Web Technologies for Modelling and Visualization in Mechanical Engineering
Mihai Dupac, Claudiu Ionut Popirlan · InTech eBooks · 2010
In this work a web-base approach for mechanism components modeling and visualization using object oriented programming (Java) is proposed. A Java Applet which use an XML format for specifying 3D shapes (Java objects) was developed. Parametric, implicit or combination between implicit and parametric functions defined on the graphic interface and viewed as Java objects, have been used to generate the mechanical components shapes. Different mechanism components such as gears, springs, chains, and corkscrews, have been generated and visualized. Simple geometry as well as the combination of the 3D shapes (using a mating process) is provided. It was demonstrated that simple mathematical functions represent useful tools for shape modeling and visualization, with no increase of the application size and with a very good computational time. To learn, understand and dissect a complex mechanical system in order to perform analysis and design a 3D visualization of the mechanical components is essential. Furthermore the presented models do not indicate the limit in shape (mechanism components) generation.