Intelligent Support for a Computer Aided Design Optimisation Cycle

Abstract

It is becoming more and more evident that adding intelligence to existing computer aids, such as computer aided design systems, can lead to significant improvements in the effective and reliable performance of various engineering tasks, including design optimisation. This paper presents three different intelligent modules to be applied within a computer aided design optimisation cycle to enable more intelligent and less experience-dependent design performance.

Keywords

• knowledge based systems
• computer aided design
• structural analysis
• ergonomics
• aesthetics