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Computer-Aided Design 34 (2002) 347±355 Intelligent approaches for generating assembly drawings from 3-D computer models of mechanical products Ke-Zhang Chena,*, Xin-An Feng b, Lan Dingb aDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong bFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China Received 10 November 2000; revised 10 February 2001; accepted 27 February 2001 Abstract In order to reduce the time of mechanical product design and ensure the high quality of their assembly drawings, this paper develops an intelligent approach for generating assembly drawings automatically from three-dimensional (3-D) computer assembly models of mechan- ical products by simulating the experienced human designers thinking mode with the aid of computer graphics and knowledge-based expert system. The key issues include the strategies and methods for selecting the necessary views in an assembly drawing, determining necessary sectional views in each view, eliminating the unreasonable projective overlap of the components in each view, and minimizing the numbers of both the views in an assembly drawing and the sectional views in each view. Based on the approach, corresponding software prototype was developed. Finally, it is demonstrated, from an example of the fixture in a modularized drilling machine, that its assembly drawing was generated successfully using this intelligent software prototype. Keywords: CAD; Intelligent CAD; Expert system; Artificial intelligence; Assembly; Drawing  1. Introduction Any product that has more than one component must have an assembly drawing. The primary functions of assem- bly drawing of a product are to show the product in its completed shape, to indicate the relationship of its various components, and to designate these components by labels. Assembly drawings are the important documents for assem- bly, inspection, installation, maintenance, and even disas- sembly and recycling of th