A general framework of a system that supports building engineering is presented It accounts for a set of desirable features. Among them are (1) graphical man-machine interaction, (2) high interactivity to facilitate the acquisition of the huge amount of knowledge necessary to support design, (3) incremental knowledge acquisition as the basis for incrementally increasing system support, and(4) a...

This paper gives an overview of the existing approaches to the hardware/software codesign of embedded systems. We discuss all the steps in the design trajectory. The common approach of adding dedicated hardware to accelerate the software (by way of a FPGA or ASIC coprocessor) is judged as not worth the effort. The multi-processor framework of ASIPs (application specific instruction set processo...

Recent developments in the eld of computer graphics will provide color scientists with a new set of design tools. Real-time shading will make it possible to interactively evaluate surfaces that exhibit complex variation in the direction and color of re ected light. New software simulation techniques will facilitate the prediction of these important surface re ection properties. Together these t...

An automated modular fixture design system has been developed in our previous study. Since dedicated fixtures are commonly used in mass production, in this research, a technique of automated dedicated fixture configuration design is studied with predefined fixture component types. The design methodology is divided into two stages: basic design and detail design. The basic design activities incl...