Madefast: collaborative engineering over the Internet
Communications of the ACM
Introduction to collaborative visualization
ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics
Efficient collaboration between main and sub-suppliers
Computers in Industry - Stimulating manufacturing excellence in small and medium enterprises
Change management in concurrent engineering from a parameter perspective
Computers in Industry
Global content management services for product providers and purchasers
Computers in Industry
An online ergonomic evaluator for 3D product design
Computers in Industry
Collaborative computer-aided design-research and development status
Computer-Aided Design
Mass customisation challenges in Internet retailing through information management
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Application of XML to the graphic exchange technology of the modular fixture
ROCOM'07 Proceedings of the 7th WSEAS International Conference on Robotics, Control & Manufacturing Technology
3D streaming based on multi-LOD models for networked collaborative design
Computers in Industry
Survey paper: Web-based rapid prototyping and manufacturing systems: A review
Computers in Industry
Laser marking system for light guide panel using design of experiment and web-based prototyping
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
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This paper illustrates applications of the Web-based collaborative visualization (WCV) in distributed product development. Three software prototypes were developed using the WCV technologies. The first one enables the end users to configure individual parts of 3D assembly in a regular browser, and thus provides an effective tool to collect the customer's voices in e-commerce. The second system realizes mass customization for car interior design. Online ergonomic evaluation is conducted based on the interactions between a digital human mimicking the user and the design model. Finally, an Internet-based design review system is implemented. It enables synchronous communications between a designer and people involved in the change process with no access to CAD. These prototypes demonstrate the practicality, flexibility, and versatility of the WCV in integration with other proprietary software tools using a variety of platforms like ASP framework, Java-based technology, and Windows C/C++ applications. This work shows that the WCV is an interfacing technology, which facilitates 3D information sharing for most product-centric activities in a simple and cost-effective manner.