A Preliminary Study on Product Family DNA in Industrial Design

Author

Zhu, Shangshang ; Luo, Shijian

Author_Institution

Zhejiang Univ. of Technol., Hangzhou

fYear

2007

fDate

26-28 April 2007

Firstpage

337

Lastpage

342

Abstract

From industrial design, the concepts of product family and product family DNA were introduced, and the relationship between industrial design and engineering design of product family was analyzed. The framework and representation structure of product family DNA design were proposed, and the research methods and key technologies were reviewed. The applications of product family DNA design in academia and industries were formulated, and the deficiencies were discussed. Taken the telephone form design as an example, a prototype product family DNA conceptual design system is implemented, which consists essentially of the knowledge agents. With this system, product designer can direct new products in the same family.

Keywords

design engineering; knowledge representation; product customisation; product design; engineering design; industrial design; knowledge agents; product family DNA; representation structure; Computer industry; DNA; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Genetic engineering; Industrial relations; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes; Product design; Technological innovation; DNA; Knowledge; Product Design; Product Family;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2007. CSCWD 2007. 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0963-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0963-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCWD.2007.4281458

Filename

4281458