2014 Volume 2014 Pages 20140002
1DCAE concept aims to systematically apply CAE methods and tools in diverse domains in the early stage of product development, and collects attentions from industry in recent years. Following the 1DCAE concept, designers develop product models from various domains to support their decision making. It is essential for successful implementation of 1DCAE to clearly understand the roles of the employed models and their relations in context of a product development process. The objective of this study is to formulate practical guidelines for 1DCAE implementation and to architect its design support systems through case studies of the best 1DCAE practices. In particular, the paper proposes a design process model accompanied with the 1DCAE concept, which classifies the roles of the models and the underlying designers’ rationale behind a series of modeling operations, and advantages the systematic analysis of design cases. A simple case analysis is also provided to illustrate the proposed process model.
