Knowledge Base Repository
In addition to research papers, the Design Society is developing several valuable resources for those interested in the study of design. These include a repository of PhD theses, a library of case studies and transcripts of design activities, and an archive of our newsletters. Please note that these resources are accessible exclusively to Design Society members.
ANNACON: Annotation with Constraints to Support Design
Ding, Lian; Matthews, Jason; Mullineux, Glen
Type:
Year:
2009
Editor:
Norell Bergendahl, M.; Grimheden, M.; Leifer, L.; Skogstad, P.; Lindemann, U.
Author:
Series:
ICED
Section:
Design Methods and Tools
Page(s):
37-48
Abstract:
The use of constraint-based and optimization techniques have proven valuable throughout the design process. Environments for such techniques are becoming available as stand alone and add-on packages for CAE environments. Most preliminary design layouts are performed on CAD environments; such environments also provide the designer with the mechanism to enrich such models with additional information, namely, annotation. This paper presents an approach that allows the designer to annotate the model with the design constraints, including its goals, relationships and bounds. These can then be used as the design evolves. To model solutions, that firstly, monitor and satisfy the constraints, and then present the opportunity to find an optimal solution. The context of this research is mechanism synthesis and machine system improvement. Therefore the constraints mainly dictate the geometric, topological and kinematics properties of a given design. The approach is demonstrated with the synthesis of a transfer mechanism in a production line.
Keywords:
