Logo image
An Approach to Capturing Structure, Behavior, and Function of Artifacts in Computer-Aided Design
Journal article   Peer reviewed

An Approach to Capturing Structure, Behavior, and Function of Artifacts in Computer-Aided Design

Lisa Anthony, William C Regli, Jon E John and Santiago V Lombeyda
Journal of computing and information science in engineering, v 1(2), pp 186-192
01 Jun 2001

Abstract

computer software design engineering CAD
This paper presents an approach to computer-aided design (CAD) that unites ideas from design with three-dimensional layouts and knowledge engineering. Our goal is to capture the structure, behavior, and function of CAD artifacts. We describe a software tool based on this approach, the conceptual understanding and prototyping (CUP) environment, for capturing the design intent inherent in the design process and authoring design semantics in previously created artifacts. CUP records design ideas, based on functional, geometric, and knowledge-based relationships among components in an electromechanical assembly. This design knowledge is stored using ontologies defined in the XML. The goal of this work is to enable users to navigate intricate product data and design knowledge bases.

Metrics

8 Record Views
29 citations in Scopus
13 readers on Mendeley
3 readers on CiteULike

Details

Logo image