Computer Aided Bus Skeleton Design (BUS-CAD)

The designing and manufacturing of a new bus is a process which need of a large number of technical labors and a great consumption time, starting from designing operation until
full production process. Bus Industry in the Arab region realized some success and is equivalent to their counterparts in Europe and America. This makes the interest in reducing the time and efforts spent in the design, planning and production processes in the bus industry is an added value. The bus steel structure (skeleton) building process is the starting base for all the following manufacturing processes. Planning Department -based
on it – start writing the operating pages and determine the required raw materials for the bus manufacture. The logistic department starts to provide the necessary raw materials for the
bus construction. Tool department starts to design and manufacture of production facilities, and main fixtures (drilling and welding) for constructing the bus skeleton. The
administration department collects all the information’s to estimate the bus cost and expect the profit from the implementation of this product. The virtual world created by the
computer in nowadays our life puts a strong chance to simulate many of the manufacturing processes before they occur, and this was not available before. Bus skeleton design, planning and manufacturing operation represent a good example can be implemented entirely by using computer simulations. The present paper discuss the basic lines for construction a program to reduce the design, planning and manufacturing processes of the bus structure. Objective of this proposed work is designing a parametric program for the bus skeleton design (all types) with a possibility in parametric design modification in the bus skeleton
– Automatic creation of technical documents – Bus welding assembly fixture construction - determine the initial cost estimation of the bus