Approach to integrate product conceptual design information into a computer-aided design system

Víctor H. Torres, José Ríos, Antonio Vizán, Jesús M. Pérez
2013 Concurrent Engineering - Research and Applications  
Commercial computer-aided design systems support the geometric definition of product, but they lack utilities to support initial design stages. Typical tasks such as customer need capture, functional requirement formalization, or design parameter definition are conducted in applications that, for instance, support "quality function deployment" and "failure modes and effects analysis" techniques. Such applications are noninteroperable with the computer-aided design systems, leading to
more » ... us design information flows. This study addresses this issue and proposes a method to enhance the integration of design information generated in the early design stages into a commercial computer-aided design system. To demonstrate the feasibility of the approach adopted, a prototype application was developed and two case studies were executed. Antonio Vizan is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Polytechnic University of Madrid. He leads research and collaboration with companies and national research centers in the areas of design and production. He held a position of Head of the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and Vice Director of the Spanish Association for Robotics and Automation of Production. His research interest relates to machining process optimization, micromachining, injection molding, and concurrent engineering. Jesus M. Perez is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Polytechnic University of Madrid. He has led research projects and publication studies in topics related to forming processes, dimensional metrology, process improvement and control, quality, and instrumentation. He held a position of Vice Director for Research in the Industrial Engineering School. His areas of interest include improvement of manufacturing processes, quality control and instrumentation, and concurrent engineering.
doi:10.1177/1063293x12475233 fatcat:vjkxrfetinashhx2df5cpi3fri