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2008

"Automated Knowledge Capture in 2D and 3D Design Environments" J.M. Ritchie, R.C.W. Sung, H.J. Rea, T. Lim, J.R. Corney, C. Salamon, I. Howley, To be presented at the VIRMAN Workshop, INTUITION 2008 Conference: Virtual Reality in Industry and Society: Frome Research to Application, October 6-8, 2008, Torino, Italy. Download PDF

"The Role of Therbligs in Automated Design Process Mapping" R.C.W.Sung, J.M. Ritchie, G. Robinson, P. Day, J.R. Corney, H.J. Rea, KIM Project Conference 2008, Published by University of Bath, 2-3 April 2008, Reading University, UK. Download PDF

"The Use of Non-intrusive User Logging to Capture Engineering Rationale, Knowledge and Intent during the Product Life Cycle" J.M.Ritchie, R.C.W. Sung, H.J. Rea, T. Lim, J.R. Corney I.K. Howley, 2008 PICMET Conference, 27-31 July 2008, Westin Grand Cape Town Arabella Quays, Cape Town, South Africa. Download PDF

 

2007

"Virtual Manufacturing" Ed. J.M. Ritchie, R.G. Dewar,  Special Issue on Virtual Manufacturing, Virtual Reality Journal, (2007), v7, n4, pp185-293, ISSN 0960-0035. Download PDF

"Part A: Automated Design Analysis, Assembly Planning and Motion Study Analysis Using Immersive Virtual Reality" J.M. Ritchie, R.C.W. Sung, G. Robinson, P.N. Day, R.G. Dewar, J.E.L. Simmons,  In Proceedings Advanced Summer Institute, University Transilvania Brasov, Romania, 2007. Download PDF

"Part B: The analysis of design and manufacturing tasks using haptic and immersive VR – Some case studies" J.M. Ritchie, T. Lim, R.C.W. Sung, J.R. Corney, H.J. Rea,  In Proceedings Advanced Summer Institute, University Transilvania Brasov, Romania, 2007. Download PDF

System design and user evaluation of CoStar: an immersive stereoscopic system for cable harness design” G. Robinson, J.M. Ritchie, P.N. Day, R.G. Dewar,  Computer-Aided Design vol. 39, pp. 245-257., 2007. Download PDF

Cable harness design, assembly and installation using immersive virtual reality” J.M. Ritchie, R.C.W. Sung, G. Robinson, P.N. Day, R.G. Dewar, J.E.L. Simmons, Virtual Reality Journal, vol. 11, pp. 261-274, 2007. Download PDF

 

2006

"The Role of Non-Intrusive Operator Logging to Support the Analysis and Generation of Product Engineering Data using Immersive VR" J.M. Ritchie, R.G. Dewar, G. Robinson, J.E.L. Simmons, F.M. Ng, Journal of Virtual and Physical Prototyping, (2006),v1, n2, pp117-134, ISSN 1745-2759. Download PDF

User Activity Profiles with the CO-STAR Immersive Design SystemG. Robinson, P. Day, J.M. Ritchie, R.G. Dewar, Workshop on Virtual Reality in Product Engineering and Robotics: Technology and Applications, Special issue of the Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania ISSN 1221-5872, May 2006, pp73-80. Download PDF

“Workshop Proceedings: 1st International Virtual; Manufacturing Workshop (VIRMAN’06)Ed. J.M. Ritchie, R.G. Dewar, IEEE VR Conference, Alexandria, March 2006, IEEE Catalog Number:06CH37779D, ISBN 1-4244-0224-7. Download PDF

User Activity in an Immersive Cable Harness Design SystemJ.M. Ritchie, R.G. Dewar, G. Robinson, H.J. Rea, P.N. Day, R.C.W. Sung, Workshop Proceedings: 1st International Virtual; Manufacturing Workshop (VIRMAN’06), Part of the IEEE VR Conference, Alexandria, March 2006, IEEE Catalog Number:06CH37779D, ISBN 1-4244-0224-7, pp 5-9, March 2006. Download PDF

“Analysis of User Activity in an Engineering Design Task during the Evaluation of an Immersive Stereoscopic Design System” G. Robinson, P.N. Day, J.M. Ritchie, R.G. Dewar, Proceedings of IDETC/CIE 2006, ASME 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conference & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, September 2006, Paper DETC2006-99017. Download PDF

“Cable Harness Design and Assembly Planning Using Immersive Virtual Reality” J. Ritchie, G. Robinson, P. Day, R.G. Dewar, J. Simmons, R. Sung, Proceedings of the 31st FISITA World Automotive Congress, Yokohama, October 2006, Paper F2006M161. Download PDF

"Virtual reality in computer aided conceptual design: a comparison" N. Clark, MPhil Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, 2006

 

2004

"Immersive Virtual Reality in Cable and Pipe Routing: Design Metaphors and Cognitive Ergonomics" P.O. Holt, J.M. Ritchie, P.N. Day, J.E.L. Simmons, G. Robinson, G.T. Russell, Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, September 2004, Vol 6, pp 161-170 Download PDF

"Design Metaphors and Cognitive Ergonomics in Immersive Virtual Reality: An Engineering Case Study" J.M. Ritchie, P.N. Day, P.O. Holt, F.M. Ng, G. Robinson, G.T. Russell, J.E.L. Simmons, Proc 2nd International Conference on Manufacturing Research, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, 2004, pp 423-428. Download PDF


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