Open AccessAn architecture for the design entity
Author(s) -
Camila Barbosa,
M. Dreux,
Bruno Feijó
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of the brazilian society of mechanical sciences and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.431
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1806-3691
pISSN - 1678-5878
DOI - 10.1590/s1678-58782003000100003
Subject(s) - artifact (error) , representation (politics) , computer science , object (grammar) , tree (set theory) , cad , architecture , conceptual design , space (punctuation) , theoretical computer science , software engineering , artificial intelligence , systems engineering , human–computer interaction , engineering drawing , engineering , mathematics , art , mathematical analysis , politics , political science , law , visual arts , operating system
This paper proposes a new model for the representation of design processes based on the evolutionary aspect of this activity. Also this work presents an innovative approach to object-oriented design processes and a new pragmatic view of the Design Problem Space (DPS). Furthermore, the principles underlying the model are derived from a working CAD system in furnace design developed during the present research work. The information related to the artifact form (space representation), as well as those associated to the functions (rules and nature laws) that the form should attend to, are incorporated by the model. The proposed model is structured in terms of a small number of object types which are capable of building an efficient and robust hierarchical tree. This tree incorporates all the requirements associated with the artifact from the conceptual stage up to the stage of the artifact complete specification