EXTENDED DESIGN ASSETS ENABLING AUTOMATED TOOL DEVELOPMENT AS A PART OF A PRODUCT PLATFORM APPROACH
DS 92: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
Year: 2018
Editor: Marjanović D., Štorga M., Škec S., Bojčetić N., Pavković N.
Author: Heikkinen, Tim Matias Daniel; Johansson, Joel; Elgh, Fredrik Per Wilhelm
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN PROCESSES
Page(s): 757-768
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0219
Abstract
Product platform development is a well-established approach for reusing product knowledge in the form of geometry and its configuration rules and constraints. Explicitly defining all platform components is not always possible however. This is why a product platform approach where the processes of realising platform components also are supported is needed, instead of exclusively relying on their results. The work presented here works toward this, with a focus on automated tool development enabled by extending design assets from different tools.
Keywords: product platform, design automation, product families, model based engineering