Visualization of routes in design process planning

2019

This paper summarises the initial results from a study that translates a research instrument into a business application that supports the early stage of new productservice system development, with the objective of clarifying design specifications. The business approach, called system design characterisation (SDC), contains five different graphical representations. Following the method of procedural action research, the feasibility, usability and utility of the graphical representations used in SDC are tested. Drawing from literature of multiple disciplines engineering, design and cognitive science – how SDC may bridge the gap of design techniques that use multiple representations to manage complex information is discussed in this paper. The result of this study intend to contribute to the on-going discussions in the research community of design research or design methodology, as well as that of research methodology in terms of the use of procedural action research for business appl...

2006

This paper describes research on the use of multiple views for modelling products and processes in the design of complex products. Single visual representations of design models only provide a limited perspective, hiding important information from the designer. Based on an industrial case study with an engine company, the utility of multiple views in analysing model data is demonstrated. The case study showed an industrial need for improved visualisation techniques, as the currently used method-Gantt charts of design tasks-did not provide enough information in order to properly steer the design process and predict process behaviour. This approach of using a variety of different visualisation techniques together with improved techniques for modelling and simulating design processes provides insight into the hidden dependencies between the design artefact (the product) and its design process.

cden.ryerson.ca

2012

In this paper we examine two industrial projects currently running in an SME company specializing in pipeline maintenance equipment, in order to understand how visualisation methods originating from design can contribute to decision making processes. We first describe the range of visualisation methods and how they are used in relation to decision making in the management and design fields.

Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design

Visual representation of product architecture models is crucial in complex engineering systems design. However, when the number of entities in a model is large and when multiple levels of hierarchies are included, visual representations currently in use need to be more intuitive. As such, improved visual representations that enable better system overview and better communication of essential product- related information among design participants are needed. This paper uses interactive information visualisation techniques – collapsible hierarchical tree, edge bundling and alluvial diagram – and provides the foundations of a computerised tool that improves the traceability of connections between design domains, including stakeholders, requirements, functions, behaviours and structure. The case of a cleaning robot is used as an illustrative example. The approach supports designers by providing an enhanced overview during the development of complex product architecture models, in partic...

2012

Over the past two decades, computers and advancements in software have revolutionized the Industrial Design process. Designers are able to accelerate the development schedules for products by utilizing the same software for design and visualization as engineers use for implementation. Two-dimensional rendering software has become so advanced and intuitive that photorealistic images of a design are generated to help the client believe the product has already been manufactured. The design industry is facing a growing problem, however, as students, required to learn more skills than ever before, are not gaining the drawing skills preferred by or needed for professional practice. Curricula once structured for sketching, rendering and technical drawing have been superseded by Computer Aided Design and graphic courses. Exacerbating the issue are challenges in standardizing Industrial Design curriculum across the spectrum of design schools; as a result students are graduating with a wide range of less-than-ideal skill sets. (Amit, 2010) This thesis will examine the phenomenon of drawing in the design process and propose a new concept for drawing pedagogy that may augment or replace existing curricula to accelerate acquisition of design drawing skills and more fully prepare the student for the design profession.

The Design Journal, 2000

The study analyzes expertise in weaving design by examining how professionally experienced designers (n=4) and advanced students (n=4) of weaving design solved a professional weaving-design task. The data consisted of (1) verbal protocols, (2) video protocols, and (3) written and drawn material produced by the participants. We analyzed the data through qualitative content analysis and problem-behaviour graphs (PBGs). The results of the analysis indicated that the advanced students produced a number of thinking sketches by moving very quickly from one design idea to another without articulating their design ideas in depth. Although strategies of visualization varied within the expert group, most experts according to the evidence, considered only a few design ideas and focused on developing and articulating their design ideas in depth.

This report completes the VIPP I project (Visualisering i Projektering och Produktion, SBUF project no. 11693), and is the first progress report of the VIPP II project (SBUF project no. 11843). The purpose of this report is to provide an overview and update of the developments in the project and initiated activities.

The early stages of engineering design are the most crucial for successful product development, yet they are not well supported with computer tools compared to other, downstream stages. This paper will discuss recent efforts by the authors to create visual representations of, and tools for, the non-geometric, qualitative information typical in the early stages of engineering design. It appears evident that there is tremendous opportunity to improve the capacity of designers to think both critically and creatively through diagramming in early design, but the field is still embryonic and much work remains to be done.

In recent times information and communication have become key features in any technological advancement. The situation is similar with the construction industry, where information and communication between designers, professionals and management team is important to the design outcome. It is obvious that designers' use some form of visualization techniques to communicate their design to parties involve in managing the design processes and construction activities. Therefore, as the construction industry is involves with the construction of all sort of structures thus communication between designers and other parties in the industry is vital. The design is the blueprint of construction activities and the requirement for a construction site which is produced by the designer thus a design have to facilitate the ease in communicating the information to other professionals involve in the construction processes. In this case study about how designers use conventional methods to communi...