Enabling Use of Engineering Terminology in Product Models and User Interfaces of CAD/CAM Systems

Summary This paper presents an approach to introducing engineering terminology m product models and user interfaces of CADCAM system. It describes how we have utilized form features and engineering elements in order to represent engineering knowledge more naturally in product models. This gives us a method for realizing user interfaces in which an Application specific and user adapted engineering terminology is used. A CADCAM Framework for integration of general software packages into a distributed CADCAM system is also suggested. Finally, some aspects of the suggested approach. collected from a limited test implementation and from discussions with an industrial partner are discussed.