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| bind analysis | Analysis that is bound to a specific entity, such as a track, as opposed to analysis that includes all or more of the simulation. |
C |
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| clash | A logical process checking whether the shuttle and the environment are in intersection or in contact. |
| clearance | A logical process checking whether the minimum distance existing between the shuttle and its environment is greater than a specified threshold distance or not. |
| collision | A logical process checking whether the shuttle and the environment are in intersection or in contact. |
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| distance | A logical process measuring the minimal distance between the shuttle and its environment (considered as geometrical entities). |
G |
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| group | A grouping object that can connect to multiple other objects. Groups may contain various objects (part, product, group) and have no restrictions on whether an object is included more than once. Groups are created in the product context in both product and process documents. This entity is recognized during shuttle, distance, and clash definition. |
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| interference | A logical process checking whether the intersection of the shuttle and its environment (considered as geometrical entities) is null or not. |
L |
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| location | A position in the space used to define the trajectory of the shuttle during its motion. |
M |
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| manipulator | An graphic editor for positioning the shuttle. It is composed with symbols and a dialog box. The symbols are used to drive the positions of the shuttle in a specific direction. |
| manufacturing assembly | A manufacturing assembly represents a collection of parts that are the result of one or more manufacturing processes, often as an intermediate sub-assembly to be consumed by upstream processes in the product flow. Manufacturing assemblies can be created from existing parts, or can be initially empty (i.e., containing no parts). |
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| position | The temporary location of a shuttle during manipulation. |
R |
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| resource | Resources consist of parts which may or may
not be grouped into assemblies. They appear in product structure
documents; these documents have a .CATProduct extension.
The primary difference between a product and a resource consists in how they are used within a process. The resources required during the process should be listed in the resource branch of the PPR tree. Many resources appear in V5 catalogs. Resources imported from catalogs cannot be broken down into discrete parts (e.g., selecting the mounting plate of a robot selects the entire robot, not just the mounting plate.) |
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| shot | A shot is the end point of a single segment of a track. |
| shuttle | A shuttle is an element representing the
object to be fitted or unfitted from an assembly. It is composed of an axis
and list of models. The set of products comprising a shuttle are defined
explicitly by selecting products individually. The shuttle can be moved
about to simulate the fitting or unfitting of the object within the
assembly. Shuttles are persistent and can be stored in the document. |
| shuttle axis | The position of a particular axis attached to the shuttle, by convention. This axis is called shuttle axis. This axis is choose by the system at the center of the shuttle bounding sphere. |
| simulation | A record and replay of a scenario in which a shuttle is dismounted from an assembly according to some constraints like interferences. During the definition and replay interference detection and distance measurement can be performed. |
| strombo | Strombo refers to intermittent visualization: in path finder, the strombo option allows users to see positions every 20 steps. |
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| track | A sequence of locations forming a single path for a shuttle to follow. A track can be defined by creating locations. A track can then be simulated. During this simulation, interference detection can be performed. |
| track operators | An operation that modifies the track (e.g., Split track). |