Innovation in Product Design: From CAD to Virtual Prototyping

✍ Scribed by Massimo Fucci (auth.), Monica Bordegoni, Caterina Rizzi (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 203
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Innovation in Product Design gives an overview of the research fields and achievements in the development of methods and tools for product design and innovation. It presents contributions from experts in many different fields covering a variety of research topics related to product development and innovation. Product lifecycle management, knowledge management, product customization, topological optimization, product virtualization, systematic innovation, virtual humans, design and engineering, and rapid prototyping are the key research areas described in the book. It also details successful case studies developed with industrial companies.

Innovation in Product Design is written for academic researchers, graduate students and professionals in product development disciplines who are interested in understanding how novel methodologies and technologies can make the product development process more efficient.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
The Evolution of Digital Tools for Product Design....Pages 1-14
From Computer-Aided (Detailed) Design to Automatic Topology and Shape Generation....Pages 15-35
Methods and Tools for Knowledge Sharing in Product Development....Pages 37-53
Evolution in Mechanical Design Automation and Engineering Knowledge Management....Pages 55-78
Styling Features for Industrial Design....Pages 79-95
The Evolving Role of Computer-Aided Engineering: A Case Study in the Aeronautical Structural Design....Pages 97-115
Product Virtualization: An Effective Method for the Evaluation of Concept Design of New Products....Pages 117-141
Digital Human Models Within Product Development Process....Pages 143-166
CAD and the Rapid Construction of Physical Objects....Pages 167-184
Back Matter....Pages 185-188

✦ Subjects

Engineering Design; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design; Innovation/Technology Management