Methods and Tools for Co-operative and Integrated Design

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Collaborative Large Engineering: From IT Dream to Reality....Pages 3-14
From Design to Life-Cycle Approaches: The EU Perspective....Pages 15-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
A Modular Framework for the Economic Performance Control in Manufacturing Segments....Pages 25-34
Quotation for the Value Added Assessment during Product Development and Production Processes....Pages 35-44
Man — Machine System Re-Design from the Ergonomics Perspective....Pages 45-56
Contribution to the Building of an Equipment Design Method in Developing Countries Using an Analysis of Traditional Pratices....Pages 57-70
Manufacturing Process Selection and Integration in Product Design....Pages 71-82
Integrating Kinematics and Physically-Based Simulation in a Car Sunroof Virtual Prototyping....Pages 83-92
Sharing Computational Simulation Knowledge for Co-Operative Work in the Design Process....Pages 93-104
Surface Reconstruction of Freeform Objects Based on Multiresolution Volumetric Method for Distributed CAD....Pages 105-117
The Feature-Based Styling Process in Car Body Engineering....Pages 119-131
A New Design Orientated Digitalization Technology....Pages 133-142
Applicability of Engineering Design Theories on Manufacturing System Design in the Context of Concurrent Engineering....Pages 145-158
Image Theory in Integrated Product and Processs Design....Pages 159-170
Conceptual Design in a High-Tech Environment....Pages 171-182
Adaptive and Competent Network Structures for the Development and Design of High-Tech Products....Pages 183-194
Managing Uncertainty of Product Data....Pages 195-208
Integration of New Dimensions in Design Process....Pages 209-222
Environment and Design....Pages 223-232
Excellency in Industrial Product Development....Pages 233-240
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
A Proposition to Capitalize and Share the Logic of Design....Pages 241-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
A Design Environment for Product Knowledge Management and Data Exchange....Pages 257-266
Flexible Software Framework for Collaboration Systems....Pages 267-279
A Co-operative System for the Design of Mechatronic Products with Multidisciplinary Optimization....Pages 281-290
Assembly Simulation in the Design Process in a Distributed Environment....Pages 291-302
New Application Areas of Digital Mock-up Within Product Development....Pages 303-314
Interface between CAD/CAM Software and an Integrative Engineering Design Environment....Pages 315-326
Modelling of Participatory Manufacturing Processes....Pages 327-338
Collaborative Development of Tools and Dies in SMEs Networks....Pages 341-351
Evaluation of the Element Model “Working Surface Pairs & Channel and Support Structures”....Pages 353-362
Communicating Context and Strategy for Collaborative Design in Networks and Corporations....Pages 363-374
If Only I Knew What You Were Going to Do....Pages 375-384
Characterisation of Co-operation and Co-ordination Processes....Pages 385-396
Supporting Global Design Teams Through Virtual Design Offices....Pages 397-408
Distributed Design — Current Approaches and Evolution Tendencies....Pages 411-424
Case Study on Low Cost Distributed Conceptual Design Support for Small Teams....Pages 425-436
Ship Optimisation with Distant Application Tools....Pages 437-450
Interoperability between CAD and Simulation Models for Cooperative Design....Pages 451-462
Verification of Human Factors in Manufacturing Process Design....Pages 463-474
Towards a Formalization of Collaboration Entities to Manage Conflicts Appearing in Cooperative Product Design....Pages 475-486
Back Matter....Pages 487-488