Ebook: Knowledge Intensive Computer Aided Design: IFIP TC5 WG5.2 Third Workshop on Knowledge Intensive CAD December 1–4, 1998, Tokyo, Japan

Computer Aided Design (CAD) technology plays a key role in today's advanced manufacturing environment. To reduce the time to market, achieve zero defect quality the at first production, and use available production and logistics resources effectively, product and design process knowledge covering the whole product life cycle must be used throughout product design. Once generated, this intensive design knowledge should be made available to later life cycle activities. Due to the increasing concern about global environmental issues and rapidly changing economical situation worldwide, design must exhibit high performance not only in quality and productivity, but also in life cycle issues, including extended producer's liability. This requires designers and engineers to use various kinds of design knowledge intensively during product design and to generate design information for use in later stages of the product life cycle such as production, distribution, operation, maintenance, reclamation, and recycling. Therefore, future CAD systems must incorporate product and design process knowledge, which is not explicitly dealt with in the current systems, in their design tools and design object models.

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This state-of-the-art book explores the concept of knowledge-intensive computer-aided design (CAD) systems. This concept advocates that life-cycle knowledge regarding the product and design process must be incorporated in the center of CAD architecture. It focuses on the systematization and sharing of knowledge of many types in many places. It is concerned with knowledge management over product life-cycle.
The topics covered in the book include:

• Ontology
• Knowledge-intensive CAD (KIC)
• Knowledge-intensive design (KID)
• Knowledge representation for KIC.

This valuable new book contains the proceedings of the Third Workshop on Knowledge Intensive CAD, sponsored by Working Group 5.2 of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held on December 1-4, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan.
Knowledge-Intensive Computer Aided Design will be essential reading for researchers, engineers and technical managers involved in the development of advanced applications for knowledge management, engineering design, and manufacturing.

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This state-of-the-art book explores the concept of knowledge-intensive computer-aided design (CAD) systems. This concept advocates that life-cycle knowledge regarding the product and design process must be incorporated in the center of CAD architecture. It focuses on the systematization and sharing of knowledge of many types in many places. It is concerned with knowledge management over product life-cycle.
The topics covered in the book include:

• Ontology
• Knowledge-intensive CAD (KIC)
• Knowledge-intensive design (KID)
• Knowledge representation for KIC.

This valuable new book contains the proceedings of the Third Workshop on Knowledge Intensive CAD, sponsored by Working Group 5.2 of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held on December 1-4, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan.
Knowledge-Intensive Computer Aided Design will be essential reading for researchers, engineers and technical managers involved in the development of advanced applications for knowledge management, engineering design, and manufacturing.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Knowledge Intensive Computer Aided Design: Past, Present and Future....Pages 3-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Supporting the Knowledge Life-Cycle....Pages 21-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Ontological Commitments in Knowledge-Based Design Software: A Progress Report....Pages 41-72
Classification of Knowledge for Generating Engineering Models....Pages 73-90
Design History System: Data Models & Prototype Implementation....Pages 91-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Modeling of Product Life-cycle Knowledge and Data for an Intelligent Concurrent Design System....Pages 117-142
Model Sharing among Agents in a Concurrent Product Development Team....Pages 143-165
Design-to-Manufacture Information Transfer in the Context of Solid Freeform Fabrication Technologies....Pages 167-196
An Application of the Knowledge Intensive Engineering Framework to Building Foundation Design....Pages 197-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Supporting Conceptual Design: A Model for Reflective-Interactive Design....Pages 215-236
A Knowledge Based Engineering Application to Support Weight Distribution Analysis for IRL Cars....Pages 237-254
Lens Barrel Design Based On Distributed Knowledge-Base....Pages 255-271
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Guiding Agent Learning in Design....Pages 275-293
A KICAD Tool for Pro-Active Exploration Support to ‘Design Synthesis for Multi-X’....Pages 295-322
Back Matter....Pages 323-326

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This state-of-the-art book explores the concept of knowledge-intensive computer-aided design (CAD) systems. This concept advocates that life-cycle knowledge regarding the product and design process must be incorporated in the center of CAD architecture. It focuses on the systematization and sharing of knowledge of many types in many places. It is concerned with knowledge management over product life-cycle.
The topics covered in the book include:

• Ontology
• Knowledge-intensive CAD (KIC)
• Knowledge-intensive design (KID)
• Knowledge representation for KIC.

This valuable new book contains the proceedings of the Third Workshop on Knowledge Intensive CAD, sponsored by Working Group 5.2 of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held on December 1-4, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan.
Knowledge-Intensive Computer Aided Design will be essential reading for researchers, engineers and technical managers involved in the development of advanced applications for knowledge management, engineering design, and manufacturing.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Knowledge Intensive Computer Aided Design: Past, Present and Future....Pages 3-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Supporting the Knowledge Life-Cycle....Pages 21-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Ontological Commitments in Knowledge-Based Design Software: A Progress Report....Pages 41-72
Classification of Knowledge for Generating Engineering Models....Pages 73-90
Design History System: Data Models & Prototype Implementation....Pages 91-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Modeling of Product Life-cycle Knowledge and Data for an Intelligent Concurrent Design System....Pages 117-142
Model Sharing among Agents in a Concurrent Product Development Team....Pages 143-165
Design-to-Manufacture Information Transfer in the Context of Solid Freeform Fabrication Technologies....Pages 167-196
An Application of the Knowledge Intensive Engineering Framework to Building Foundation Design....Pages 197-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Supporting Conceptual Design: A Model for Reflective-Interactive Design....Pages 215-236
A Knowledge Based Engineering Application to Support Weight Distribution Analysis for IRL Cars....Pages 237-254
Lens Barrel Design Based On Distributed Knowledge-Base....Pages 255-271
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Guiding Agent Learning in Design....Pages 275-293
A KICAD Tool for Pro-Active Exploration Support to ‘Design Synthesis for Multi-X’....Pages 295-322
Back Matter....Pages 323-326
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