Cooperative Modeling and Design History TrackingUsing Design Tracking Matrix

摘要

This paper suggests a new framework for cooperative modeling which supports concurrency design protocol with adesign history tracking function. The proposed framework allows designers to work together while eliminatingdesign conflicts and redundancies, and preventing infeasible designs. This framework provides methods to trackoptimal design path and redundant design history in the overall design processes. This cooperative modelingarchitecture consists of a modeling server and voxel-based multi-client design tool. Design change among server andmultiple clients are executed using the proposed concurrency design protocol. The design steps are tracked andanalyzed using Design Tracking Graph and Design Tracking Matrix (DTM), which provide a design data exchangealgorithm allowing seamless integration of design modifications between participating designers. This frameworkcan be used for effective cooperative modeling, and helps identify and eliminate conflicts and minimize delay.