This item was submitted to Loughborough University's Institutional Repository by the/an author. Citation: CASE, K., XIAO, D-C. and PORTER, J.M., 1995. Car seat and occupant modelling using CAD. IN: Stockton, D. and Wainwright, C. (eds.) Advances In Manufacturing Technology IX: Proceedings Of The 11th National Conference On Manufacturing Research, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, 12-14 Sep...

Given a CAD model of an object, we would like to automatically generate a vision model and matching procedure that can be used in robot guidance and inspection tasks. We are building a system that can predict features that will appear in a 2D view of a 3D object, represent each such view with a hierarchical, relational structure, group together similar views into view classes, and match an unkn...

During the creative phase, the architect introduces hypotheses and validates them by trying out various adjustments during the process of conception. The use of existing CAD tools during the conception phase is not compatible with the iterative aspect of this process. So the challenge is to define a model that takes into account the entire creative process in a trial and error framework during ...