Book chapter
AN ONTOLOGY OF COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
Computer Animation, pp 209-234
01 Jan 2010
Abstract
This chapter develops an ontology of computer-aided design, based on the function-behaviour-structure (FBS) ontology. It proposes two complementary views of the process of design. The object-centred view applies the FBS ontology to the artefact being designed. Integrating an ontology of three "design worlds", this view establishes a framework of designing as a set of transformations between the function, behaviour and structure of the design object, driven by interactions between the three design worlds. Building on this framework, the process-centred view applies the FBS ontology to the activities defined by the object-centred view. This increases the level of detail and provides a more well-defined set of representations of these activities. Our ontological framework can be used to provide a better understanding of the functionalities required of existing and future computer-aided design support.
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- Title
- AN ONTOLOGY OF COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
- Creators
- Udo Kannengiesser - NICTA, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaJohn S. Gero - George Mason University
- Contributors
- J S Wright (Editor)L M Hughes (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Computer Animation, pp 209-234
- Series
- Computer Science Technology and Applications
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers, Inc; HAUPPAUGE
- Number of pages
- 26
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000284127400009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84892034484
- Other Identifier
- 991022202934804721