TY - JOUR
T1 - Reverse engineering of B-pillar with 3D optical scanning for manufacturing of non-uniform thickness part
AU - Islam, Md Tasbirul
AU - Abdullah, A. B.
AU - Mahmud, Mohamad Zihad
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This paper presents reverse engineering (RE) of a complex automobile structural part, B-pillar. As a major part of the automobile body-in white (BiW), B-pillar has substantial opportunity for weight reduction by introducing variable thickness across its sections. To leverage such potential, an existing B-pillar was reverse engineered with a 3D optical scanner and computer aided design (CAD) application. First, digital data (i.e. in meshes) of exiting B-pillar was obtained by the scanner, and subsequently, this information was utilized in developing a complete 3D CAD model. CATIA V5 was used in the modeling where some of the essential work benches were "Digitized Shape Editor", "Quick Surface Reconstruction", "Wireframe and Surface Design", "Freestyle", "Generation Shape Design" and "Part design". In the final CAD design, five different thicknesses were incorporated successfully in order to get a B-pillar with non-uniform sections. This research opened opportunities for thickness optimization and mold tooling design in real time manufacturing.
AB - This paper presents reverse engineering (RE) of a complex automobile structural part, B-pillar. As a major part of the automobile body-in white (BiW), B-pillar has substantial opportunity for weight reduction by introducing variable thickness across its sections. To leverage such potential, an existing B-pillar was reverse engineered with a 3D optical scanner and computer aided design (CAD) application. First, digital data (i.e. in meshes) of exiting B-pillar was obtained by the scanner, and subsequently, this information was utilized in developing a complete 3D CAD model. CATIA V5 was used in the modeling where some of the essential work benches were "Digitized Shape Editor", "Quick Surface Reconstruction", "Wireframe and Surface Design", "Freestyle", "Generation Shape Design" and "Part design". In the final CAD design, five different thicknesses were incorporated successfully in order to get a B-pillar with non-uniform sections. This research opened opportunities for thickness optimization and mold tooling design in real time manufacturing.
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U2 - 10.1051/matecconf/20179001007
DO - 10.1051/matecconf/20179001007
M3 - Conference paper
AN - SCOPUS:85008457500
SN - 2261-236X
VL - 90
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - MATEC Web of Conferences
JF - MATEC Web of Conferences
M1 - 01007
T2 - The 2nd International Conference on Automotive Innovation and Green Vehicle
Y2 - 2 August 2016 through 3 August 2016
ER -