Abstract
The authors have organized a three-day design seminar using 3D CAD for students and engineers every summer since 2001. In the seminar, a collaborated team of students and engineers addresses a given design project. The design activity starts from determination of the design objective and their own concept. Next, the design requirements are determined as quantitative physical values. Based on the required functions, the system configuration is determined through a conceptual sketch. Then, the design idea is decomposed hierarchically by using module reference tree. Finally, the design idea is verified through 3D CAD modeling, where the module reference tree corresponds to the model tree lists of 3D CAD. This report illustrates the activity from the design requirement determination to the function deployment. The succeeding report explains the effectiveness of later stage, design verification using 3D CAD. Finally, effectiveness of design education of the collaborated team of students and engineers is described.
