Research on the architecture of Web-based distributed cooperative design system

Web-based distributed cooperative design is an important enabling technology in the implementation of advanced manufacturing. According to the analysis of the requirements of cooperative design system, a three-layer B/S architecture of browser, Web server and database is presented in this paper. By comparing this architecture with the traditional one, which is composed of client layer and server layer, this paper discusses the functions of these three different layers and the internal relations between them at length. The proposal of this architecture lays a foundation of establishing a flexible and effective cooperative design system under the circumstance of network.