CONTENTS

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN 1
1.2 CONCURRENT ENGINEERING 1
1.3 ENGINEERING GRAPHICS 3
2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE 6
2.1 PARAMETRIC MODELING CONCEPTS 6
2.1.1 LINE 6
2.1.2 CIRCLE 6
2.1.3 ARC 6
2.1.4 DELETE 6
2.1.5 OFFSET 7
2.1.6 TRIM 7
2.1.7 MIRROR 7
2.1.8 COPY 7
2.1.9 ARRAY 7
2.2 Pro/ENGINEER BASICS 8
2.2.1 3-D MODELING 8
2.2.2 PARAMETRIC DESIGN 8
2.3 FEATURE-BASED MODELING 8
2.4 ASSOCIATIVITY 9
2.5 BEFORE YOU BEGIN Pro/ENGINEER 10
2.5.1 WORKING DIRECTORY 10
2.5.2 CONFIGURATION FILE 10
2.6 FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES OFFERED BY POR/E 10
2.7 PRO/ENGINEER FOUNDATION 11
2.7.1 COMPLETE PRODUCT DEFINITION 11
2.7.2 CAPABILITIES 11
2.8 MARKET POSITION OF PRO/E SOFTWARE 12
 2.9 REASONING FOR SELECTION OF Pro/E AS A MODELLING 12
SOFTWARE
2.9.1 ASSEMPLY CONSTRAINTS 14
2.9.2 PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS 14
2.9.3 DIMENSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS 15
2.9.4 DIMENSIONING SCHEME 15
2.9.5 REATURE CONSTRAINTS 15
2.9.6 REFERENCES 16
2.10MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR PRO/E PACKAGE 16

2.11 ABOUT VIRTUAL REALITY MODELLING LANGUAGE (VRML)

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2.11.1 VRML BACKGOUND 17
2.11.2 WHY USE 3D ON THE WEB? 18
2.11.3 A SHORT HISTORY OF VRML 18
2.11.4 THE REQUIREMENTS 19
2.12BASIC VRML CONCEPTS 20
2.12.1 2D VERSUS 3D GRAPHICS 20
2.12.2 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ON VRML 20
2.13ABOUNT 3DS MAX 21
2.13.1 WHY 3DS MAX? 21
3 METHODOLOGY 22
3.1 PROBLEMS AND SCOPE 22
3.2 MAHAVIR D-SERIES DESTONER 22
3.2.1 APPLICATION 22
3.2.2 WORKING PRINCIPLE 22
3.2.3 DUST COLLECTION SYSTEM 22
3.2.4 MACHINE CAPACITY 23
3.3 MAHAVIR G-SERIES GRAVITY SEPARATOR 23
3.3.1 WORKING PRINCIPLE 23
3.3.2 DUST CONTROL 23
 3.4 MAHAVIR A-SERIES AIR CLASSIFIES 24
3.4.1 WORKING PRINCIPLE 24
3.5 MAHAVIR W-SERIES WEIGHER 25
3.6 SOLID MODELLING AND ASSEMPLY WITH PRO/ENGINEER 25
3.7 SEQUENTIAL ORDER FOR CREATING FINAL VRML OUTPUT 29
3.7.1 PART MODELING 29
3.7.2 SIMULATION 29
3.7.3 PRESENTATION IN VRML 29
3.8 ORGANIZATION OF CD-ROM 30
3.8.1 THESIS REPORT IN PDF FORMAT 30
3.8.2 SYNOPSIS 30
3.8.3 VRML PLUG IN 30
3.8.4 ACROBAT READER 30
3.8.5 LINKS TO IMPORTANT SITES 31
3.8.6 AGRO MACHINES IN PRO/E WILDFIRE FORMAT 31
3.8.7 AGRO MACHINES IN 3DS MAX STUDIO FORMAT 31
3.8.8 AGRO MACHINES IN VRML FORMAT 31
3.8.9 AGRO MACHINES IN AVI FORMAT 31
3.8.10 POWER POINT PRESENTATION 31
4 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION 32
5 LITERATURE CITED 33
 APPENDICES
o APPENDIX – 1 34
o APPENDIX – 2 35
o APPENDIX – 3 36
o APPENDIX – 4 37
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT