Modern day products are rarely one-size-fits-all solutions. In midst of the twenty-first century paradigm shift towards smart and adaptable solutions, products have become configurable and customizable, on a per consumer basis. As such, engineering complete product lines instead of individual products is an emergent and increasingly important topic within that context. Despite this, CAD software packages usually offer no (or poor) automation of creating CAD assemblies for products, requiring engineers and designers to perform many manual, often redundant, tasks.
The aim of the dissertation is to identify shortcomings within the current state of product line engineering and provide solutions to increase automation, and thus improve efficiency and enhance creativity, throughout the process. This is intended to be achieved by developing a novel synthesis of CAD assemblies, as well as developing and integrating recommender systems which aid in setting up the synthesis.
Contact: constantin.chaumet@tu-dortmund.de