Visible ideas: information patterns of conceptual sketch activity

✍ Scribed by Alistair McGown; Graham Green; Paul A Rodgers

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 815 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0142-694X
• DOI: 10.1016/s0142-694x(98)00013-1

✦ Synopsis

T he present engineering design environment is typified by shortening life cycles and growing product complexity. These two factors among many others have resulted in a cumulative increase in the amount of knowledge to be considered during design. In addition, greater accountability in terms of product liability is putting pressure on engineers to change their working practices 1,2 .

The design research community has spent much of its effort in recent years developing information support systems that will capture relevant knowledge and experience needed in current product design and development. The emphasis has shifted from attempting to discover an algorithm for