Symbolic conceptual design model development environment

摘要

A symbolic design model development environment includes an information-linking program, an object store, a symbolic modeling program, and at least one input document. Each input document contains a constraint or parameter for the design of some device. The symbolic modeling program contains a symbolic modeling window for the graphical illustration of a plurality of symbolic modeling components such as constraints, parameters, notices and interrelationships. The symbolic modeling components are stored in an icon palette. The linking program provides a connection of the at least one input document to the symbolic modeling program through the object store. The user drags and drops various symbolic modeling components from the icon palette to the symbolic modeling window. The symbolic modeling components once they are entered into the symbolic modeling window place constraints on the design of a device.