Chapter 5: Interoperability and Security Issues

Title: Securing enterprise intellectual property using a skeleton model in a collaborative product design environment

Author(s): Jinsang Hwang, Duhwan Mun, Byungchul Kim, Soonhung Han

Address: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 335, Gwahang-no, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea | WST/KORDI | PartDB Co., Ltd. | Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 335, Gwahang-no, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Reference: International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management 2008 pp. 366 - 379

Abstract/Summary: In a collaborative product design environment, it is necessary to exchange CAD models including design intentions in order to cope with frequent engineering changes and interfacing problems among components coming from part suppliers. However, only the final geometry of the manufactured part is provided in a B-rep. format, because the design information, including inter-relationships and dependencies, is regarded as the company's intellectual property. Such conditions decrease the efficiency of the collaborative product design process. In this study, a method to secure the company's intellectual property while allowing the sharing of substantial information as required in a collaborative product design process is proposed.

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