A Semi-integration System of CAD and inspection Planning of Standard Manufactured f eatures ....................................................... An D o SAMA ABDu Lh AMEED

Contents Abstract ............................................................................................................. 110 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 110 5.2 Review of Prior Related Research .............................................................112 5.3 The Proposed Methodology...................................................................... 114

5.3.1 Automatic Feature Extraction Module (AFEM) ........................... 116 5.3.1.1 Feature Extraction from IGES File Format ..................... 116 5.3.1.2 Feature Extraction from STEP File Format .................... 117

5.3.2 Development of Automatic Inspection Module (AIM) ................. 119 5.3.2.1 Database Module ............................................................120 5.3.2.2 Developing the Integration between CAD and CAI .......121