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  HomeContents of Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering (English Edition),2008 No.2SELF-ORGANIZED SEMANTIC FEATURE EVOLUTION FOR AXIOMATIC DESIGN

HAO He

FENG Yixiong

TAN Jianrong

XUE Yang
State Key Laboratory of CAD&CG,
Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou 310027, China

 

 

SELF-ORGANIZED SEMANTIC FEATURE EVOLUTION FOR AXIOMATIC DESIGN* 

 

Abstract: Aiming at the problem existing in the computer aided design process that how to express the design intents with high-level engineering terminologies, a mechanical product self-organized semantic feature evolution technology for axiomatic design is proposed, so that the constraint relations between mechanical parts could be expressed in a semantic form which is more suitable for designers. By describing the evolution rules for semantic constraint information, the abstract expression of design semantics in mechanical product evolution process is realized and the constraint relations between parts are mapped to the geometric level from the semantic level; With semantic feature relation graph, the abstract semantic description, the semantic relative structure and the semantic constraint information are linked together; And the methods of semantic feature self-organized evolution are classified. Finally, combining a design example of domestic high-speed elevator, how to apply the theory to practical product development is illustrated and this method and its validity is described and verified. According to the study results, the designers are able to represent the design intents at an advanced semantic level in a more intuitional and natural way and the automation, recursion and visualization for mechanical product axiomatic design are also realized.

Key words: Axiomatic design Semantic feature Design intent Self-organized

 


* This project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50505044) and National Hi-tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, No. 2007AA04Z190). Received July 25, 2007; received in revised form January 10, 2008; accepted January 24, 2008

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Biographical notes

HAO He is currently an MS candidate in State Key Laboratory of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, China. His research interests include product conceptual design, Robotics and Mechatronics, etc.
Tel: +86-571-87931373; E-mail: haohe.cn@gmail.com

FENG Yixiong, corresponding author, is currently an associate professor in State Key Laboratory of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, China. His research interests include CAPP/CAM/CIMS, customer relationship management (CRM), rapidly reconfigurable manufacturing system (RRMS), etc.
Tel: +86-571-87951273; E-mail: fyxtv@zju.edu.cn

TAN Jianrong is currently a professor in State Key Laboratory of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, China, and an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. His research interests include CAPP/CAM/CIMS, CRM, product design, etc.
Tel: +86-571-87951273; E-mail: egi@zju.edu.cn

XUE Yang is currently an MS candidate in State Key Laboratory of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, China. Her research interests include CRM and product configuration design, etc.
Tel: +86-571-87934989; E-mail: xueyangani@yeah.net


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