A Rule-enhanced Collaborative Design Method for Automobiles Considering Manufacturing Constraints

Design is a complex process and multifaceted knowledge is required in a collaborative environment. Especially, knowledge modeling and application across design and manufacturing domain can reduce automotive development iteration. However, it still a challenge for designer-oriented manufacturing knowledge reuse due to the lack of relationship capture for design contexts and their manufacturing constraints. To solve this problem, the paper presents a rule-enhanced collaborative design method, which can infer manufacturing constraints required in the specific design context. First, a framework of collaborative design is proposed. Then the ontology is used for knowledge modeling and rule construction. Finally, a simple case is illustrated to demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.