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SELECTING AND COMBINING METHODS FOR COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING WITHIN THE DESIGN PROCESS

Franke, H.-J.; Deimel, M. // 2004
The paper describes two approaches to select easily methods for the support of single working steps within the design process. Further, it is essential for the desired support of the entire process, ...

SIMULATION IN PRODUCT DESIGN: AN ITERATIVE QUESTION-ANSWER DRIVEN PROCESS

Andersson, K. // 2004
In order to support a question-answer driven simulation process, a design process model capable of describing problem statements, model specifications, simulation models and problem answers as ...

STUDY OF THE DESIGNER’S COGNITIVE PROCESSES DURING THE LATER PHASES OF THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS

Motte, D.; Andersson, P.-E.; Bjärnemo, R. // 2004
An increasing number of studies have been focusing on the cognitive abilities and limitations of the designer during the design process, yet thus far only for the conceptual design phase. This paper ...

TEAM DESIGN PROCESS FOR A 6X6 ALL-ROAD WHEELCHAIR

Fauroux, J-C.; Charlat, S.; Limenitakis, M. // 2004

THE BENEFITS OF PREDICTING CHANGE IN COMPLEX PRODUCTS: APPLICATION AREAS OF A DSM-BASED PREDICTION TOOL

Jarratt, T.; Eckert, C.; Clarkson, P.J. // 2004
Most designers struggle to fully understand a complex product. Throughout the entire life cycle of a product engineers are frequently required to predict how changes could propagate. Currently, few ...

THE FAMILIARITY WITH AND THE USE OF DISASSEMBLY-SUPPORTING CONNECTIONS AND FASTENERS IN GERMANY’S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY – A SURVEY

Wünsche, T.; Blessing, L. // 2004
The aim of this study was to find out to what degree disassembly-supporting connections are known and used in practice; how knowledge of the existence of such connections affects their use. It could ...

THE GAP BETWEEN LEARNING AND APPLYING DESIGN METHODS

Jänsch, J.F.P.; Birkhofer, H. // 2004
Teaching design methods with the result of producing competent designers is a complex challenge. It is important to impart the aims of a design method, which consist of the effects of the design ...

THE IMPACT OF CULTURAL ASPECTS ON THE DESIGN PROCESS

Felgen, L.; Grieb, J.; Lindemann, U.; Pulm, U.; Chakrabati, A.; Vijaykumar, G. // 2004
Due to increasing globalisation, the development of products is no longer restricted to one place, it is more and more characterised by distributed design teams, who work in different places, time ...

THE LURE OF THE MEASURABLE IN DESIGN RESEARCH

Eckert, C.; Clarkson, P.J.; Stacey, M.K. // 2004
Beginning design research projects by defining success criteria, judged by numerical measurements, is a very attractive idea. But defining a priori success criteria is problematic, as is using ...

THE STRATEGY - DESIGN ALIGNMENT: WHICH GUIDELINES TO ENSURE COHERENCE BETWEEN STRATEGIC THINKING AND DESIGN PROCESS

Mira-Bonnardel, S. // 2004
The intention of this paper is to understand how strategic objectives of a company really interact with operational objectives of the company’s design process. The question is: how to guide design in ...

THERE IS NOTHING AS PRACTICAL AS A GOOD THEORY – AN ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH THE GAP BETWEEN DESIGN RESEARCH AND DESIGN PRACTICE

Birkhofer, H. // 2004
The paper addresses the gap between the expectations of designers working in a competitive industrial environment and the outcome of design research focusing on specific, scientifically interesting ...

TIN TIN, TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS AND WHISKEY: THE 'CULTURAL CAPITAL' OF DESIGN STUDENTS

Strickfaden, M. // 2004
Each individual inherently gathers and retains cultural information throughout their lives. This can be utilized as inspiration during the design process and even becomes embedded in designed ...

TO RESCUE THE DESIGNER FROM EPISTEMIC FREEDOM AND OTHER CHALLENGES

Paparizou, E.; Protzen, J-P. // 2004

TOWARD A DATA MATURITY EVALUATION IN COLLABORATIVE DESIGN PROCESSES

Saint-Marc, L.; Callot, M.; Reyterou, C.; Moly, M.; Girard, P.; Deschamps, J-C. // 2004
This paper concerns the engineering data exchange control. It proposes to define a data evaluation system based on the concept of "data maturity" in order to control the design ...

TREATMENT OF DECISION SITUATIONS IN THE DESIGN PROCESS

Höhne, G. // 2004
During the design process different decision situations arise at planning, managing and problem solving procedures. The aim of this contribution is to characterise the content and the characteristic ...

VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING IN EARLY DESIGN PHASES TO DEVELOP ULTRA PRECISE MACHINES

// 2004
The paper presents an approach and innovative initial results of virtual prototyping for the development of ultra precise positioning and measuring machines in a changing market The basic concept is ...

VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING OF POSITIONING AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS FOR HIGHEST PRECISION APPLICATIONS

Höhne, G.; Brix, T.; Lotz, M. // 2004
The paper presents concepts for a computer-based design of positioning and measuring ma-chines as virtual prototypes to support a phase-overlapping multi-stage design. The basic con-cept is the ...