The Survey Questions

The following are the questions used in the survey. There are a few CADDS5 terms which may be unfamiliar. Different parameters of the part, such as dimensions and locations, can have variables assigned to them. These variables can be ``fixed'' or ``variable'', meaning that their values won't be changed by any constraint equations. All construction is done using a C-Plane, or construction plane. This C-Plane defines the orientation and origin of the axes for operations. A model can be constructed using different C-Planes for different operations, or entirely in one C-Plane.

1. What groups of parts do you use regularly that would be good candidates to be made into families of parts?
2. How would you use these families of parts if you had them available?
3. Given the part families that you listed in question 1, how would you model one of these parts? Which parameters of the part would be fixed, and which would be variable. How would you orient it with respect to the global axis and C-Planes? Which of the features (e.g. fillets, holes, internal details) are necessary and which can be left out?

Last Modified: Wed Aug 28 14:41:29 EDT 1996