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Ling Weiqing
Yan Junwei
Wang Jian
CIMS Research Center,
Tongji University,
Shanghai 200092, China
Xie Youbai
Theory of Lubrication and
Bearing Institute,
Xi’an Jiaotong University,
Xi’an 710049, China |
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CASE-BASED CONCEPTUAL DESIGN*
Abstract:
The current method of case-based design (CBD) can be well practiced for configuration design in which design experience knowledge is involved. However, since the design case is confined to a certain application domain, it is difficult for CBD to be applied to conceptual design process that develops concepts to meet design specifications. Firstly, a function factor description space is erected to provide an exhibition room for all functions of design cases. Next, the approach for identifying the space state of function factor in description space is proposed, including the determination of the similarities between function factors of design case. And then a general object-oriented representation for design case is presented by bringing the class of function and in-out flow into the current case representation. Finally, a living example for electro-pet design that illustrates the implementation of the method for case-based conceptual de-sign based on distributed design case repositories is described.
Key words: Case-based conceptual design Function factor Case representation |