Takingtheslotfeatureasanexample,the

Takingtheslotfeatureasanexample,thedesignerselected target slot feature (Fig. 15a) in the modeling session. In the “solidmodel”panelofreusesystem(Fig.3b),settingretrieval modeas“partialretrieval”and“Apply”wouldperformpartial retrieval. Through partial similarity assessment between slot feature and the reference car door panel, the best match(similarity 0.869) reference slot feature (Fig. 15b) was returned to reuse lifter mechanism. It can be observed that thetargetfeatureandthereferencefeatureareofsimilar structure mainly. The main differences are height of ribs and concave feature on the top of slot.