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PROPOSAL ABOUT THE USE OF DATA BASE IN ENGINEERING DESIGN
Rosa, Francesco; Rovida, Edoardo; Viganò, Roberto
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Year:
2011
Editor:
Culley, S.J.; Hicks, B.J.; McAloone, T.C.; Howard, T.J. & Dong, A.
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Series:
ICED
Section:
Design Methods and Tools Part 1
Page(s):
21-29
Abstract:
Design can be defined as the human activity aimed to conceive and develop the “best” constructive solution, capable to perform a given function. In this paper we will present the conception of a data base capable to archive constructive solutions related to a given function: such a data-base can become the starting point of the design process and a useful tool for the designer. The structure of this data-base has been conceived starting from the schema of the design process, in order to store a functional model derived from several functional representations available in the technical literature.
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