Geometry Interactions in Configurable Platform Models

Geometry interactions between geometry interfaces (locating schemes and mating geometries) of parts in a platform environment composed by Conifgurable Components, CCs, are defined and tested in this paper. The interactions are defined as sub-objects within the already defined CC-object. A case study is performed where these CC-objects, with their geometry interfaces and geometry interactions, are defined in a PDM and CAD environment where the functionality has been defined using separate objects exposed in the PDM-structure