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What is Engineering Design? (the Process) |
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- Parametric design
- Reading engineering drawings
- Sketching design concepts
- Single part and assembly design
- Assembly & part tolerances
- Fastening
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| Websters definition of Engineering |
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| Is the application of science and mathematics to objects useful to people in structures machines products systems and processes |
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| Design is defined as the creative art of executing aesthetic or functional designs |
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| What is Engineering Design |
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| Engineering Design is the act of creating the specifications for a product or process that best satisfies the design criteria |
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- Visualization
- Communication
- Documentation
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- Helps you "see" the problem and possible solutions
- Must be careful of time devoted to a possible solution
- often too much work is devoted to visualization to early in the process
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- More and more detail with refinement
- CAD tools allow for quick changes (what if scenarios)
- Team members need to speak to others
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- A way to permanently record a solution
- traditionally, paper drawings were produced
- most storage methods decay with time
- CAD software allows for paperless recording
- easy, effcient, cost-effective
- Proper Product Data Management (PDM)
- Techniques are necessary
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- Identify the problem
- Generate concepts as possible solutions
- Evaluate the concepts against the criteria
- Iterate to a solution
- Document the solution
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- What is the problem
- How will the product be used
- Who is the customer
- How is it to be manufactured
- Is the product serviceable
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- Problem Identification
- Ideation
- Design Selection
- Refinement
- Analysis
- Design selection
- Implementation
- Documentation
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| The Design Process Involves ...? |
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| The Design Process involves organizing the creative and analytical processes used to satisfy a need or solve a problem |
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| The Design Process uses what |
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| Sketches, Drawings, Computer models, and presentation graphics are all linked to the design and production process |
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- Adequate time must be devoted to formulating design problems
- Identifying the client
- Interacting with the client
- Marekt Assessment
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| Probelm Identification NGO |
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- Need
- Current Situation
- Goals
- Brief general and ideal response
- How are we going to address the need
- Objectives
- Quantifiable expectations of performance
- Are we meeting customer specifications
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Third component of a problem statement Define permissible range of the design and performance paramters |
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Any Characteristic of a design Not necessarliy associated with either the need or any components of the problem statement |
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| These are attributes of designs that are a basis for deciding among choices |
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| Services that must be preformed by the design |
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Concept Development Ideation |
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Concept Generation Concept Selection Refinement of Specifications |
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| Ideation--Concept Generation |
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| Explore throughly product concepts that may be applied to this problems |
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| Ideation--Concept Selection |
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| Concepts are analyzed and sequentially eliminated |
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| Ideation--Refinement of specifications |
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| Revisit target specifications |
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| An economic model is used to justify continuation of project |
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| Must have a detailed development schedule |
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Technology Push Products Proprietary Technology |
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- Looks for an appropriate market
- match a new technology to a given market opportunity
- Must have a clear competitive edge
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Aesthetics is very important Focus Groups Customer surveys |
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- Pre-existing technology
- tape transport, computer operating system
- Huge expenditures made to develop these technologies
- Primary difference is that the technology has demonstrated its usefulness
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| Process-Intensive Products |
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- Examples: semiconductors, foods, chemicals and paper
- Strict constraints on the properties of the products
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- Examples
- switches, motors, batteries, and containers
- These are developed primarily by setting values of design variables
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- Must narrow down field of possibilties
- Carefully check to make sure that the requirements are being followed
- Choose best solution
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