METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SUITABLE COMPONENTS FOR FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION – FOCUSING ON GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS

Abstract The approach of functional integration has the potential to solve challenges regarding lightweight design and resource efficiency since number parts therefore weight needed installation space can be reduced. One important step in developing integrative concepts is pre-selection suitable functions or components. Previous methods take various aspects into account. However, based on these usually requires additional tables forms, whose preparation editing quickly becomes time-consuming. At same time, most development engineers are working CAD models. their use selection partners not yet supported sufficiently. more than 80 five different vehicles shown that consideration geometric properties (position, orientation, size) effective, as they identified with minimal analysis effort while CAD. In this paper a four-step procedure presented how directly basis A following evaluation practice completes research.