| Summary: | 碩士 === 元智大學 === 機械工程研究所 === 87 === Abstract
Design process plays an important role to the success of development of a product. Most researches in design process try to establish a structured model to describe or facilitate design. Most design process models divide the design process into several sequential phases based on the essential activities of the designers.
This thesis presents a new design process model from a different point of view. Design is a dynamic problem solving process. All designs start with a problem to be solved, and sub-problems are generated dynamically while solving this problem. Instead of structure design process pattern, the new model presents the ‘states’ of the product evolving during the design process. The new design process is viewed as dynamically moving around the ‘product state space.’ A ‘product state’ is representation of the product that the designers use to generate information to answer or evaluate the current design sub-problem, and it is usually represented by a design prototype. Mappings from design sub-problem to proper product states are important design decision.
Based on the concept of the new design process, a product data management system is developed to manage the design process. The PDM system also supports designers to select proper design tools to solve problem and record related files. These experiences will support designers to solve problems in future projects. We consider that the experiences of problem solving and design tool selecting can represent as the capability of a design team. Finally, the thesis uses design cases which emphasizes on ergonomic considerations to illustrate these concepts.
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