Abstract
Designers are under increasing pressure to deliver better, cheaper products in less time. To the designer of low-volume or one-off products, using past designs and catalogued components is often essential. Little software support exists early in the design process for designers wanting to use catalogued components. Most information on off-the-shelf solutions has to be gleaned from component manufacturers catalogues. Searching a large number of paper- or computer-based catalogues soon becomes unwieldy and inefficient. This paper describes a method to assist designers in selecting components early in the design process.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 391-405 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | CAD Computer Aided Design |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1998 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Component selection
- Design
- Graphical interaction, constraints