7. RELATED TOPICS

"Variable Driven Modeling allows other applications to drive the design, thereby lending itself to automating the design through manufacturing process."

A quote by Raymond Kurland

VDD DOWNSTREAM POSSIBILITIES

Altering the parameters reconstructs the model, and allows:

Analysis for the designer

Design optimization

Associative Machining (automated machining?)

Automatic creation of process plans

But, it requires controlling associativity and interacting directly on the model

HYBRID MODELING

Combines the use of explicit and variable geometry within the same model, part, or assembly

Frequently highly sculptured shapes are hard to define with variables

Legacy data

Offers optional techniques

Limited parameterization of existing geometry - only profiles today

ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTS

Feature Based Solid Modeling

Constructive Solid Modeling (CSG)

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