CAD-VR Integration as a Tool for Industrial Assembly Processes Validation: A Practical Application

Pascarelli, Claudio; Lazoi, Mariangela; Papadia, Gabriele; Galli, Valerio; Piarulli, Luigi

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95282-6_32

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“…Therefore, we distinguish approaches working with predefined constraints from those, which automatically detect constraints. Although there is extensive literature on the subject of assembly process validation (Seth et al 2011;Wang et al 2016;Pascarelli et al 2018), the approaches often rely on predefined constraints (Jayaram et al 1999;Yao et al 2006;Valentini 2009Valentini , 2018.…”

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Comparative evaluation of WIMP and immersive natural finger interaction: a user study on CAD assembly modeling

2021

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Virtual and augmented reality allows the utilization of natural user interfaces, such as realistic finger interaction, even for purposes that were previously dominated by the WIMP paradigm. This new form of interaction is particularly suitable for applications involving manipulation tasks in 3D space, such as CAD assembly modeling. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the suitability of natural interaction for CAD assembly modeling in virtual reality. An advantage of the natural interaction compared to the conventional operation by computer mouse would indicate development potential for user interfaces of current CAD applications. Our approach bases on two main elements. Firstly, a novel natural user interface for realistic finger interaction enables the user to interact with virtual objects similar to physical ones. Secondly, an algorithm automatically detects constraints between CAD components based solely on their geometry and spatial location. In order to prove the usability of the natural CAD assembly modeling approach in comparison with the assembly procedure in current WIMP operated CAD software, we present a comparative user study. Results show that the VR method including natural finger interaction significantly outperforms the desktop-based CAD application in terms of efficiency and ease of use.

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