... applications into product development and use. A software tool is presented in which partial steps of the automatic preparation are already implemented. After an analysis of the product structure of a CAD file, the transformation is executed for each component. Functions implemented so far allow, for example...

... distributed manufacturing product development Currently, most search engines for design and manufacturing solutions are based on text keywords. Some advanced web-based search engines have been developed that support queries based on 3D sketches, 2D sketches, and 3D shapes [ 67 ]. However, none...

... when product development decomposition is worked out the results show some evidence of misalignment [ 9 , 33 ]. Consequently, there must be additional factors to consider in understanding the relationship between the product, the processes/tasks, and the organizational design. In this framework...

... digital simulation mechanical engineering computing mechatronics product design product development production engineering computing rapid prototyping (industrial) solid modelling virtual prototyping A mechatronic system is the combination of several components from different domains...

... 2011 02 09 2011 complex networks content management Internet product development public domain software social networking (online) software engineering open-source processes communities product development evolutionary networks During the past two decades, open...

...Kenji Shimada This paper presents the current issues and trends in meshing and geometric processing, core tasks in the preparation stage of computational engineering analyses. In product development, computational simulation of product functionality and manufacturing process have contributed...

... of design optimization for constitutive characterization. Design optimization, as a topic of research relative to engineering applications and product development has been popular within the context of optimal shape determination but not as popular within the context of material characterization...

...Axel Nordin; Andreas Hopf; Damien Motte; Robert Bjärnemo; Claus-Christian Eckhardt In traditional product development, several iterations are usually necessary to obtain a successful compromise between constraints emanating from engineering, manufacturing, and aesthetics. Moreover, this approach...

... fulfilling these requirements. Lastly, the proposed research is applied on an aeronautic case study for illustrating the potential benefits of such an approach in terms of taking account of assembly knowledge in the early product development stages. Westkämper , E. , 2003 , “ Assembly...

...Qize Le; Jitesh H. Panchal Traditional product development efforts are primarily based on well-structured and hierarchical product development processes. The products are systematically decomposed into subsystems that are designed by dedicated teams with well-defined information flows. Over...

...Ruzhen Zhang; Xionghui Zhou To improve the quality of design, reduce the cost of production, and shorten the cycle of product development, an effective system to manage and reuse existing design resources is established. A novel two-step algorithm based on integrated product information model...

...Qianli Xu; Feng Zhou; Jianxin (Roger) Jiao Design innovation that accommodates customers’ affective needs along with their cognitive decisions suggests itself to be of primary importance for a system to convey more added-value. Product development should accommodate complicated interactions among...

... shape modeling point of view. In these cases, rework or repair of data is necessitated before commencing the target process, which results in significant economy loss and delay of product development. Today’s product model data are dumb data because design intents and data quality incorporated...

...Toshiharu Miwa; Kosuke Ishii The acceleration of the product development cycle continues to be a significant challenge for manufacturing enterprises around the world. This paper describes a task planning method that minimizes the number of trial and error to reduce the development time for large...

... which physical devices are built. Their representation is essential to the successful conceptualization and realization of designed products. While formal component representations exist during the detailed stages of product development, electromechanical components lack similar representations...

... are built. Such a system will facilitate identification of product/process design errors during early stages of product development where major changes are still feasible. Thus, it will reduce unforeseen problems that arise during later stages of the product life cycle, consequently saving both time...

...) systems in a unique way. The full potential of the haptic technology is best realized when it is integrated effectively into the product development environment and process. For large manufacturing companies this means integration into a commercial CAD system ( Stewart, et al., 1997, “Direct Integration...

... for inspiring innovative product development, from ideation of solutions to their implementation as products. In ideation, potential solutions to a design problem are generated. To support ideation, two databases are developed with entries having information about natural and artificial systems. A novel generic...

... concept, 15 components were identified but the morphological search only returned 12 of the same function mapped components resulting in an 80% return of components. 06 04 2006 06 08 2007 28 02 2008 information retrieval matrix algebra product design product development search...

... are demonstrated and a short illustrative example is given. The full practical evaluation of CPM2 will require the development and use of implementation models. 12 10 2005 01 07 2007 28 02 2008 product design product development Unified Modeling Language product data representation...