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An Expert System for Design-Process Automation in a CAD Environment

Authors:
Gerald Frank

Keywords: Expert System; Knowledge-Based Engineering; CAD

Abstract:
For enterprises operating in markets, where customer needs can only be fulfilled with highly individualized products (which in turn necessitate a high degree of variety of lines of products), finding ways to reduce design and manufacturing costs is a crucial issue. This paper presents an expert-system approach to help solving correspondent challenges. The main methodology applied is to separate the design process into creative and repetitive tasks: Mapping the design logic of repetitive tasks onto a knowledge base then facilitates the creation of an expert system. This system supports engineers by automating those portions of a design process, which are based on repetitive tasks. Thereby, design-task complexity is reduced und there is a significant speedup of up to 90 % within construction processes. Finally, such a system enables engineers to focus on creative, value-creating tasks.

Pages: 179 to 184

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: January 27, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4243

ISBN: 978-1-61208-246-2

Location: Seville, Spain

Dates: from January 27, 2013 to February 1, 2013