Special panel session for feature recognition at the 1997 ASME Computers in Engineering Conference

Feature recognition is a discipline focusing on the design and implementati on of algorithms for detecting manufacturing information such as holes, slo ts, etc. in a solid model. Automated feature recognition has been an active research area in solid modeling for many years, and is considered to be a critical component for CAD/CAM integration. These technical notes report th e special panel session for feature recognition at the 17th ASME Internatio nal Computers in Engineering Conference, held in Sacramento, CA, USA, Sept. 14-17, 1997. Four research groups participated in the panel session and re ported the results of executing their feature recognition systems on a coll ected set of benchmark parts. The panel session aimed to be a catalyst for the Feature recognition community to collaborate in establishing standard t est parts and performance measures and in identifying and resolving researc h issues. Such an aim was successfully achieved, and these notes report the panel session. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.