Treffer: A feature-based database evolution approach in the design process

Design data are assigned in geometric and non-geometric form in order to meet design requirements. These data and information must be encapsulated in a data structure that has significance for design applications in each design process phase. The main goal of this research is to find design data groups that represent each mechanical design phase, which will be called phase''s design signature. In addition, current data should be an evolution of the geometric and non-geometric information of the previous design phase. In this paper, the purpose is to identify and model a set of design features that encapsulate the design data and their transformations which occurred during the mechanical design phases. This database must capture the designer''s intents that can be modeled and implemented using feature-based model in the conventional CAD systems, object-oriented modeling, and Java classes. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

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