The Designers' Sandpit
Introduction
The design process supported by present CAD tools tends to be
component-oriented rather than dealing with a product as a whole.
This leads to redesign, rework and a lengthy product introduction
process. Design evaluation tools, such as Design for Assembly
(DFA), have demonstrated some success in reducing these
problems, but very often these can only be applied once a complete
product description is available and hence the potential benefits
of early analysis are not realised. Designers would prefer to have
such evaluations at a point when they have the most opportunity to
act on the results.
The Designers' Sandpit is an EPSRC funded research project that
aims to address these issues by developing an environment for
"Assembly Oriented Design", incorporating methods for the
generation and evaluation of concept design ideas, assembly
planning and design advice. The project is a collaborative effort
between the Universities of Hull and Cranfield, and a CAD software
developer, Radan Computational Ltd.
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