KBRE: a proposition of a reverse engineering process by a KBE system

Alexandre Durupt (1, 2) , Sébastien Remy (1) , Guillaume Ducellier (1) , Matthieu Bricogne (2)

1 LASMIS - Laboratoire des Systèmes Mécaniques et d'Ingénierie Simultanée
2 Roberval - Roberval

This paper focuses on reverse engineering (RE) in amechanical design domain. RE is an activity which con- sists in creating a full CAD model from a 3D points cloud. The aim of REis to suggest an activity of redesign in order to improve, repair or update the case of study. According to the users, the CAD models of RE softwares are usually frozen and do not allowan activity of redesigning. This paper shows a RE methodology which allows defining, saving and reus- ing geometrical features defined by knowledge analysis of the case of study. Thismethodology called knowledge based reverse engineering (KBRE) supports the knowledge man- agement. Knowledge is materialised by the features which are fitted in a points cloud.

Mots clés: Reverse engineering; Feature; Knowledge Based Engineering

Domaines: Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Alexandre Durupt, Sébastien Remy, Guillaume Ducellier, Matthieu Bricogne. KBRE: a proposition of a reverse engineering process by a KBE system. International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing, 2010, 4 (4), pp.227-237. ⟨10.1007/s12008-010-0106-4⟩. ⟨hal-00964662⟩