<div style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">Engineering design is a resource intensive process with over half of a product’s total cost being attributed to des...<div style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">Engineering design is a resource intensive process with over half of a product’s total cost being attributed to design stage decisions. Developing product designs often involves creating complex 3D models in a 2D environment, a non-trivial task. This paper details a proof of concept VR environment displayed in a commodity HMD, specifically the HTC Vive. The environment allows a user to create full-scale, 3D, product geometry at the conceptual phase of the design process. The conceptual design environment contains a World-in-Miniature (WIM) model for enhanced usability. This method allows a user to efficiently manipulate full-scale geometry by adjusting the corresponding parts on a WIM model. Free-form mesh deformation was also implemented to provide designers with flexibility and efficiency not found in traditional design packages. Vital design metrics (e.g., cost, weight, and center of mass) were incorporated to allow a user to perform preliminary design analysis to assess product feasibility. Throughout the development process, the unique challenges and affordances associated with commodity HMDs were identified, explored, and discussed in this paper. Ultimately, the VR application discussed in this paper allows the user to easily create, assess, and view conceptual 3D designs without the constraints of traditional CAD software.</span> </div>展开更多
1. General situation of the auto engine sector 1.1 The economical operation During the recent years, series of measures have been taken by the Chinese government to ignite the national economy, which include: readjust...1. General situation of the auto engine sector 1.1 The economical operation During the recent years, series of measures have been taken by the Chinese government to ignite the national economy, which include: readjusting economic growth strate-gy from encouraging exports to boosting domestic demands; global-ly enlarging the infrastructural con-展开更多
It is stimulated in the Tenth-Five-Year-Plan period that by the year of 2010, the Chinese auto industry should become the pillar industry by means of integration of competition and self-development. According to incom...It is stimulated in the Tenth-Five-Year-Plan period that by the year of 2010, the Chinese auto industry should become the pillar industry by means of integration of competition and self-development. According to incomplete statistics, by 2005, the demand will be: 3.6 million units of motor vehicle engines, of which petrol engines will be 2.288 million units, diesel engines 1.232 million units and the substitute engines 80,000 units. And展开更多
文摘<div style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">Engineering design is a resource intensive process with over half of a product’s total cost being attributed to design stage decisions. Developing product designs often involves creating complex 3D models in a 2D environment, a non-trivial task. This paper details a proof of concept VR environment displayed in a commodity HMD, specifically the HTC Vive. The environment allows a user to create full-scale, 3D, product geometry at the conceptual phase of the design process. The conceptual design environment contains a World-in-Miniature (WIM) model for enhanced usability. This method allows a user to efficiently manipulate full-scale geometry by adjusting the corresponding parts on a WIM model. Free-form mesh deformation was also implemented to provide designers with flexibility and efficiency not found in traditional design packages. Vital design metrics (e.g., cost, weight, and center of mass) were incorporated to allow a user to perform preliminary design analysis to assess product feasibility. Throughout the development process, the unique challenges and affordances associated with commodity HMDs were identified, explored, and discussed in this paper. Ultimately, the VR application discussed in this paper allows the user to easily create, assess, and view conceptual 3D designs without the constraints of traditional CAD software.</span> </div>
文摘1. General situation of the auto engine sector 1.1 The economical operation During the recent years, series of measures have been taken by the Chinese government to ignite the national economy, which include: readjusting economic growth strate-gy from encouraging exports to boosting domestic demands; global-ly enlarging the infrastructural con-
文摘It is stimulated in the Tenth-Five-Year-Plan period that by the year of 2010, the Chinese auto industry should become the pillar industry by means of integration of competition and self-development. According to incomplete statistics, by 2005, the demand will be: 3.6 million units of motor vehicle engines, of which petrol engines will be 2.288 million units, diesel engines 1.232 million units and the substitute engines 80,000 units. And