Early phases of design process still lacks of the computer support due to informal and highly complex data that has to be managed. Appropriate structure of data is therefore needed for optimal support and connection of conceptual design with downstream application of the product development process. Paper introduces an approach towards a feature-based product model incorporating representation ...

Design process in an interdisciplinary domain like mechatronics is a complex process and sets high demands for designer. It is wide known that decisions in conceptual stage of design process affect final product significantly. Therefore great attention for this phase of design must be paid. The paper gives an overview of the product development process focusing on the conceptual stage and the m...

In this paper we argue that many of the problems one may experience while visiting websites today may be avoided if their builders adopt a proper methodology for designing and implementing the site. More specifically, introducing a systematic conceptual design phase for websites, similar in purpose and technique to the conceptual design phase in database systems , proves to be effective and eff...

Few computational tools exist to assist designers during the conceptual phase of design, and design success is often heavily weighted on personal experience and innate ability. Many well-known methods (e.g. brainstorming, intrinsic and extrinsic searches, and morphological analysis) are designed to stimulate a designer’s creativity, but ultimately still rely heavily on individual bias and exper...

The goal of this research is to investigate prototype use in conceptual design. In order to begin this line of study, we look first to current practices in industry. A case study involving two companies provides examples of prototype use in the conceptual design phase of their respective product development cycles. Six interviews were conducted at two different companies in order to help unders...

new product development (npd) is one of the key factors for achieving competitive advantage and maintaining firm growth. therefore, given the importance of this type of projects, this paper is an endeavor to make these projects more successful by effectively managing their risks in the conceptual design phase of new product development. for this purpose, a multi-objective model, with three obje...

Within the conceptual phase of design, architects (and designers in general) collect and look at design documents. These design documents are sources of knowledge and inspiration for designers. In order to support knowledge representation and information organization in an integrated manner during the conceptual design phase, an information model named Architectural Information Map (ArcIMap) ha...

Paper presents role of fuzzy modeling in heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) and control models. HVAC design professionals are required to evaluate numerous design alternatives and properly justify their final conceptual selection through modeling. This trend, coupled with the knowledge of experienced designers, increasing complexity of the systems, unwillingness to commit addition...