARTGEN also includes extensive automatic updating procedures due to changes. This is a benefit of having parts for production stored as topological data instead of as geometry.