A systematic summary of the problems confronted by the design and manufacture ofautomobile panel dies, and present status and trends of the research on CAD and KBE arediscussed.

• 系统分析了汽车覆盖件模具设计、制造面临的问题，并在此基础上回顾了CAD及基于知识工程(KBE)的研究现状。