Three-dimensional (3d) manufacturing process planning

A apparatus to define a manufacturing process, the apparatus comprising:

• given a manufactured product formed of one or more parts, for each user interaction, a describing unit to describe a work to be done in response to a user interacting with a three-dimensional representation of the one or more parts;
• and
• providing unit coupled to the describing unit to provide the user with feedback of the describing in the form of a graphical representation of the work to be done, the manufacturing process being defined by the graphical representation of the work to be done.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

• given a manufactured product formed of one or more parts, for each user interaction, describing a work to be done in response to a user interacting with a three-dimensional representation of the one or more parts;
• and
• providing the user with feedback of the describing in the form of a graphical representation of the work to be done, the manufacturing process being defined by the graphical representation of the work to be done.