Evaluating FuncSION: A software for automated synthesis of design solutions for stimulating ideation during mechanical conceptual design


Autoria(s): Pal, Ujjwal; Liu, Ying-Chieh; Chakrabarti, Amaresh
Data(s)

2014

Resumo

The goal of the work reported in this paper is to use automated, combinatorial synthesis to generate alternative solutions to be used as stimuli by designers for ideation. FuncSION, a computational synthesis tool that can automatically synthesize solution concepts for mechanical devices by combining building blocks from a library, is used for this purpose. The objectives of FuncSION are to help generate a variety of functional requirements for a given problem and a variety of concepts to fulfill these functions. A distinctive feature of FuncSION is its focus on automated generation of spatial configurations, an aspect rarely addressed by other computational synthesis programs. This paper provides an overview of FuncSION in terms of representation of design problems, representation of building blocks, and rules with which building blocks are combined to generate concepts at three levels of abstraction: topological, spatial, and physical. The paper then provides a detailed account of evaluating FuncSION for its effectiveness in providing stimuli for enhanced ideation.

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application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/49757/1/art_int_eng_des_ana_man_28-3_209_2014.pdf

Pal, Ujjwal and Liu, Ying-Chieh and Chakrabarti, Amaresh (2014) Evaluating FuncSION: A software for automated synthesis of design solutions for stimulating ideation during mechanical conceptual design. In: AI EDAM-ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN ANALYSIS AND MANUFACTURING, 28 (3, SI). pp. 209-226.

Publicador

CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS

Relação

http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1017/S0890060414000183

http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/49757/

Palavras-Chave #Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing
Tipo

Journal Article

PeerReviewed