Höherwertige Konstruktionsobjekte für CAD-Prozesse (English shop)

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By way of introduction, this work identifies the problems with which the design engineer is confronted during today’s design process. Selected design processes drawn from industry-related problem settings are analysed with regard to the available system support, in order to be able to define conclusions and requirements for higher-value design objects.

The desire for ever more efficient product development and manufacture increasingly compels companies to fall back on standardised design components. Even in high-performance CAD systems, mechanisms are currently lacking that would automatically initiate evaluation procedures ensuring the functional suitability of such components within the assembly context. Higher-value design objects support the design engineer in avoiding inconsistencies between the geometry model and the calculation model and in reducing the risk of failing to take relevant regulations into account, in that the necessary knowledge about a design element is captured digitally and made available as required. In this context, the representation of reciprocal component dependencies in the digital product model will play a central role. It is shown how the design process can be supported by higher-value design objects and how the design engineer benefits from this support when comparing alternative solutions. Since higher-value design objects succeed in supporting the CAD process in terms of time efficiency and quality, they meet in particular the demand for ever more efficient product development.