MAPPING BETWEEN PRODUCT STRUCTURES: SUPPORTED BY COMPUTER DURING THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF PRODUCTION MACHINES

摘要

Designing can be modeled by an Artifact Model that describes the artifact to be designed and Design Activities that are performed to create this Artifact Model. The Artifact Model of production machines consists of three correlating product structures. Maintaining a consequent mapping between these structures is time-consuming. This paper describes how this mapping can be described by rules that the Artifact Model myst satisfy and how violations can be solved by initiating Design Activities.