Collaborative Engineering andProduct Quality Assurance basedonIntegrated Engineering Information Management fortheInternational Conference onSmartManufacturing Application (ICSMA2008)

Engineering collaboration isinevitable inthevarious engineering phases including product design phase, analysis phase, inspection phase, andsoon.However, sharing engineering data generated fromCAD/CAE/CAI systems istechnically verydifficult duetothecomplexity andsize ofthedata. Besides, heterogeneous CAD/CAE/CAI systems makeitdifficult toaccomplish datasharing forengineering collaboration purpose. We propose anewintegrated engineering datarepresentation schemeanddeveloped visualization andreal-time conference system forremote engineering collaboration andsharing information between companies. Thesystem's capability includes data translation, visualization andconference usingengineering information generated fromthevarious commercial engineering systems. Itsupports integrated history management forproduct design information along withother engineering information suchasanalysis data, inspection data, andmanufacturing data.Thedeveloped system isused asabasis oftheinfrastructure forthecollaborative product lifecycle management.