Method for producing a component or a component composite consisting of a plurality of components, using a camera for detecting the position of a component

A method of producing a vehicle body component, the method comprising acts of:

• forming, via a forming tool, a metal plate;
• producing a first reference marking at a first predefined location on the metal plate, wherein the metal plate comprises a plurality of orientation characteristics, the plurality of orientation characteristics including a corner point of the formed metal plate, a hole center of the formed metal plate, and an edge of the formed metal plate;
• roughly positioning, via a positioning device, the formed metal plate such that the first reference marking is located in a predefined space area relative to a position recognition device;
• identifying, via the position recognition device, a position of the first reference marking, wherein the position recognition device generates position data corresponding to the identified position of the first reference marking;
• positioning, via an electronically controlled positioning device, a first fixing element at the predefined location of the first reference marking on the basis of the generated position data;
• verifying an actual position of the first fixing element, after the positioning of the first fixing element, by determining, via a measuring device, a position of the first fixing element relative to the plurality of orientation characteristics of the formed metal plate;
• welding, via a welding device, the first fixing element to the formed metal plate at the location of the first reference marking;
• providing a second component having a second fixing element;
• wherein the first fixing element is a sphere and the second fixing element is a hole;
• inserting the sphere into the hole and clamping the sphere in the hole and thus detachably connecting the sphere to the second component to position the first component and the second component sufficiently firmly and precisely relative to one another;
• and
• permanently fixing the second component to the formed metal plate by welding the second component to the formed metal plate.