A. J. Medland

Computer-based Design Process

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This second edition provides the basic, practical understanding of computer-based design that has led to the creation of a knowledge-driven approach. This approach, through constraint modelling, has been specifically developed to handle the problems of conflict present in the conceptual stages of a real design situation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-412-44780-8
• 2nd ed. 1992
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 561g
• ISBN-13: 9780412447808
• ISBN-10: 0412447800
• Artikelnr.: 22846413

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the second edition. Preface to the first edition. The design
process. An overview. Computer-aided design and manufacture (CAD and CAM).
The relationship between activity, weight, control and role. Product
constraints. User-machine interactions. Proposed design approach. Design
theory. Fundamental requirements. Spatial associations. Functional
associations. Local space modelling. Logical spaces. Interpretive geometric
models. System configuration. Software. Hardware. Drawing office
procedures. Space allocation and role. Application of HERMS (Hierarchical
Engineering Records Management System). Integration and control procedures.
Application examples. Mechanical functions of performance. The functional
design of mechanisms. Kinematic modelling. Dynamic modelling. Conclusions.
Developments in constraint modelling. General problem solving approach.
Constraint modelling. Set structures. An optimization approach. Interfacing
graphics with the constraints. Current applications and future
developments. Introduction. Demonstration of designing simple assemblies.
Model spaces and their use in mechanism simulation. The prediction of
mechanism performance from a sensitivity analysis. Intelligent
communications between CAD and manufacturing activities. Networks in the
description of the design to manufacturing process. Further reading. Index.

Rezensionen

`...the book is well structured in its presentation and coverage of design theory. The holistic approach to design and the principles of constraint modelling are explained clearly and unambiguously...The book is well laid out and easy to assimilate (owing to its structured content) with a good index...the book is a worthwhile text, if only for its coverage of design theory and CAD process'- Int. Journal of Production Research