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Structure-based similarity searches to improve the reuse of assemblies and functional units in plant engineering – use cases and implementation verification with a large language model as a search tool

Krüger, Lorenz (1); Paetzold-Byhain, Kristin (2)

Type:
Papers
DS 145: Proceedings of the DESIGN2026 19th International Design Conference
Year:
2026
Editor:
Štorga, M.; Škec, S.; Martinec, T.; Marjanović, D.; Pavković, N.
Author:
Krüger, Lorenz (1); Paetzold-Byhain, Kristin (2)
Series:
DESIGN
Institution:
1: VON ARDENNE GmbH, Germany; 2: Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Page(s):
667-676
DOI number:
10.1017/pds.2026.10425
ISSN:
2732-527X (Online)
Abstract:
In plant engineering and industrial solution business, the focus is on developing customer-specific products. At the same time, finding suitable templates from previous projects (adaptation design) is essential for efficient product development. Conventional search tools in PDM/ERP systems are not suitable for this purpose, which is why structure-based similarity search was proposed in an earlier article. In this article, a feasibility study is conducted to determine what typical use cases exist and whether these can be easily SME-implemented with a large language model (LLM) as a search tool.
Keywords:
plant engineering, small and medium size enterprise (SME), search technique, product data management (PDM), product lifecycle management (PLM)
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