Design Automation Systems for the Product Development Process: Reflections from Five Industrial Case Studies

DS 116: Proceedings of the DESIGN2022 17th International Design Conference

Year: 2022
Editor: Mario Štorga, Stanko Škec, Tomislav Martinec, Dorian Marjanović
Author: Olle Vidner, Camilla Wehlin, Anton Wiberg
Series: DESIGN
Institution: Link
Section: Engineering Design Practice
Page(s): 2533-2542
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2022.256
ISSN: 2732-527X (Online)

Abstract

This paper presents five industrial cases where design automation (DA) systems supported by design optimization has been developed, and aims to summarize the lesson learned and identify needs for future development of such projects. By mapping the challenges during development and deployment of the systems, common issues were found in technical areas such as model integration and organizational areas such as knowledge transfer. The latter can be seen as a two-layered design paradox; one for the product that the DA system is developed for, and one for the development of the DA system.

Keywords: design automation, multi-/cross-/trans-disciplinary approaches, design optimisation