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The first screenshot shows the Eurocopter test case loaded into the Divipro system. The curved objects shown are flexible cables whose shape is dynamically computed as the user interactively deforms them. One objective of this particular test case was to simulate the disassembly process which required the cables to be moved out of the way in order to gain access to the large boxes, these were subsequently removed from the structure and positioned clear of the assembly.


Screenshot with the Eurocopter model


In this particular screenshot, the test case from KL-Technik is shown, this model was interactively assembled using the Divipro prototype system and the parts fitted together using the appropriate constraints. While assembling this model it was essential to construct some sub assemblies and then fit them together in a hierarchical fashion. The model also has a complex shaped case and ideally KL Technik wanted to be able to show a number of distributed users how to fit the whole assembled device into the case, this actually proved to be impossible due to the complexity of both the case and the assembly which needed to be fitted into it. In this image, the rear casing is rendered semi-transparent so that the complex assembly can be seen through it.


Screenshot containing KL Technik model


This screenshot shows an assembly resulting from another particularly complex sequence of operations, the model shown was the test case provided by Sener. Their assembly process involved fitting a set of clamps onto the large semi-transparent blue housing, the darker blue box was then positioned onto the clamps and fitted. Finally a selection of pipes were fitted onto the box.

This test case was very interesting in the sense that it highlighted a particular problem with the model. One of the pipes which needed to be fitted to the dark blue box, could not be positioned directly due to an obstruction caused by a feature of the box itself. The only way to position the pipe onto the box was to slide part of it under the obstruction and then assemble it onto the box. However, the pipe also had a valve which needed to be fixed onto it before it was positioned. This valve was too large to slide under the obstruction and so the part was actually impossible to fit....as proven by Divipro!


Divipro with sener model

A movie showing part of the assembly of this test case can be downloaded either as a mpeg (31Mb) or a divx (11Mb) file, the sequence shows three connectors (each attached to flexible pipes) being assembled using constraints onto connection points on the dark blue box. Subsequently a rigid pipe is assembled onto its connection point and finally one of the flexible pipes is wrapped around the box.


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