Finding the optimum route of ship pipes is a complicated and time-consuming process. Experience of designers is the main tool in this process. To reduce design man-hours and human errors an expert system shell and a geometric modeling kernel are integrated to automate the design process. Existing algorithms for routing problems have been analyzed -most of them are to solve 2-D circuit routing problems. Design of the ship piping system, especially within the engine room, is a complicated, large-scale 3-D routing problem. Methods of expert systems have been implemented to find the routes of ship pipes on the main deck of a bulk carrier. A framework of the intelligent CAD system for pipe auto-routing is suggested. The CADDS 5 of Computer vision is used as the overall CAD environment, the Nexpert Object of Neuron Data is used as the expert system shell, and the CADDS 5 ISSM is used to build user interface through which geometric models" of pipes are created and modified.
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February 1999
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Journal of Ship Production
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February 01 1999
A Design Expert System for Auto-Routing of Ship Pipes
Sang-Seob Kang;
Sang-Seob Kang
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd
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Sehyun Myung;
Sehyun Myung
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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J Ship Prod 15 (01): 1–9.
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SNAME-JSP-1999-15-1-1
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Kang, Sang-Seob, Myung, Sehyun, and Soon-Hung Han. "A Design Expert System for Auto-Routing of Ship Pipes." J Ship Prod 15 (1999): 1–9. doi: https://doi.org/10.5957/jsp.1999.15.1.1
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