TY - JOUR
T1 - CAD-Automation in Automotive Development – Potentials, Limits and Challenges
AU - Kreis, Alexander
AU - Hirz, Mario
AU - Rossbacher, Patrick
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Computer-aided product development has become indispensable in many branches of industry, with the discipline of computer-aided design in particular playing a crucial role in the development processes of automotive products. Due to a multitude of changing boundary conditions and requirements (e.g. cost reduction, shorter cycle time for development and manufacturing) automotive development processes have to be enhanced. In order to be able to counteract the constantly changing requirements, a further development in the field of computer-aided design must take place. This further development is based on knowledge which is implemented as automation procedures into existing CAD systems. In this context, this paper gives insights into the CAx disciplines used in automotive development processes, lists different levels of knowledge-based automation methods and discusses the potentials, limits and challenges of CAD-automation. Furthermore, selected use-cases of knowledge-based CAD-automation in automotive projects are shown.
AB - Computer-aided product development has become indispensable in many branches of industry, with the discipline of computer-aided design in particular playing a crucial role in the development processes of automotive products. Due to a multitude of changing boundary conditions and requirements (e.g. cost reduction, shorter cycle time for development and manufacturing) automotive development processes have to be enhanced. In order to be able to counteract the constantly changing requirements, a further development in the field of computer-aided design must take place. This further development is based on knowledge which is implemented as automation procedures into existing CAD systems. In this context, this paper gives insights into the CAx disciplines used in automotive development processes, lists different levels of knowledge-based automation methods and discusses the potentials, limits and challenges of CAD-automation. Furthermore, selected use-cases of knowledge-based CAD-automation in automotive projects are shown.
KW - Knowledge-based Engineering
KW - Machine Learning
KW - Process Optimization
KW - Generic Programming
KW - CAD-Automation
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.14733/cadaps.2021.849-863
U2 - 10.14733/cadaps.2021.849-863
DO - 10.14733/cadaps.2021.849-863
M3 - Article
VL - 18
SP - 849
EP - 863
JO - Computer-Aided Design and Applications
JF - Computer-Aided Design and Applications
IS - 4
ER -