Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Science for Ultra Large Scale Integration (Applying Object-Flow Programming to Concurrent Product and Process Design of Machined Parts)

本研究将探讨面向对象的数据抽象和数据流控制方法在机械CAD/CAM中的适用性。将研究机械加工和产品设计的集成，特别是计算机数字控制(CNC)加工和机械设计领域。设计和制造可以看作是一系列的拼图，从概念到图纸到模型再到可制造的模型等等。它已经作为一系列连续的步骤进行了实践。通过探索并行工艺和产品设计，这项工作是迈向计算机集成制造的重要开端，并有望确定使用面向对象编程集成CAD和CAM的一些优点和局限性。

This research will explore the applicability of object-oriented data abstractions and data-flow control methods to mechanical CAD/CAM. The integration of mechanical process and product design will be studied and, in particular, the area of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining and mechanical design. Design and manufacturing can be throught of as a series of mapplings, going from concepts to drawings to models to manufacturable models and so on. It has been practiced as a sequential series of steps. This work is an important start in moving towards Computer-Integrated Manufacturing by exploring concurrent process and product design and can be expected to identify some of the advantages and limitations of using object-oriented programming for integrating CAD and CAM.