A component-based computer aided process planning system for CSCW

With the demand of market competition to product development, and the more and more application of PDM, ERP, and CAD software systems in manufacture enterprise, the integration and corporation of CAPP with these systems become necessary. In this paper, a CAPP system based on COM component technology and .NET framework is developed. This CAPP system realizes the cooperation with other application systems. The cooperation data interface, cooperation principle inside the system, and realization method are studied. Certain enterprise applications integration is illustrated.