Perspective Model for Design Support System with Browsing

Abstract

This paper describes the perspective model based on Design Axiom theory, the Hypergraph model to implement the perspective model on a graphical user interface (GUI) and the prototype system HYDRA based on these models. The objective of the research is to build a design support system with GUI having a browsing function. Since a user observes a design object from a layered view point with a dynamic manner, we propose a perspective model that supports the view and the manner. The design object is based on Design Axiom theory, which will be introduced in this paper with some examples. To implement the perspective model on GUI and enable the browsing for a design, a new idea of Hypergraph is applied. A prototype system HYDRA is implemented based on these models. A design example using browsing functions of HYDRA is shown to clarify these models. HYDRA presents a new environment for a creative thinking for designs.